Banner
Masculine · “flag”
Banner is given to both — 799 boys and 35 girls since 1880. See other names given to both
Banner is a flag, and the word came into English from a Germanic root through French — the same root as 'band', a strip of cloth.
How old is the name Banner?
Banner first appears in US birth records in 1916 — 109 years ago. The typical Banner is a kid of about 6 — this name's wave is very recent. About 700 people named Banner are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Banner most popular?
Banner peaked in 2020, reaching #2113 nationally. Today it ranks #2145, 32 places below that high. See the whole 2020 chart.
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Where it comes from
From baniere to Banner
The story of Banner
A banner was originally the cloth strip a lord's men gathered under, and the banneret was a knight entitled to raise one. The surname named the man who carried it. Banner entered American given-name use recently among the surname names and appears in the registers in current use.
Meaning
flag, standard; standard-bearer
From the Old French baniere, from a Frankish root related to 'band', a strip of cloth. The English surname is occupational, for a standard-bearer. The same root gives banns and abandon, both from a sense of proclamation. The etymology is documented.
How the name formed
- baniere
- banner
- Banner
Related forms: Bannière · Bannor
Pronouncing Banner
BAN-ur
Two syllables, stress on the first. It is a homophone of the ordinary English noun.
Nicknames for Banner
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1916
- Most boys named
- 202367 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2113reached in 2020
- Change vs 2024
- +8.1%67 in 2025, from 62
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Banner in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Bannière in French — related form
- Bannor in English — spelling variant
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, Florida, North Carolina.
Banners among us
people named Banner are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 25,494 born in 2025 was named Banner
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Antwine test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Banner's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Antwine climbed just as high around 1976, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Antwine's path sketches the road Banner is walking now.
Banner sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Banner is headed
Banner should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Banner beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Banner in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- That banns and abandon share a root with it is a first-rate etymology.
- The standard-bearer meaning is concrete and strong.
- Two clean syllables with no pronunciation risk.
- It is an ordinary English noun and reads as one.
- A comic-book character is a strong association for some.
- It is very new as a given name.
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Masculine · #2145 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Banners are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 700 people named Banner are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Banner in 2025?
- Banner ranks #2145 among US boy names in 2025, with 67 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Banner?
- About 1 in every 25,494 US boys born in 2025 was named Banner — 67 in all.
- Will my child share the name Banner with classmates?
- Banner will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Banner
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US figures from the Social Security Administration. 1880–2025. Data & methodology
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