Banyan
#8,651 most common boys' name of all time · #21,828 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1996–2025
Rank among boys
#8,651
Rank overall
#21,828 of 105,966
First appeared
1996
Years on the list
24 of 146
All-time
369
Since 2016
135
Peak year
2011 #3,972
Best rank
#3,972 2011
Girls
Boys
peak 26/yr
Banyan first appears in 1996. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,247 |
| 2023 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,334 |
| 2022 | — | 10 | 10 | #8,046 |
| 2021 | — | 18 | 18 | #5,257 |
| 2020 | — | 19 | 19 | #4,977 |
| 2019 | — | 22 | 22 | #4,584 |
| 2018 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,920 |
| 2017 | — | 14 | 14 | #6,253 |
| 2016 | — | 23 | 23 | #4,424 |
| 2015 | — | 26 | 26 | #4,060 |
| 2014 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,524 |
| 2013 | — | 23 | 23 | #4,278 |
| 2012 | — | 19 | 19 | #4,987 |
| 2011 | — | 26 | 26 | #3,972 |
| 2010 | — | 19 | 19 | #4,996 |
| 2009 | — | 21 | 21 | #4,708 |
| 2008 | — | 14 | 14 | #6,300 |
| 2007 | — | 14 | 14 | #6,178 |
| 2006 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,731 |
| 2005 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,787 |
| 2004 | — | 17 | 17 | #4,974 |
| 2003 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,305 |
| 2002 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,264 |
| 1996 | — | 5 | 5 | #10,246 |