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Banks

#310 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

English surname transferred into given-name use

Banks has been given to 6,970 babies in the U.S. since 1883. In 2025 it ranked #310 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2025, with 1,099 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 93% boys, 7% girls all-time.

Babies named Banks, 2025

1 in 3,020

Banks over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
05001K1.5K18801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Banks over time

In 2025, Banks went to 7% girls and 93% boys.

18832025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Banks: meaning, origin, and history

English surname transferred into given-name use

English surname transfer

What Banks means

Banks is a given name.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Banks is used in English (Modern).

Another recorded pronunciation is /ˈbæŋks/ for Banks.

The naming story behind Banks

Banks is a given name adopted from English surname. This establishes the immediate naming route. A surname transfer is different from a direct translation of the modern given-name spelling; the family name may have its own earlier derivation.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 6,459 boys were recorded with the name Banks between 1883 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 1,099 in 2025; its best national rank was #310 in 2025.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #753 in 2020 to #310 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #1,539 in 2015 to #310 in 2025.

In the United States, 511 girls were recorded with the name Banks between 2018 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 97 in 2024; its best national rank was #2,013 in 2024.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #3,149 in 2020 to #2,105 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Banks?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 3,020
1,099 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 1,550
0.06% of boys
Rank, 2025
#310
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
2,092 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Banks sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 1003%
School of 50015%

Put another way: gather 2,092 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Banks. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Bankss were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Banks was born before 2022 — so the typical Banks is around 3 today.

Median birth year
2022
About 3 years old
Biggest decade
2020s
71.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
91.3%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
6,040
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2020s — 71.7% of all recorded uses (4,633).

Is Banks rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+56
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+443
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+1,229
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
10.37×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
100.0%
Peak was 2025 (1,099)
Years since peak
Peaking now
At its all-time high
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
33.4% average annual change
Best rank ever
#310
2025

Spellings of Banks

Banks is not the most common spelling — Hank is, with 37.1% against Banks's 14.1%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Banks is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Banks was most concentrated in Utah — about 1 in 813 boys, against 1 in 3,056 across all states with data. It was least common in Connecticut (1 in 25,000).

4123 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Utah1 in 813
  2. 2South Carolina1 in 909
  3. 3Nebraska1 in 1,136
  4. 4Iowa1 in 1,163
  5. 5Idaho1 in 1,190
  6. 6Kansas1 in 1,205
  7. 7North Dakota1 in 1,299
  8. 8Montana1 in 1,316

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Geographically, Banks is somewhat regional — more concentrated than 72% of the names used widely enough to compare. See the most regional names

Where Banks is used — girls

Across 2016–2025, Banks was most concentrated in Colorado — about 1 in 20,000 girls, against 1 in 41,327 across all states with data. It was least common in Ohio (1 in 100,000).

15 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Colorado1 in 20,000
  2. 2Georgia1 in 25,000
  3. 3Oregon1 in 25,000
  4. 4Texas1 in 25,000
  5. 5Utah1 in 25,000
  6. 6Louisiana1 in 33,333
  7. 7Minnesota1 in 33,333
  8. 8Washington1 in 33,333

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Banks around the world

Where Banks ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2019–2025
    #1,406
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2017–2024
    #407
    in 2024

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Statistics Canada. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Notable people named Banks

People whose public names include Banks, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Banks by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#310
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 443
Best rank ever
#310
2025
Peak year
2025
1,099 that year
First recorded
1883
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
6,459
Count in 2025
1,099

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#2,105
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 1,044
Best rank ever
#2,013
2024
Peak year
2024
97 that year
First recorded
2018
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
511
Count in 2025
89

Names similar to Banks

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

BaneBannerBanxBanyanBannonBankstonBandyBandonBanjaminBanningBandarBanjoBananBanyonJinksBanditBangBanksyBangalyFairbanks

Names with a curve like Banks

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Banks, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

CallahanOnyxSaintKoaWellsKyloBakerEithanAzielEliamShepherdJaziel

Sibling names for Banks

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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