Mama

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A few things about Mama you might not know, from US birth records and Wikipedia. Handy for convincing a partner, or a grandparent.

⭐ Famous Mama

Mama Samba Baldé

Guinea-Bissauan footballer

Choose Mama and your child shares a first name with Mama Samba Baldé, a Guinea-Bissauan footballer. A ready-made answer when someone asks “Mama, like who?” Mama Samba Baldé's Wikipedia article is available in 21 languages, a good sign of just how widely known they are.

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Photo: ESTAC Troyes, CC BY 3.0 (opens in a new tab), via Wikimedia Commons

• 👶How commonAbout 1 in every 322,581 baby girls born in the US in 2025 was named Mama, 5 babies in all. In a typical school of 500 kids, your Mama would very likely be the only one.
• 📜HistoryMama first shows up in US birth records in 1996, the first year at least 5 babies got it. It has been in use for 29 years since.
• 🏆Best yearIts best year was 1997, when it reached #10,836.
• 🌍OriginMama is the #6 most popular Ghanaian girl name in the US. That's out of 29 Ghanaian girl and unisex names in our list.

About the name Mama

Mama is a girl name of African and Ghanaian origin. It has 4 letters and 2 syllables, starting with M and ending in “-ama”. US birth records list Mama for girls from 1996 to 2025, in 11 of those 30 years. Its best year was 1997, when it ranked #10,836 among girl names. In 2025 it ranked #14,942, with 5 babies.

Origin:African namesGhanaian names