Given name

Bamma

Bamma is used as a given name.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Bamma isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1888. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Bamma through the years

Babies since 1880
59
0 boys · 59 girls
Most popular year
1900
9 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
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Bamma in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1888–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1925. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 9 in 1900.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Similar names

If you love Bamma, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

 

Bama

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

 

Azema

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>99% girls

 

Ulma

Ulma is a surname. It is used in Polish.

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

 

Austa

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

 

Arrena

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

 

Arrilla

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

 

Ozelma

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

 

Bevie

0Not recently recorded

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Bamma’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

A brother for Bamma

A sister for Bamma