Bascom

Last seen for boys in 1970 at #4,230

Peak · boys
1884 · 14 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
731
since 1882

Bascom over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Bascom has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201882peak #504, 1884boys
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1970#4,2306
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1966#3,2497
1965#3,9305
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1961#4,0655
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1954#2,7439
1953#3,7985
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1951#2,49510
1950#3,3296
1949#2,22512
1948#3,6685
1947#3,3706
1946#2,9197
1945#2,13111
1944#2,6338
1943#1,83316
1942#2,7128
1941#2,4919
1940#1,89414
1939#2,4499
1938#2,18511
1937#2,19711
1936#2,6298
1935#2,12712
1934#2,02213
1933#2,5429
1932#2,19112
1931#2,8648
1930#1,82117
1929#1,93316
1928#1,82218
1927#1,95917
1926#2,07415
1925#1,67921
1924#1,62823
1923#1,75320
1922#1,54524
1921#2,05916
1920#2,13115
1919#1,62421
1918#1,53923
1917#1,43724
1916#1,26528
1915#1,55320
1914#1,49217
1913#1,36515
1912#1,52711
1911#92513
1910#98111
1909#89311
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1899#9286
1898#1,1215
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1890#8846
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1888#7558
1887#8196
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1885#7657
1884#50414
1883#7207
1882#8376
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First appearance
1882

The first year at least five boys were named Bascom! It came in at #837, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1886, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Bascom is popular in 1882

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Bascom
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1970
  • Biggest jump: 216 spots in 1884 (#720 → #504)
  • Biggest drop: 602 spots in 1912 (#925 → #1,527)
Rise & fade · boys
2 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1882
  • Peaked 1884 at #504 (14 births)
  • Births halved by 1885, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 13 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 13 yrs · run 1882–1885
Share of babies · boys
1 in 8,174
  • Highest: 1 in 8,174 boys born in 1884 were named Bascom (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 309,705 boys born in 1970 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 25.3% of all boys named Bascom (185) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s48#504 (1884)#733
1890s34#722 (1896)#902
1900s22#893 (1909)#1,110
1910s183#925 (1911)#1,371
1920s185#1,545 (1922)#1,858
1930s110#1,821 (1930)#2,303
1940s96#1,833 (1943)#2,588
1950s30#2,495 (1951)#3,091
1960s17#3,249 (1966)#3,748
1970s6#4,230 (1970)#4,230

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Bascom in 1882

boys
#837
6 births · 1 in 18,948 boys

Top boys' names in 1882

  1. #1John9,557
  2. #2William9,298
  3. #3James5,892
  4. #4George5,193
  5. #5Charles5,091
  6. #6Frank3,176
  7. #7Joseph2,670
  8. #8Thomas2,610
  9. #9Henry2,579
  10. #10Robert2,500
  11. #837Bascom6
More about 1882

boys

113,686 boys got a published name in 1882; 1 in 18,948 of them was named Bascom, which outranked 23.8% of the 1,099 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 42.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Bascom
  1. #754Wheeler7
  2. #754Williams7
  3. #754Worth7
  4. #837Bascom6
  5. #837Addie6
  6. #837Alan6
  7. #837Alberto6
  8. #943Ab5
  9. #943Adolf5
  10. #943Alby5

Tied with 105 names at #837; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1881
Risers
  1. ↑ 467Clarance#866 → #399
  2. ↑ 429Webster#866 → #437
  3. ↑ 365Neil#781 → #416
  4. ↑ 352Cliff#866 → #514
  5. ↑ 352Elmore#866 → #514
Fallers
  1. ↓ 501Verne#442 → #943
  2. ↓ 483Newell#460 → #943
  3. ↓ 456Merritt#487 → #943
  4. ↓ 440Solon#503 → #943
  5. ↓ 395Almon#442 → #837

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1882 →