Bascom vs Bastien
American parents have registered 731 Bascoms since 1880, against 301 Bastiens. But in 2025 it was Bastien that was commoner, 14 babies to fewer than five.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Bascom Bastien
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 87 years in which either name was published, Bascom for 62 years and Bastien for 25 years. The lead changed hands once.
Side by side
| Bascom | Bastien | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 731 | 301 |
| Most in one year | 28 | 26 |
| Babies in 2025 | under 5 | 14 |
| Estimated living today | 100 | 300 |
| Median age today | 78 | 8 |
| Peak year | 1916 | 2021 |
| Best rank | 1,265th boys | 4,011th boys |
| Rank in 2025 | unranked | 6,143rd |
| First recorded | 1882 | 1998 |
| Girls / boys | 0 / 731 | 0 / 301 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Bascoms alive today are over 78; half the Bastiens are over 8. That is 70 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Bascom and Bastien.