Banyan — boys' name

What the Data Says About Banyan

The Social Security Administration has registered 363 babies named Banyan between 1996 and 2023, spanning 28 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Banyan currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2011, when 26 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Banyan performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 200 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Banyan shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 33 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Hawaii and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Banyan in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Banyan 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 363 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.