Boys' name · since 2004
Bam
Since 2004, U.S. Social Security records show 85 babies named Bam, peaking in 2007. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #18,450 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,899 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 85
- born since 2004
- 2000s
- peak decade
Bam currently ranks #12899 among boys' names in America, with 85 babies recorded since 2004.
Social Security Administration records show Bam recorded 85 times among boys since 2004, holding rank #12899 nationally today, ahead of 7% of boys, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2004 to 2025.
- #18,450 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,899 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 85 born since 2004
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Bam ranks #18,450 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,899 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 85 born since 2004, peaking in the 2000s.
- #18,450 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,899 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 85
- born since 2004
- 2000s
- peak decade
Bam's 85 recorded births place it above 59.28% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Bam compares
85 23rd percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Bam's all-time total is 77% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Bam | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 85 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 13 | 34 | 22,252 |
Bam's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Bam's SSA record in two at 2019 and the more recent half accounts for 46% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 54%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2023, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2007 peak of 13, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Bam popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2004–2025
- Peak year (2007)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
Bam by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (39 births, 46% of the file).
2000s was Bam's strongest decade.
39 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Bam births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
39 births
- 2010s 14
2010s
14 births
- 2020s
2020s
32 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 39 births (46% of all-time use).
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- Bam's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (39 total births) through the 2020s (32) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2004–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Bam draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.