Bass — boys' name
16 babies named Bass in U.S. Social Security records since 1925, with the highest year being 1937. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
69% of everyone ever named Bass was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Bass in 1937 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Bass
The Social Security Administration has registered 16 babies named Bass between 1925 and 1937, spanning 13 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Bass currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1937. The name reached its historical peak in 1937, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Bass performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 11 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Bass shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Bass 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 16 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.
Bass at a glance
Last recorded 1937Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Bass popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1937–1925
- Peak year (1937)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 13 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1937.
16 total births across 13 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1937 with 6 births in a single year.
Bass by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1930s
- 11 births that decade — 69% of Bass's all-time total
Bass decade highlights
- Peak decade 11 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1930s was Bass's strongest decade
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 69% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1925–1937 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.