Boys' name · since 1975
Banning
60 babies named Banning in U.S. Social Security records since 1975, with the highest year being 2020. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #20,847 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 60
- born since 1975
- 2010s
- peak decade
60 boys have been named Banning since 1975, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Banning recorded 60 times among boys since 1975, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used boys names, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1975 to 2022.
- #20,847 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 60 born since 1975
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Banning ranks #20,847 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 60 born since 1975, peaking in the 2010s.
- #20,847 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 60
- born since 1975
- 2010s
- peak decade
Banning's 60 recorded births place it above 53.94% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Banning's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Banning splits its recorded history at 2010: 52% of all births land in the more recent half, 48% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2008 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2020 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Banning popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–2022
- Peak year (2020)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 48 years of records
Banning by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (16 births, 27% of the file).
2010s was Banning's strongest decade.
16 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 27% of all-time use.
Banning births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 6
1970s
6 births
- 1980s 6
1980s
6 births
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
- 2000s
2000s
11 births
- 2010s
2010s
16 births
- 2020s
2020s
15 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 16 births (27% of all-time use).
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- Banning's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (16 total births) through the 2020s (15) -- 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Banning: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2020)
Similar record span (~47 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, 1975–2022 (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 Banning 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.