first name
BAMBI
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 4,318 people named Bambi, 85.5% reported their origin as White, 4.2% as Hispanic or Latino and 3.9% as two or more races. 99.4% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Bambi peaked in 1979, when 327 babies got the name.
At least 5,261 babies have been given the name since 1943. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Bambi by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1950s, when it ranked #1,483. The largest share of babies named Bambi, 42.2%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Bambi is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Bambi has been most common in Louisiana (2.4×), Ohio (2×), and Indiana (1.6×), and least common in Minnesota (0.57×).
3,094 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
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