Meaning
We don’t have a verified meaning for Bascom.
We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.
Its story
Popularity since 1882
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See the 62 recorded years as a table
| Year | Per million |
|---|---|
| 1882 | 53 |
| 1883 | 67 |
| 1884 | 122 |
| 1885 | 65 |
| 1887 | 59 |
| 1888 | 66 |
| 1890 | 54 |
| 1894 | 60 |
| 1896 | 84 |
| 1898 | 41 |
| 1899 | 56 |
| 1905 | 45 |
| 1907 | 34 |
| 1909 | 67 |
| 1910 | 57 |
| 1911 | 58 |
| 1912 | 26 |
| 1913 | 29 |
| 1914 | 26 |
| 1915 | 24 |
| 1916 | 31 |
| 1917 | 26 |
| 1918 | 23 |
| 1919 | 21 |
| 1920 | 14 |
| 1921 | 15 |
| 1922 | 22 |
| 1923 | 18 |
| 1924 | 20 |
| 1925 | 19 |
| 1926 | 14 |
| 1927 | 15 |
| 1928 | 16 |
| 1929 | 15 |
| 1930 | 15 |
| 1931 | 8 |
| 1932 | 11 |
| 1933 | 9 |
| 1934 | 13 |
| 1935 | 12 |
| 1936 | 8 |
| 1937 | 10 |
| 1938 | 10 |
| 1939 | 8 |
| 1940 | 12 |
| 1941 | 7 |
| 1942 | 6 |
| 1943 | 11 |
| 1944 | 6 |
| 1945 | 8 |
| 1946 | 4 |
| 1947 | 3 |
| 1948 | 3 |
| 1949 | 7 |
| 1950 | 3 |
| 1951 | 5 |
| 1953 | 3 |
| 1954 | 4 |
| 1961 | 2 |
| 1965 | 3 |
| 1966 | 4 |
| 1970 | 3 |
Where it’s loved
Most popular in these states
Bascom isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.
More like it
More like Bascom
The numbers
Every figure
- Births in 1970
- 6
- Rank in 1970
- #4,230
- How rare
- 1 in 309,704 boys
- Since 1882
- 731
Bascom was last recorded in 1970. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.
Most popular in 1884, at 122 per million boys born.
There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Bascom doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.
Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.