Names / Boy names
Banner
Current rank
#2,151
and rising
All-time peak
#2,115
in 2020
First recorded
1916
in U.S. data
Children named
834
since 1916
Popularity over time
Annual U.S. children given the name · Peak #2,115 in 2020 · Source: Social Security Administration
Meaning & background
Banner first appears in American naming records in 1916, where it reads as a boys' name. Usage has ticked up in recent years while remaining off the most-common lists. Only about 834 children have carried it, making it genuinely rare.