Girls' name · since 1888
Bannie
Bannie has 92 recorded births since 1888 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1924 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #27,986 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 92
- born since 1888
- 1920s
- peak decade
Bannie is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 92 have been recorded since 1888.
Bannie has 92 recorded births among girls since 1888, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1888 to 1928.
- #27,986 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 92 born since 1888
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Bannie ranks #27,986 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 92 born since 1888, peaking in the 1920s.
- #27,986 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 92
- born since 1888
- 1920s
- peak decade
Bannie's 92 recorded births place it above 61.12% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Bannie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Bannie's SSA record in two at 1916 and the more recent half accounts for 57% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 43%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1893, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1924 peak of 9, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Bannie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1888–1928
- Peak year (1924)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 41 years of records
Bannie by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (33 births, 36% of the file).
1920s was Bannie's strongest decade.
33 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Bannie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 7
1880s
7 births
- 1890s 11
1890s
11 births
- 1900s 12
1900s
12 births
- 1910s
1910s
29 births
- 1920s
1920s
33 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 33 births (36% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Bannie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 1888–1928 (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 Bannie 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.