Boys' name · since 1916
Banner
799 babies named Banner in U.S. Social Security records since 1916, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #5,908 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #2,151 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 799
- born since 1916
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Banner is the #2151 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 799 recorded since 1916.
Banner has 799 recorded births among boys since 1916, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #2151 as of the latest data, more common than 85% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1916 to 2025.
- #5,908 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #2,151 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 799 born since 1916
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Banner ranks #5,908 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,151 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 799 born since 1916, peaking in the 2020s.
- #5,908 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #2,151 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 799
- born since 1916
- 2020s
- peak decade
Banner's 799 recorded births place it above 87% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
9 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Banner compares
799 Top 35% higher than 65% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Banner's all-time total is 117% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Banner | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 799 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 67 | 34 | 22,252 |
Banner's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Banner splits its recorded history at 2009: 86% of all births land in the more recent half, 14% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1921 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2023 peak of 67 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Banner popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1916–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 67
- Annual births at peak, across 110 years of records
Banner popularity over time - girls
35 total births recorded since 2002 (Banner as girls' name)
Banner by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (374 births, 47% of the file).
2020s was Banner's strongest decade.
374 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Banner births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 23
1910s
23 births
- 1920s 11
1920s
11 births
- 1930s 10
1930s
10 births
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1990s 22
1990s
22 births
- 2000s 48
2000s
48 births
- 2010s
2010s
306 births
- 2020s
2020s
374 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 374 births (47% of all-time use).
How Banner compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Banner's total volume
Banner by state
Where Banner concentrates geographically, total births since 1916
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 58 | 7.3% |
| #2 | North Carolina | | 16 | 2.0% |
| #3 | Florida | | 15 | 1.9% |
| #4 | California | | 11 | 1.4% |
| #5 | Oklahoma | | 6 | 0.8% |
| #6 | Georgia | | 5 | 0.6% |
| #7 | Kansas | | 5 | 0.6% |
| #8 | Kentucky | | 5 | 0.6% |
58 of 799 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 9 reporting states.
Banner appears in 9 states. Explore state details →
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- Texas records the most Banners (58 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
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 Banner: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2023)
Similar record span (~109 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, 1916–2025 (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 Banner 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.