Bambi
Bambi was the 6581st most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 17 babies. Its best year was 1979, when it ranked 562nd with 327 babies. More babies were named Bambi in the 1970s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #6,581 girls
- Babies in 2025
- 17girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1979327 babies
- Total since 1880
- 5,261babies recorded
Bambi popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #6,581 | 17 |
| 2020 | — | — |
| 2010 | — | — |
| 2000 | #15,363 | 5 |
| 1990 | #4,712 | 20 |
| 1980 | #577 | 322 |
| 1970 | #1,601 | 59 |
| 1960 | #637 | 251 |
| 1950 | #3,243 | 11 |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Bambi, counting every spelling?
Bambi has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Bambi?
17 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Bambi (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Bambi born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 495 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Bambi.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Bambi?
About 4,700 people born in the US named Bambi are alive today, with a median age of 54; half are between 46 and 66. That makes Bambi mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
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Questions about the name Bambi
How popular is the name Bambi?
Bambi was the 6581st most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 17 babies. Its best year was 1979, when it ranked 562nd with 327 babies. More babies were named Bambi in the 1970s than in any other decade.
Is Bambi a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Bambi in the US.