# Bambi (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/bambi/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Italian |
| Meaning | “young girl” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 5,261 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 5,261 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 112, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Bambi, from bambina (“young girl”).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 5 | 16,464 |
| 2005 | 8 | 11,998 |
| 2008 | 7 | 14,064 |
| 2012 | 6 | 15,254 |
| 2013 | 6 | 14,897 |
| 2014 | 5 | 16,952 |
| 2016 | 5 | 16,636 |
| 2017 | 7 | 12,931 |
| 2018 | 6 | 14,060 |
| 2019 | 9 | 10,604 |
| 2021 | 12 | 8,554 |
| 2022 | 8 | 11,378 |
| 2023 | 14 | 7,703 |
| 2024 | 9 | 10,403 |
| 2025 | 17 | 6,581 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 3 | 5,876 |
| 2017 | 9 | 2,706 |
| 2018 | 12 | 2,187 |
| 2019 | 8 | 2,869 |
| 2020 | 5 | 3,899 |
| 2021 | 4 | 4,634 |
| 2022 | 9 | 2,673 |
| 2023 | 16 | 1,774 |
| 2024 | 18 | 1,672 |
| 2025 | 28 | 1,166 |

## People named Bambi

- Bambi Woods, American pornographic actress

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.