Bana
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- BAH-nah
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #6,324 for girls
Bana is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “ban tree”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 6,324th for girls in the US (18 babies).
What does Bana mean?
Arabic: from ban, a slender tree in Arabic poetry
“ban tree”
Is Bana a girl's or a boy's name?
Bana is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 18 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Bana in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,935th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 11% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Bana, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,766th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 15 girls.
Half of all the girls named Bana in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Bana in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 15 | #1,953 |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,766 |
| 2019 | 12 | #2,275 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 10 | #2,478 |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 4 | #3,556 |
How popular is Bana in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,324th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 18 about 1 in 89,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 18 girls in the US were named Bana, making it the 6,324th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 13,448th. It first appears in the records in 1990.
2025 had the most girls named Bana of any year since it first appeared, in 1990.
Half of all the girls named Bana in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Bana in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #6,324 |
| 2024 | 7 | #12,156 |
| 2023 | 7 | #12,192 |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 14 | #7,625 |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 10 | #9,801 |
| 2017 | 10 | #9,939 |
| 2016 | 14 | #7,985 |
| 2015 | 12 | #8,926 |
| 2014 | 17 | #6,985 |
| 2013 | 17 | #7,027 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 10 | #10,675 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 7 | #10,562 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 6 | #11,403 |
Names like Bana
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Hafsa, Ayra, Hiba, Rahma, Amira, Zainab, Abeeha, Ayah, Liyana, Khadija, Isra
Names related to Bana
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amir, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Bana: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/bana, updated 20 October 2026.