Bascom
Bascom is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:
Meaning & Origin of Bascom
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Bascom is both a surname and a given name. Notable people with the name include:
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The Story of Bascom
The earliest SSA record of Bascom as a baby boy name dates back to 1882, when 6 babies received it. 1916 was its biggest year on record, with 28 newborns named Bascom — #1,265 in the national rankings. About 25% of every Bascom on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Bascom last appeared in the published SSA data in 1970, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 731 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Bascom
Bascom is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1882 and has accumulated 731 births in the dataset. Bascom's peak popularity came in 1916 when it ranked #1,265. Use the chart and map above to compare Bascom's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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