Bama
Last seen for girls in 1982 at #10,517
- Peak · girls
- 1883 · 8 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 498since 1880
Bama over time
Rank among girls' names. Bama has never cracked the top 600 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 |
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| 1959 | #6,245 | 5 |
| 1958 | — | |
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| 1956 | — | |
| 1955 | #5,828 | 5 |
| 1954 | — | |
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| 1952 | — | |
| 1951 | #4,385 | 7 |
| 1950 | — | |
| 1949 | #5,244 | 5 |
| 1948 | #4,651 | 6 |
| 1947 | — | |
| 1946 | #4,960 | 5 |
| 1945 | — | |
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| 1943 | — | |
| 1942 | #4,622 | 5 |
| 1941 | #3,559 | 7 |
| 1940 | — | |
| 1939 | — | |
| 1938 | #3,181 | 8 |
| 1937 | — | |
| 1936 | — | |
| 1935 | #4,204 | 5 |
| 1934 | — | |
| 1933 | — | |
| 1932 | #2,644 | 11 |
| 1931 | #2,581 | 11 |
| 1930 | #3,345 | 8 |
| 1929 | #3,394 | 8 |
| 1928 | #3,743 | 7 |
| 1927 | #3,875 | 7 |
| 1926 | #3,046 | 10 |
| 1925 | #3,362 | 9 |
| 1924 | #3,144 | 10 |
| 1923 | #2,917 | 11 |
| 1922 | #2,958 | 11 |
| 1921 | #3,400 | 9 |
| 1920 | #4,975 | 5 |
| 1919 | #2,515 | 13 |
| 1918 | #2,519 | 13 |
| 1917 | #3,713 | 7 |
| 1916 | #2,658 | 11 |
| 1915 | #2,384 | 12 |
| 1914 | #3,618 | 5 |
| 1913 | #2,034 | 10 |
| 1912 | #1,719 | 11 |
| 1911 | #1,956 | 7 |
| 1910 | #1,421 | 11 |
| 1909 | #1,471 | 9 |
| 1908 | #2,101 | 5 |
| 1907 | #1,821 | 6 |
| 1906 | #1,951 | 5 |
| 1905 | #1,162 | 11 |
| 1904 | #1,251 | 9 |
| 1903 | #1,137 | 10 |
| 1902 | #936 | 14 |
| 1901 | #1,227 | 8 |
| 1900 | #1,723 | 6 |
| 1899 | #1,034 | 10 |
| 1898 | #1,502 | 6 |
| 1897 | #1,037 | 10 |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | #1,426 | 6 |
| 1894 | #812 | 14 |
| 1893 | #1,175 | 7 |
| 1892 | #1,171 | 7 |
| 1891 | #1,213 | 6 |
| 1890 | #1,006 | 8 |
| 1889 | #1,025 | 7 |
| 1888 | #894 | 9 |
| 1887 | #1,147 | 5 |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | #921 | 6 |
| 1884 | #731 | 9 |
| 1883 | #692 | 8 |
| 1882 | #813 | 6 |
| 1881 | #830 | 5 |
| 1880 | #738 | 6 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Bama was already there! It came in at #738, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1886–1887, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Bama
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1982
- Biggest jump: 363 spots in 1894 (#1,175 → #812)
- Biggest drop: 614 spots in 1895 (#812 → #1,426)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1883 at #692 (8 births)
- Births halved by 1886, 3 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 9 yrs · run 1880–1885
- Highest: 1 in 14,040 girls born in 1883 were named Bama (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 338,665 girls born in 1982 (0.00%)
- 20.1% of all girls named Bama (100) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 61 | #692 (1883) | #866 |
| 1890s | 74 | #812 (1894) | #1,153 |
| 1900s | 83 | #936 (1902) | #1,478 |
| 1910s | 100 | #1,421 (1910) | #2,454 |
| 1920s | 87 | #2,917 (1923) | #3,481 |
| 1930s | 43 | #2,581 (1931) | #3,191 |
| 1940s | 28 | #3,559 (1941) | #4,607 |
| 1950s | 17 | #4,385 (1951) | #5,486 |
| 1960s | 0 | — | — |
| 1970s | 0 | — | — |
| 1980s | 5 | #10,517 (1982) | #10,517 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Bama in 1888
Top girls' names in 1888
More about 1888
girls
178,622 girls got a published name in 1888; 1 in 19,847 of them was named Bama, which outranked 39.3% of the 1,474 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #837Verona10
- #837Vira10
- #837Zelia10
- #894Bama9
- #894Abby9
- #894Aletha9
- #894Alverta9
- #959Adline8
- #959Agness8
- #959Aida8
Tied with 64 names at #894; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 643Anabel#633 → #1,276
- ↓ 583Tennessee#693 → #1,276
- ↓ 576Diana#560 → #1,136
- ↓ 576Hope#560 → #1,136
- ↓ 550Margaretha#586 → #1,136
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.