Bane
Boy · BAYN · English
Bane is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “cause of ruin”. In 2025 it ranked 3,657th for boys in the US (30 babies).
What does Bane mean?
English: English word; also a Serbian pet form of Branislav
“cause of ruin”
Bane is a Batman villain, best known from the film The Dark Knight Rises (2012).
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- BAYN
Is Bane a girl's or a boy's name?
Bane is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 30 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Bane in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2017, with 7 boys.
Bane in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 5 | #3,502 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 7 | #2,875 |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,125 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,096 |
| 2012 | 1 | #6,332 |
How popular is Bane in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,657among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 30about 1 in 57,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 27% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 30 boys in the US were named Bane, making it the 3,657th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,504th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 121 boys. It first appears in the records in 1997.
2025 had fewer boys named Bane than any year since 2010.
Half of all the boys named Bane in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 50 boys in the US were given Bane or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,210, up from #3,657 for this spelling alone.
Bane in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 30 | #3,657 |
| 2024 | 38 | #3,159 |
| 2023 | 50 | #2,613 |
| 2022 | 44 | #2,871 |
| 2021 | 44 | #2,818 |
| 2020 | 51 | #2,504 |
| 2019 | 55 | #2,420 |
| 2018 | 55 | #2,384 |
| 2017 | 70 | #2,014 |
| 2016 | 73 | #1,975 |
| 2015 | 93 | #1,677 |
| 2014 | 87 | #1,730 |
| 2013 | 121 | #1,387 |
| 2012 | 51 | #2,447 |
| 2011 | 37 | #3,045 |
| 2010 | 22 | #4,365 |
| 2009 | 12 | #6,798 |
| 2008 | 15 | #5,762 |
| 2007 | 11 | #7,090 |
| 2006 | 30 | #3,449 |
| 2005 | 18 | #4,626 |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 17 | #4,611 |
| 2002 | 10 | #6,515 |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
Names like Bane
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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