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Bane

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Bane is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 38 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
380.00% of boys
Peak year
2013121 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1997
1,021people given the name
Babies named Bane, by year of birthboys
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The story in the numbers

1,021 boys have been named Bane in the United States since 1997, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2013, with 121 births.

It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2015, and the 2010s alone account for 65%.

By decade

Decadeboys named Bane
1990s5
2000s125
2010s664
2020s227

In 2013, its biggest year

Bane was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2013 were Noah, Jacob, Liam, Mason and William. See all of 2013.

Names that rose and fell with Bane

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.