Banner
Banner was the 2151st most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 67 babies. Its best year was 2020, when it ranked 2115th; the most babies were born in 2023 (67). Over the last ten years it has moved up 820 places. More babies were named Banner in the 2020s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #2,151 boys, down 36 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 67boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 202367 babies
- Total since 1880
- 834babies recorded
Banner popularity since 1880
A few girls are given the name too: 35 since 2002.
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,151 | 67 |
| 2020 | #2,115 | 66 |
| 2010 | #5,068 | 18 |
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How popular is Banner, counting every spelling?
Banner has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Banner?
67 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Banner (0.02 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Banner born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 125 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Banner.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Banner?
About 700 people born in the US named Banner are alive today, with a median age of 7; half are between 3 and 11. That makes Banner a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Banner by state
How common Banner was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 45 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Banner: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Banner, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Banner
How popular is the name Banner?
Banner was the 2151st most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 67 babies. Its best year was 2020, when it ranked 2115th; the most babies were born in 2023 (67). Over the last ten years it has moved up 820 places. More babies were named Banner in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Is Banner a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Banner in the US.
Where is Banner most popular?
In 2021–2025, Banner was most common in Kansas (0.07 per 1,000 boys), followed by Oklahoma and Kentucky.