Banner

Last seen for girls in 2024 at #15,293 · #2,145 for boys in 2025, 67 births
Given to boys 95.8% of the time

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Peak · boys
#2,113
2020 · 66 births
Debut · boys
1916
10 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
799
since 1916

Banner over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Banner has never cracked the top 2,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202016boysat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2025—#2,14567
2024#15,2935#2,28862
2023#12,1977#2,14767
2022—#2,75347
2021—#2,17365
2020—#2,11366
2019—#2,99340
2018#13,7936#2,84842
2017—#2,89141
2016#16,2155#2,68945
2015—#2,96639
2014#16,5135#3,53230
2013—#3,40531
2012—#7,05011
2011—#8,0799
2010—#5,04718
2009—#7,69210
2008—#9,8717
2007—#10,9216
2006—#10,6626
2005—#11,4725
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1996—#9,0155
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First appearance
1916

The first year at least five boys were named Banner! It came in at #2,543, and was given to 10 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1918, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Banner is popular in 2016

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Banner, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Banner, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Banner, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Banner, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Banner, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Banner, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Banner, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Banner, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Banner, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Banner, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Banner, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Banner, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Banner, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Banner, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Banner, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Banner, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Banner, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Banner, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Banner, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Banner, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Banner, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Banner, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Banner, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Banner, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Banner, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Banner, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Banner, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Banner, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Banner, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Banner, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Banner, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Banner, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Banner, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Banner, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Banner, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Banner, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Banner, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Banner, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Banner, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Banner, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #1,118 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 10,395 boysNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Banner, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Banner, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Banner, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Banner, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Banner, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Banner, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Banner, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Banner, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Banner, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Banner, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. North Carolina#1,118 · 1 in 10,395

Best ever in a state: #494 in North Carolina, 1917.

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See more about Banner
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 143 spots since 2024 (#2,288 → #2,145)
  • 32 spots since 2020 (#2,113 → #2,145)
  • 821 spots since 2015 (#2,966 → #2,145)
Rise & fade · boys
104 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1916
  • Peaked 2020 at #2,113 (66 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 25,494
  • Highest: 1 in 25,494 boys born in 2025 were named Banner (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #2,113 in 2020, was only 1 in 26,153 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2020s
  • 46.8% of all boys named Banner (374) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s23#2,543 (1916)#3,165
1920s11#3,697 (1928)#4,010
1930s10#3,518 (1937)#3,580
1940s5#3,430 (1944)#3,430
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1990s22#8,110 (1997)#8,576
2000s48#5,131 (2002)#9,292
2010s306#2,689 (2016)#4,150
2020s374#2,113 (2020)#2,270

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Banner in 2016

girls
#16,215
5 births · 1 in 354,404 girls
boys
#2,689
45 births · 1 in 42,172 boys

Top girls' names in 2016

  1. #1Emma19,550
  2. #2Olivia19,414
  3. #3Ava16,354
  4. #4Sophia16,185
  5. #5Isabella14,863
  6. #6Mia14,464
  7. #7Charlotte13,118
  8. #8Abigail11,796
  9. #9Emily11,006
  10. #10Amelia10,809
  11. #16,215Banner5

Top boys' names in 2016

  1. #1Noah19,188
  2. #2Liam18,277
  3. #3William15,810
  4. #4Mason15,287
  5. #5James14,920
  6. #6Benjamin14,686
  7. #7Jacob14,559
  8. #8Michael14,145
  9. #9Elijah13,982
  10. #10Ethan13,855
  11. #2,689Banner45
More about 2016

girls

1,772,022 girls got a published name in 2016; 1 in 354,404 of them was named Banner, which outranked 14.1% of the 18,885 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Banner
  1. #14,331Zyniah6
  2. #14,331Zyriana6
  3. #14,331Zyrie6
  4. #16,215Banner5
  5. #16,215Aadriti5
  6. #16,215Aafiyah5
  7. #16,215Aaishah5

Tied with 2,670 names at #16,215; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2015
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,389Kehlani#3,254 → #865
  2. ↑ 612Royalty#1,146 → #534
  3. ↑ 481Saoirse#1,448 → #967
  4. ↑ 396Ophelia#978 → #582
  5. ↑ 364Aitana#915 → #551
Fallers
  1. ↓ 542Caitlin#610 → #1,152
  2. ↓ 451Caitlyn#598 → #1,049
  3. ↓ 397Katelynn#652 → #1,049
  4. ↓ 382Kaitlynn#989 → #1,371
  5. ↓ 340Neriah#946 → #1,286

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,897,738 boys got a published name in 2016; 1 in 42,172 of them was named Banner, which outranked 81.1% of the 14,207 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Banner
  1. #2,661Winter46
  2. #2,661Ziggy46
  3. #2,661Ziyad46
  4. #2,689Banner45
  5. #2,689Ahron45
  6. #2,689Brison45
  7. #2,689Chet45
  8. #2,726Adyan44
  9. #2,726Akshay44
  10. #2,726Aleczander44

Tied with 36 names at #2,689; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2015
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,327Kylo#3,231 → #904
  2. ↑ 355Creed#1,340 → #985
  3. ↑ 349Benicio#1,327 → #978
  4. ↑ 303Adonis#698 → #395
  5. ↑ 291Fox#1,035 → #744
Fallers
  1. ↓ 477Jonael#922 → #1,399
  2. ↓ 238Aaden#784 → #1,022
  3. ↓ 233Triston#950 → #1,183
  4. ↓ 223Freddy#993 → #1,216
  5. ↓ 207Chace#934 → #1,141

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2016 →