Bascom — boys' name

What the Data Says About Bascom

The Social Security Administration has registered 731 babies named Bascom between 1882 and 1970, spanning 89 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Bascom currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1970. The name reached its historical peak in 1916, when 28 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Bascom performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 185 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Bascom shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Virginia, which accounts for 42 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by North Carolina and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Bascom in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Bascom in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 731 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.