Bambi
Girl · BAM-bee · Italian
Bambi is a girls' name of Italian origin, meaning “child, baby”. In 2025 it ranked 1,217th for girls in the UK (28 babies) and 6,545th for girls in the US (17 babies).
What does Bambi mean?
Italian: from the novel Bambi; ultimately Italian bambino, 'child'
“child, baby”
Taken from Felix Salten's 1923 novel about a young deer, made famous by Disney's 1942 film.
- Say it
- BAM-bee
More on Wiktionary.
Is Bambi a girl's or a boy's name?
Bambi is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 28 girls in the UK and 17 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Bambi in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,217among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 28about 1 in 9,900 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 148% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 28 girls in the UK were named Bambi, making it the 1,217th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,110th.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had the most girls named Bambi of any year since it first appeared, in 2012.
Half of all the girls named Bambi in the UK since 1996 were born between 2019 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,166th in England and Wales.
Bambi in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 28 | #1,217 |
| 2024 | 18 | #1,726 |
| 2023 | 16 | #1,873 |
| 2022 | 9 | #2,805 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 5 | #4,110 |
| 2019 | 8 | #3,018 |
| 2018 | 12 | #2,320 |
| 2017 | 9 | #2,864 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
How popular is Bambi in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,545among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 17about 1 in 95,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 17 girls in the US were named Bambi, making it the 6,545th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 1979, with 327 girls. It first appears in the records in 1943.
2025 had more girls named Bambi than any year since 1990.
Half of all the girls named Bambi in the US since 1880 were born between 1959 and 1979, the years shaded on the chart below.
Bambi in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #6,545 |
| 2024 | 9 | #10,266 |
| 2023 | 14 | #7,635 |
| 2022 | 8 | #11,225 |
| 2021 | 12 | #8,459 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 7 | #10,563 |
| 1993 | 13 | #6,615 |
| 1992 | 11 | #7,504 |
| 1991 | 13 | #6,582 |
| 1990 | 20 | #4,689 |
| 1989 | 31 | #3,324 |
| 1988 | 23 | #3,888 |
| 1987 | 35 | #2,778 |
| 1986 | 32 | #2,902 |
| 1985 | 62 | #1,808 |
| 1984 | 74 | #1,535 |
| 1983 | 103 | #1,230 |
| 1982 | 160 | #934 |
| 1981 | 203 | #795 |
| 1980 | 322 | #577 |
| 1979 | 327 | #562 |
| 1978 | 209 | #744 |
| 1977 | 214 | #721 |
| 1976 | 118 | #1,043 |
| 1975 | 108 | #1,083 |
| 1974 | 102 | #1,133 |
| 1973 | 80 | #1,286 |
| 1972 | 71 | #1,394 |
| 1971 | 68 | #1,488 |
| 1970 | 59 | #1,599 |
| 1969 | 73 | #1,325 |
| 1968 | 60 | #1,459 |
| 1967 | 65 | #1,360 |
| 1966 | 98 | #1,057 |
| 1965 | 94 | #1,079 |
| 1964 | 127 | #932 |
| 1963 | 162 | #814 |
| 1962 | 185 | #765 |
| 1961 | 179 | #783 |
| 1960 | 251 | #637 |
| 1959 | 241 | #641 |
| 1958 | 214 | #676 |
| 1957 | 227 | #652 |
| 1956 | 217 | #647 |
| 1955 | 155 | #767 |
| 1954 | 105 | #939 |
| 1953 | 77 | #1,102 |
| 1952 | 20 | #2,326 |
| 1951 | 8 | #4,010 |
| 1950 | 11 | #3,234 |
| 1949 | 9 | #3,611 |
| 1948 | 6 | #4,649 |
| 1947 | 15 | #2,636 |
| 1946 | 11 | #3,033 |
| 1945 | 9 | #3,131 |
| 1944 | 7 | #3,685 |
| 1943 | 8 | #3,492 |
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