Names / Boy names
Bannon
Current rank
—
outside the top 1,000
All-time peak
#5,583
in 2016
First recorded
1996
in U.S. data
Children named
198
since 1996
Popularity over time
Annual U.S. children given the name · Peak #5,583 in 2016 · Source: Social Security Administration
Meaning & background
Bannon was first recorded in American naming records in 1996, where it reads as a boys' name. These days it lands below the top 1,000, so it still feels distinctive. Only about 198 children have carried it, making it genuinely rare.