girls:
30 births since 2002
#5686 (0th percentile)
boys:
669 births since 1916
#3918 (15th percentile)
overall:
699 births since 1916
#7040 (9th percentile)
The name Banner is the #7,040 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 699 recorded births since 1916. This represents the 9.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 9.0% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,918 (14.5% percentile) for all time with 669 births since 1916. For girls, it ranks #5,686 (0.5% percentile) for all time with 30 births since 2002.
Banner first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1916 (1916 for boys and 2002 for girls). Birth data for Banner is available in 32 out of the 108 years between 1916 and 2023 (32 years for boys and 5 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Banner has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 95.7% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 90.4% of babies named Banner were boys.
For boys, Banner reached its peak popularity in 2020, achieving the 6.8% percentile (ranked #840) with 36 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 36 births per million (ranked 6.7% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2009, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Banner is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #850 (6.7% percentile) with 36 births per million.
For girls, Banner reached its peak popularity in 2002, achieving the 0.2% percentile (ranked #892) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.2% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Banner is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #945 (0.2% percentile) with 4 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Banner".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Banner. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 97.6% confident that Banner is pronounced as BA-ner, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is BA-nuh, at 2.4% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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