Banks

#2,099 for girls in 2025, 89 births · #310 for boys in 2025, 1,099 births
Given to boys 92.7% of the time

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Peak · boys
2025 · 1,099 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
6,459
since 1883

Banks over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020girlsat peakboysat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#2,09989#3101,099
2024#2,01197#366902
2023#2,31479#348941
2022#2,20885#408787
2021#2,25182#504582
2020#3,14150#753322
2019#5,61222#913241
2018#12,4647#1,202156
2017#1,488113
2016#1,389126
2015#1,538106
2014#1,67092
2013#2,27856
2012#1,98371
2011#2,31755
2010#2,51149
2009#2,70245
2008#3,92126
2007#4,99618
2006#3,08335
2005#3,61526
2004#6,52011
2003#5,55813
2002#6,08811
2001#4,89015
2000#4,57316
1999#6,04210
1998#7,5607
1997#8,1106
1996#6,4968
1995
1994
1993
1992
1991
1990#5,3829
1989
1988#6,4266
1987
1986#5,3327
1985
1984
1983
1982
1981
1980
1979
1978
1977
1976
1975
1974#5,2275
1973
1972
1971
1970#4,7245
1969
1968
1967
1966#3,9485
1965
1964
1963
1962
1961#4,0655
1960#4,0385
1959
1958
1957#3,9935
1956#3,2167
1955#2,9648
1954#2,7439
1953
1952#2,51410
1951#2,6629
1950
1949#3,6905
1948#3,3166
1947#2,35611
1946#2,6908
1945
1944
1943#3,2316
1942#2,7128
1941#2,6568
1940#2,6718
1939#2,28810
1938#2,6468
1937#2,4799
1936#2,8547
1935#2,9517
1934#2,39310
1933#3,0047
1932#2,46510
1931#2,6519
1930#2,60910
1929#2,19913
1928#2,04815
1927#2,03416
1926#2,72510
1925#2,31313
1924#2,64111
1923#2,44612
1922#1,64422
1921#2,37613
1920#1,64222
1919#1,81118
1918#2,16514
1917#2,42311
1916#2,25912
1915#2,6219
1914#2,4578
1913#1,9459
1912#2,2696
1911#1,5376
1910
1909#1,1557
1908
1907
1906
1905#1,0027
1904
1903
1902
1901
1900
1899
1898
1897
1896
1895
1894
1893
1892
1891#9635
1890
1889
1888
1887#6798
1886
1885
1884
1883#8925
1882
1881
1880
First appearance
1883

The first year at least five boys were named Banks! It came in at #892, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1883–1886, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Banks
Momentum · boys
Rising
  • 56 spots since 2024 (#366#310)
  • 443 spots since 2020 (#753#310)
  • 1,228 spots since 2015 (#1,538#310)
  • Biggest jump: 289 spots in 2019 (#1,202#913)
  • Biggest drop: 18 spots in 2024 (#348#366)
Rise & fade · boys
142 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1883
  • Peaked 2025 at #310 (1,099 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 10 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 10 yrs · run 2019–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,554
  • Highest: 1 in 1,554 boys born in 2025 were named Banks (0.06%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
  • 71.7% of all boys named Banks (4,633) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
  • The majority has never changed
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s13#679 (1887)#786
1890s5#963 (1891)#963
1900s14#1,002 (1905)#1,079
1910s93#1,537 (1911)#2,165
1920s147#1,642 (1920)#2,207
1930s87#2,288 (1939)#2,634
1940s60#2,356 (1947)#2,915
1950s48#2,514 (1952)#3,015
1960s15#3,948 (1966)#4,017
1970s10#4,724 (1970)#4,976
1980s13#5,332 (1986)#5,879
1990s40#5,382 (1990)#6,718
2000s216#2,702 (2009)#4,595
2010s1,065#913 (2019)#1,729
2020s4,633#310 (2025)#448

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

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