Girls' name · since 2018
Banu
Banu has 12 recorded births since 2018 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2018 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #51,523 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #16,662 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 12
- born since 2018
- 2010s
- peak decade
12 babies have been named Banu since 2018, making it today's #16662 girls' name.
Social Security Administration records show Banu recorded 12 times among girls since 2018, holding rank #16662 nationally today, ahead of 4% of girls, 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 2018 to 2025.
- #51,523 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #16,662 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 12 born since 2018
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Banu ranks #51,523 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #16,662 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 12 born since 2018, peaking in the 2010s.
- #51,523 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #16,662 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 12
- born since 2018
- 2010s
- peak decade
Banu's 12 recorded births place it above 27.4% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Banu compares
12 4th 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
Banu's all-time total is 97% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Banu | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 12 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 7 | 21 | 19,840 |
Banu's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Banu's full recorded timeline at 2025, 42% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 58% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2025, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2018 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Banu popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–2025
- Peak year (2018)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 8 years of records
Banu by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (7 births, 58% of the file).
2010s was Banu's strongest decade.
7 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 58% of all-time use.
Banu births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
7 births
- 2020s
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 7 births (58% of all-time use).
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What to do with Banu's data
- Banu's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (7 total births) through the 2020s (5) -- 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 Banu: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2018)
Similar record span (~7 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, 2018–2025 (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 Banu 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.