Bambi
- #6,546 for girls in 2025, 17 births
- Peak · girls
- 1979 · 327 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 5,261since 1943
Bambi over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Bambi has never cracked the top 500 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #6,546 | 17 |
| 2024 | #10,271 | 9 |
| 2023 | #7,640 | 14 |
| 2022 | #11,231 | 8 |
| 2021 | #8,464 | 12 |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | #10,473 | 9 |
| 2018 | #13,793 | 6 |
| 2017 | #12,713 | 7 |
| 2016 | #16,215 | 5 |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | #16,513 | 5 |
| 2013 | #14,582 | 6 |
| 2012 | #14,962 | 6 |
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| 2008 | #13,832 | 7 |
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| 2005 | #11,834 | 8 |
| 2004 | #16,099 | 5 |
| 2003 | #15,784 | 5 |
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| 2000 | #15,031 | 5 |
| 1999 | #14,411 | 5 |
| 1998 | #14,122 | 5 |
| 1997 | #13,724 | 5 |
| 1996 | #11,807 | 6 |
| 1995 | #10,514 | 7 |
| 1994 | #10,569 | 7 |
| 1993 | #6,622 | 13 |
| 1992 | #7,512 | 11 |
| 1991 | #6,588 | 13 |
| 1990 | #4,694 | 20 |
| 1989 | #3,330 | 31 |
| 1988 | #3,893 | 23 |
| 1987 | #2,780 | 35 |
| 1986 | #2,903 | 32 |
| 1985 | #1,809 | 62 |
| 1984 | #1,535 | 74 |
| 1983 | #1,230 | 103 |
| 1982 | #934 | 160 |
| 1981 | #795 | 203 |
| 1980 | #577 | 322 |
| 1979 | #562 | 327 |
| 1978 | #744 | 209 |
| 1977 | #721 | 214 |
| 1976 | #1,043 | 118 |
| 1975 | #1,083 | 108 |
| 1974 | #1,133 | 102 |
| 1973 | #1,286 | 80 |
| 1972 | #1,394 | 71 |
| 1971 | #1,488 | 68 |
| 1970 | #1,599 | 59 |
| 1969 | #1,325 | 73 |
| 1968 | #1,459 | 60 |
| 1967 | #1,360 | 65 |
| 1966 | #1,057 | 98 |
| 1965 | #1,079 | 94 |
| 1964 | #932 | 127 |
| 1963 | #814 | 162 |
| 1962 | #765 | 185 |
| 1961 | #783 | 179 |
| 1960 | #637 | 251 |
| 1959 | #641 | 241 |
| 1958 | #676 | 214 |
| 1957 | #653 | 227 |
| 1956 | #648 | 217 |
| 1955 | #768 | 155 |
| 1954 | #940 | 105 |
| 1953 | #1,103 | 77 |
| 1952 | #2,327 | 20 |
| 1951 | #4,011 | 8 |
| 1950 | #3,235 | 11 |
| 1949 | #3,612 | 9 |
| 1948 | #4,651 | 6 |
| 1947 | #2,637 | 15 |
| 1946 | #3,034 | 11 |
| 1945 | #3,132 | 9 |
| 1944 | #3,687 | 7 |
| 1943 | #3,493 | 8 |
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First appearance
1943
The first year at least five girls were named Bambi! It came in at #3,493, and was given to 8 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1997–2004, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Bambi is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Bambi in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Bambi
Momentum · girls
Brand new
- 3,725 spots since 2024 (#10,271 → #6,546)
- Biggest jump: 322 spots in 1977
- Biggest drop: 296 spots in 1983
Rise & fade · girls
36 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1943
- Peaked 1979 at #562 (327 births)
- Births halved by 1982, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 17 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 17 yrs · run 1954–1964
Share of babies · girls
1 in 4,909
- Highest: 1 in 4,909 girls born in 1979 were named Bambi (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 94,545 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1970s
- 25.8% of all girls named Bambi (1,356) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 65 | #2,637 (1947) | #3,464 |
| 1950s | 1,275 | #641 (1959) | #1,500 |
| 1960s | 1,294 | #637 (1960) | #1,021 |
| 1970s | 1,356 | #562 (1979) | #1,105 |
| 1980s | 1,045 | #577 (1980) | #1,979 |
| 1990s | 92 | #4,694 (1990) | #10,056 |
| 2000s | 30 | #11,834 (2005) | #14,516 |
| 2010s | 44 | #10,473 (2019) | #14,179 |
| 2020s | 60 | #6,546 (2025) | #8,830 |
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.
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