Banyan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- BAN-yun
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #10,690 for boys
Banyan is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “Indian fig tree”. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Banyan mean?
English: English word for the Indian fig tree, from Gujarati vaniyo 'trader'
“Indian fig tree”
The banyan is the Indian fig tree; the word comes from Gujarati for a trader, since merchants met under its shade.
Is Banyan a girl's or a boy's name?
Banyan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Banyan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,690among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 280,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling fastdown 75% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the US were named Banyan, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,851st. Its busiest year was 2011, with 26 boys. It first appears in the records in 1996.
Half of all the boys named Banyan in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Banyan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 10 | #7,762 |
| 2021 | 18 | #5,105 |
| 2020 | 19 | #4,851 |
| 2019 | 22 | #4,476 |
| 2018 | 15 | #5,766 |
| 2017 | 14 | #6,056 |
| 2016 | 23 | #4,326 |
| 2015 | 26 | #3,980 |
| 2014 | 13 | #6,303 |
| 2013 | 23 | #4,178 |
| 2012 | 19 | #4,857 |
| 2011 | 26 | #3,883 |
| 2010 | 19 | #4,845 |
| 2009 | 21 | #4,580 |
| 2008 | 14 | #6,065 |
| 2007 | 14 | #5,898 |
| 2006 | 15 | #5,521 |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
| 2004 | 17 | #4,788 |
| 2003 | 7 | #8,636 |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
Names like Banyan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from 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, “Banyan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/banyan, updated 20 October 2026.