Bascomb
Bascomb is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:Dud Bascomb (1916–1972), American jazz trumpeter Neal Bascomb, American journalist and author Paul Bascomb (1912–1986), American jazz saxophonist Wilbur "Bad" Bascomb, American jazz musician
Meaning & Origin of Bascomb
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Bascomb is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:Dud Bascomb (1916–1972), American jazz trumpeter Neal Bascomb, American journalist and author Paul Bascomb (1912–1986), American jazz saxophonist Wilbur "Bad" Bascomb, American jazz musician
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The Story of Bascomb
Bascomb first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1923, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1923: 5 births, good for #4,239 nationwide. Bascomb last appeared in the published SSA data in 1923, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 5 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1920s to the 2020s.
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About the name Bascomb
Bascomb is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1923 and has accumulated 5 births in the dataset. Bascomb's peak popularity came in 1923 when it ranked #4,239. Use the chart and map above to compare Bascomb'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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