Girls' name · since 1996
Mama
65 babies named Mama in U.S. Social Security records since 1996, with the highest year being 2017. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #31,976 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,717 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 65
- born since 1996
- 2020s
- peak decade
Mama currently ranks #15717 among girls' names in America, with 65 babies recorded since 1996.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mama has been recorded 65 times among girls since 1996, currently ranked #15717 nationally and more common than 9% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1996 to 2025.
- #31,976 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,717 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 65 born since 1996
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Mama ranks #31,976 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,717 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 65 born since 1996, peaking in the 2020s.
- #31,976 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,717 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 65
- born since 1996
- 2020s
- peak decade
Mama's 65 recorded births place it above 55.7% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Mama compares
65 19th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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
Mama's all-time total is 83% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Mama | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 65 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 8 | 21 | 19,840 |
Mama's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Mama's SSA record in two at 2017 and the more recent half accounts for 54% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 46%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1998, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2017 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Mama popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–2025
- Peak year (2017)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
Mama by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (22 births, 34% of the file).
2020s was Mama's strongest decade.
22 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Mama births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
18 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
20 births
- 2020s
2020s
22 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 22 births (34% of all-time use).
Mama by state
Where Mama concentrates geographically, total births since 1996
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 10 | 15.4% |
10 of 65 births nationwide.
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What to do with Mama's data
- New York records the most Mamas (10 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Mama: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2017)
Similar record span (~29 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, 1996–2025 (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 Mama 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.