Bamma — girls' name
59 babies named Bamma in U.S. Social Security records since 1888, with the highest year being 1900. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
39% of everyone ever named Bamma was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Bamma in 1900 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Bamma
The Social Security Administration has registered 59 babies named Bamma between 1888 and 1925, spanning 38 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Bamma currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1925. The name reached its historical peak in 1900, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Bamma performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 23 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Bamma shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Bamma 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 59 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.
Bamma at a glance
Last recorded 1925Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Bamma popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1925–1888
- Peak year (1900)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 38 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1925.
59 total births across 38 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1900 with 9 births in a single year.
Bamma by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 23 births that decade — 39% of Bamma's all-time total
Bamma decade highlights
- Peak decade 23 births
- Runner-up 16 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Bamma's strongest decade
23 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 39% of all-time use.
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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, 1888–1925 (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.