Banner — #2313 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Banner

The Social Security Administration has registered 731 babies named Banner between 1916 and 2024, spanning 109 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Banner currently holds the #2313 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 67 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Banner performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 306 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Banner shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 48 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by North Carolina and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Banner in 8 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Banner in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 731 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.