Bambina — girls' name
16 babies named Bambina in U.S. Social Security records since 1916, with the highest year being 1921. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
69% of everyone ever named Bambina was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Bambina in 1921 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Bambina
The Social Security Administration has registered 16 babies named Bambina between 1916 and 1921, spanning 6 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Bambina currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1921. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Bambina performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 11 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Bambina shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Bambina in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Bambina 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 16 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.
Bambina at a glance
Last recorded 1921Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Bambina popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1921–1916
- Peak year (1921)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 6 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1921.
16 total births across 6 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1921 with 6 births in a single year.
Bambina by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 11 births that decade — 69% of Bambina's all-time total
Bambina decade highlights
- Peak decade 11 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Bambina's strongest decade
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 69% of all-time use.
Bambina by state
Where Bambina concentrates geographically — total births since 1916
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Pennsylvania | | 5 | 31.3% |
5 of 16 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Pennsylvania 31.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Pennsylvania accounts for 31.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1916–1921 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.