Girls' name · since 1990
Bana
217 babies named Bana in U.S. Social Security records since 1990, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #18,962 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,414 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 217
- born since 1990
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Bana is the #6414 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 217 recorded since 1990.
Bana has 217 recorded births among girls since 1990, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #6414 as of the latest data, more common than 63% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1990 to 2025.
- #18,962 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #6,414 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 217 born since 1990
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Bana ranks #18,962 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,414 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 217 born since 1990, peaking in the 2010s.
- #18,962 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,414 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 217
- born since 1990
- 2010s
- peak decade
Bana's 217 recorded births place it above 73.73% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Bana compares
217 38th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Bana's all-time total is 42% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Bana | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 217 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 18 | 21 | 19,840 |
Bana's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Bana splits its recorded history at 2014: 61% of all births land in the more recent half, 39% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1998 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 18 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Bana popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 36 years of records
Bana by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (104 births, 48% of the file).
2010s was Bana's strongest decade.
104 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Bana births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 18
1990s
18 births
- 2000s 34
2000s
34 births
- 2010s
2010s
104 births
- 2020s
2020s
61 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 104 births (48% of all-time use).
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- Bana's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (104 total births) through the 2020s (61) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Bana: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~35 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1990–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Bana draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.