Banks Boy
How popular is Banks?
#310 boy name in 2025
1,099 baby boys were named Banks in the US in 2025, making it the 310th most popular boy name. Another 89 girls got the name (#2,099 for girls).
Banks popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #310 for boys (▲ 56 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 1,099 boys, 89 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+937% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,538 in 2015, #753 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2025 (1,099 boys) |
| Highest rank | #310 in 2025 |
| First recorded | 1883 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 91% boys, 9% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.9% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Banks counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Banks family of names ranked #293 for boys in 2025 (#349 the year before), with 1,154 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Banks | 1,099 | 95% |
| Banx | 55 | 5% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Banks is most popular
Babies named Banks per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Utah: 2.0 per 1,000 (191 boys)
- North Dakota: 1.6 per 1,000 (28 boys)
- Nebraska: 1.6 per 1,000 (71 boys)
- Iowa: 1.6 per 1,000 (111 boys)
- Montana: 1.5 per 1,000 (27 boys)
Banks by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 13 | #679 |
| 1890s | 5 | #962 |
| 1900s | 14 | #1,001 |
| 1910s | 93 | #1,536 |
| 1920s | 147 | #1,642 |
| 1930s | 87 | #2,288 |
| 1940s | 60 | #2,355 |
| 1950s | 48 | #2,513 |
| 1960s | 15 | #3,947 |
| 1970s | 10 | #4,722 |
| 1980s | 13 | #5,327 |
| 1990s | 40 | #5,375 |
| 2000s | 216 | #2,701 |
| 2010s | 1,065 | #913 |
| 2020s | 4,633 | #310 |
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Questions
- Is Banks a boy or girl name?
- Banks is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 91% of babies named Banks were boys.
- How popular is the name Banks?
- 1,099 baby boys were named Banks in the US in 2025, making it the 310th most popular boy name. Another 89 girls got the name (#2,099 for girls).
- When was Banks most popular?
- Banks peaked in 2025, when 1,099 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #310 in 2025.
- How many people are named Banks?
- 6,970 babies have been named Banks in the US since 1880. We estimate about 6,554 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 4.
- Where is Banks most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Banks was most common in Utah, at 2.0 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.