Bana

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Bana: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Bana: Recorded since 2002, its highest recorded position is #1,894, reached in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
18times a registrar ranked it
23years from first to last
#1894highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2002–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2002	#3409
2008	#5545
2009	#2326
2010	#4688
2011	#4764
2012	#4838
2013	#4739
2015	#4736
2016	#5785
2017	#4063
2018	#3985
2019	#2170
2020	#2843
2021	#3961
2022	#5669
2023	#4056
2024	#1894

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 17 of the 23 years from 2002 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 2002–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2002
First recorded at #3409 among girls in England and Wales in 2002 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2002–2024
Highest recorded position: #1894 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024 (recorded 2002–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1894 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Bana by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Bana in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	17	3 of 10	6
2010s	45	9 of 10	5
2020sbusiest	36	5 of 10	7

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 7 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Bana appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2002 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1894 in England and Wales in 2024.

Bana's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#1894	15	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#4056	5	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#5669	3	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#3961	5	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2843	8	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2170	12	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3985	5	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#4063	5	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#4736	4	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#4739	4	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#4838	4	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#4764	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#4688	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2326	10	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#5545	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#3409	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 2002 and 2024, ranked in 17 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,894, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 15 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 5 years.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
10 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
3separate stretches the record falls into3 separate stretches →
5 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#1,894position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
15births registered in its largest year, 2024Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Barakah · #1948, 13y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Aradhya · #1894, 13y
Guinevere · #1894, 17y
Hiyab · #1894, 12y
Ivory · #1894, 15y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Guinevere · #1894, 17y
Jasnoor · #1894, 14y
Keona · #1894, 22y
Soleil · #1894, 15y

Bana and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Bana without appearing here.

Bana moved ahead of

Hayden Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4056 and #2346 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #1894 and #5891.
Hunter Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4056 and #4056 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #1894 and #5891.
Kari Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5669 and #5669 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #1894 and #5891.
Kirsten Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4056 and #4056 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #1894 and #5891.

Moved ahead of Bana

Dylan Compare
In 2007 they stood at #3409 and #4137 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #5545 and #1516.
Fiadh Compare
In 2014 they stood at #4739 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #4736 and #2705.
Blake Compare
In 2010 they stood at #2326 and #3936 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #4764 and #2893.
Rory Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2170 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2843 and #1939.

Moved the opposite way to Bana

Abigail Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Bana went from #3409 to #1894 while Abigail went from #22 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Bana went from #3409 to #1894 while Aimee went from #65 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Bana went from #3409 to #1894 while Aisling went from #513 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Bana went from #3409 to #1894 while Alex went from #233 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Bana

Ada Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Bana went from #3409 to #1894 and Ada from #2301 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Bana went from #3409 to #1894 and Alma from #2105 to #234.
Amelia Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Bana went from #3409 to #1894 and Amelia from #25 to #2.
Aria Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Bana went from #3409 to #1894 and Aria from #2540 to #35.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2002 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1894 in England and Wales in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Bana

Bana at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Bana by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Bana at a glance

Bana by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Also first recorded in the 2000s

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Bana moved ahead of

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