Bama

Popularity Trends

The name Bama is the #7,241 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 498 recorded births since 1880. This represents the 6.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 6.4% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,218 (8.7% percentile) for all time with 498 births since 1880.

Bama has appeared in U.S. birth records since the beginning of our dataset in 1880 Birth data for Bama is available in 62 out of the 103 years between 1880 and 1982. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.

For girls, Bama reached its peak popularity in 1894, achieving the 2.8% percentile (ranked #313) with 59 births per million. The name was most common in 1883, with 67 births per million (ranked 1.3% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1982.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Bama".

1880 1982 18801982

Key Statistics

Total Births

498

Peak Births

Peak Year

1894

First Recorded

1880

Peak Percentile

2.8%

Current Percentile

—

Peak Rank

#313

Current Rank

—

Female statistics

Names That Sound Similar

These names exclude other spelling variations of this name. View all variations of Bama.

Names with Similar Spellings

These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Bama", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. These names exclude other spelling variations of this name. View all variations of Bama.

Names with Correlated Trends

These 12 names have popularity trends that correlate most strongly with the name Bama's popularity from 1880 to 1985 on a gender-neutral basis. Names may rise and fall in popularity for a variety of reasons, but correlations often reflect either changes in naming fashion or demographic shifts.

The correlation calculations in the table below ignore absolute popularity to show you names that move in similar directions as the name Bama at the same time. They also correct for changes in the overall birth rate over time. The 0-100% trend values are calculated by dividing each name's gender-neutral births per million by the peak births per million for that name.

The 12 names most strongly correlated to Bama range from Mittie at 91.3% correlation to Addie at 89.8% correlation, with an average correlation level of 90.3%. The most popular of these 12 most correlated names is Fannie with 85.8K births (100% girls) and the least popular is Dicie with 1.2K births (100% girls).

Bama's share of births peaked at 66.6 births per million for girls in 1894. It reached its lowest point of 2.4 births per million (4% of peak) in 1959. In 1982, the most recent period with data, the name Bama had 2.8 births per million, 4% of its peak popularity.

This chart shows how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak (100%).

Mittie

6,297

91.30% (very strong)

Hiram

14.3k

91.01% (very strong)

Sallie

50k

90.94% (very strong)

Lizzie

39.4k

90.61% (very strong)

Hettie

7,294

90.36% (very strong)

Charley

34.4k

90.31% (very strong)

Della

69.9k

90.11% (very strong)

Dicie

1,167

90.09% (very strong)

Fannie

85.8k

89.91% (very strong)

May

49.7k

89.89% (very strong)

Nannie

25.6k

89.85% (very strong)

Addie

45.7k

89.81% (very strong)

About this table: Correlation values are shown as percentages from 0% to 100%, with each value accompanied by its strength (very weak to very strong). Higher percentages and stronger correlations indicate names that rise and fall together more closely in popularity. The strength labels are color-coded from gray (very weak) to green (very strong). The Trend column visualizes how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak. Absolute correlation values are shown for simplicity (all correlations here are positive). The Total Births column is color-coded by gender distribution - blue shades for predominantly male names and red shades for predominantly female names, with purple hues indicating a more balanced gender distribution.

How to Pronounce Bama

Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Bama. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 70.7% confident that Bama is pronounced as BA-muh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is BAH-muh, at 17.1% confidence, with 2 syllables.

BA-muh

70.7%

BAH-muh

17.1%

BUH-muh

12.2%

BA-muh (2 syllables)

70.7% confidence

B AE1 M AH0

BAH-muh (2 syllables)

17.1% confidence

B AA1 M AH0

BUH-muh (2 syllables)

12.2% confidence

B AH1 M AH0

Possible Additional Pronunciations

If none of the pronunciations above sound right to you, could you please check whether any of these related pronunciations should be applied to the name Bama? These are pronunciations that other similar names use, but which are not currently associated with Bama. If you think any of these are valid pronunciations for Bama, please vote using the thumbs up button.

About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like B AE1 M AH0) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.

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