# Haskell (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/haskell/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Norse |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈhæskəl/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Hascall, Heiskell |
| US babies named this | 3,710 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 3,700 / 10 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

* The programming language is named after American logician Haskell Curry (1900–1982). * As an English surname, from the Middle English personal name Askell, from Old Norse Áskell. Compare Axtell, Askin, Haskin, Hasty, Astin. * As a surname in the Isle of Man, a variant of Castell, itself related to the above. * As a Jewish surname, from Khaskl, a Yiddish form of Yeḥezqel, see Ezekiel.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1917 | 5 | 4,906 |
| 1924 | 5 | 5,410 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 5 | 12,947 |
| 2011 | 5 | 12,996 |
| 2012 | 6 | 11,297 |
| 2013 | 6 | 11,229 |
| 2014 | 10 | 7,759 |
| 2015 | 7 | 9,935 |
| 2016 | 9 | 8,383 |
| 2017 | 6 | 11,261 |
| 2018 | 5 | 12,862 |
| 2019 | 10 | 7,845 |
| 2020 | 9 | 8,301 |
| 2021 | 7 | 10,107 |
| 2022 | 10 | 7,970 |
| 2023 | 6 | 11,338 |
| 2024 | 8 | 9,313 |

## People named Haskell

- Haskell Wexler, American filmmaker (1922-2015)
- Haskell Curry, American mathematician and logician (1900-1982)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.