Bambi
Bambi is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 9 births. Its best rank was 562nd, in 1979.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 90.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1979327 births
- Best rank
- #562in 1979
- Since 1943
- 5,244people given the name
The story in the numbers
5,244 girls have been named Bambi in the United States since 1943, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1979, with 327 births.
The name has all but left use: 9 births in 2024, against 327 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1969, and the 1970s alone account for 26%. It has spent 17 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
In 1979, its biggest year
Bambi was the 562nd most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1979 were Jennifer, Melissa, Amanda, Jessica and Amy. See all of 1979.
Names that rose and fell with Bambi
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Joniepeak 1979
- Joaniepeak 1957
- Jonipeak 1956
- Joanniepeak 1954
- Jamapeak 1961
- Kandiepeak 1970
- Janapeak 1961
- Fawnpeak 1981
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.