Bama — girls' name

What the Data Says About Bama

The Social Security Administration has registered 498 babies named Bama between 1880 and 1982, spanning 103 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Bama currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1982. The name reached its historical peak in 1894, when 14 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Bama performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 100 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Bama shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Alabama, which accounts for 105 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Bama in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Bama in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 498 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.