Bascom
Last seen for boys in 1970 at #4,230
- Peak · boys
- 1884 · 14 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 731since 1882
Bascom over time
Rank among boys' names. Bascom has never cracked the top 500 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1970 | #4,230 | 6 |
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| 1966 | #3,249 | 7 |
| 1965 | #3,930 | 5 |
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| 1961 | #4,065 | 5 |
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| 1954 | #2,743 | 9 |
| 1953 | #3,798 | 5 |
| 1952 | — | |
| 1951 | #2,495 | 10 |
| 1950 | #3,329 | 6 |
| 1949 | #2,225 | 12 |
| 1948 | #3,668 | 5 |
| 1947 | #3,370 | 6 |
| 1946 | #2,919 | 7 |
| 1945 | #2,131 | 11 |
| 1944 | #2,633 | 8 |
| 1943 | #1,833 | 16 |
| 1942 | #2,712 | 8 |
| 1941 | #2,491 | 9 |
| 1940 | #1,894 | 14 |
| 1939 | #2,449 | 9 |
| 1938 | #2,185 | 11 |
| 1937 | #2,197 | 11 |
| 1936 | #2,629 | 8 |
| 1935 | #2,127 | 12 |
| 1934 | #2,022 | 13 |
| 1933 | #2,542 | 9 |
| 1932 | #2,191 | 12 |
| 1931 | #2,864 | 8 |
| 1930 | #1,821 | 17 |
| 1929 | #1,933 | 16 |
| 1928 | #1,822 | 18 |
| 1927 | #1,959 | 17 |
| 1926 | #2,074 | 15 |
| 1925 | #1,679 | 21 |
| 1924 | #1,628 | 23 |
| 1923 | #1,753 | 20 |
| 1922 | #1,545 | 24 |
| 1921 | #2,059 | 16 |
| 1920 | #2,131 | 15 |
| 1919 | #1,624 | 21 |
| 1918 | #1,539 | 23 |
| 1917 | #1,437 | 24 |
| 1916 | #1,265 | 28 |
| 1915 | #1,553 | 20 |
| 1914 | #1,492 | 17 |
| 1913 | #1,365 | 15 |
| 1912 | #1,527 | 11 |
| 1911 | #925 | 13 |
| 1910 | #981 | 11 |
| 1909 | #893 | 11 |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,345 | 5 |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,091 | 6 |
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| 1899 | #928 | 6 |
| 1898 | #1,121 | 5 |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | #722 | 10 |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | #857 | 7 |
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| 1890 | #884 | 6 |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | #755 | 8 |
| 1887 | #819 | 6 |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | #765 | 7 |
| 1884 | #504 | 14 |
| 1883 | #720 | 7 |
| 1882 | #837 | 6 |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
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 1916
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Virginia#288 · 1 in 2,636
Best ever in a state: #143 in Virginia, 1911.
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| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Virginia | #288 | 7 | 1 in 2,636 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Bascom
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1970
- Biggest jump: 216 spots in 1884 (#720 → #504)
- Biggest drop: 602 spots in 1912 (#925 → #1,527)
- Debuted 1882
- Peaked 1884 at #504 (14 births)
- Births halved by 1885, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 13 yrs · run 1882–1885
- 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%)
- 25.3% of all boys named Bascom (185) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 48 | #504 (1884) | #733 |
| 1890s | 34 | #722 (1896) | #902 |
| 1900s | 22 | #893 (1909) | #1,110 |
| 1910s | 183 | #925 (1911) | #1,371 |
| 1920s | 185 | #1,545 (1922) | #1,858 |
| 1930s | 110 | #1,821 (1930) | #2,303 |
| 1940s | 96 | #1,833 (1943) | #2,588 |
| 1950s | 30 | #2,495 (1951) | #3,091 |
| 1960s | 17 | #3,249 (1966) | #3,748 |
| 1970s | 6 | #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 1916
Top boys' names in 1916
More about 1916
boys
890,080 boys got a published name in 1916; 1 in 31,789 of them was named Bascom, which outranked 72.1% of the 4,535 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,240Von29
- #1,240Winslow29
- #1,240Winthrop29
- #1,265Bascom28
- #1,265Ardell28
- #1,265Bertil28
- #1,265Bronislaus28
- #1,304Allyn27
- #1,304Ancil27
- #1,304Aubry27
Tied with 38 names at #1,265; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.