Girls' name · since 1880
Bama
498 babies named Bama in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1894. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #11,884 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 498
- born since 1880
- 1910s
- peak decade
Bama sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 498 recorded since 1880.
Bama has 498 recorded births among girls since 1880, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1910s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 1982.
- #11,884 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 498 born since 1880
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Bama ranks #11,884 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 498 born since 1880, peaking in the 1910s.
- #11,884 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 498
- born since 1880
- 1910s
- peak decade
Bama's 498 recorded births place it above 83.55% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Alabama.
Bama's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Bama's full recorded timeline at 1913, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1881, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1894 peak of 14 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Bama popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–1982
- Peak year (1894)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 103 years of records
Bama by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (100 births, 20% of the file).
1910s was Bama's strongest decade.
100 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 20% of all-time use.
Bama births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s
1880s
61 births
- 1890s
1890s
74 births
- 1900s
1900s
83 births
- 1910s
1910s
100 births
- 1920s
1920s
87 births
- 1930s
1930s
43 births
- 1940s 28
1940s
28 births
- 1950s 17
1950s
17 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 100 births (20% of all-time use).
Bama by state
Where Bama concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Alabama | | 105 | 21.1% |
105 of 498 births nationwide.
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What to do with Bama's data
- Bama's decade-level peak was the 1910s (100 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1980s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Alabama records the most Bamas (105 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Alabama names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Bama: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1894)
Similar record span (~102 yrs)
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, 1880–1982 (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 Bama 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.