Mama — #14137 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Mama

The Social Security Administration has registered 60 babies named Mama between 1996 and 2024, spanning 29 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Mama currently holds the #14137 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2017, when 8 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Mama performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 20 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Mama shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Mama in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Mama 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 60 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.