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
- Peak · boys
- 2025 · 1,099 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 6,459since 1883
Banks over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,099 | 89 | #310 | 1,099 |
| 2024 | #2,011 | 97 | #366 | 902 |
| 2023 | #2,314 | 79 | #348 | 941 |
| 2022 | #2,208 | 85 | #408 | 787 |
| 2021 | #2,251 | 82 | #504 | 582 |
| 2020 | #3,141 | 50 | #753 | 322 |
| 2019 | #5,612 | 22 | #913 | 241 |
| 2018 | #12,464 | 7 | #1,202 | 156 |
| 2017 | — | #1,488 | 113 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,389 | 126 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,538 | 106 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,670 | 92 | |
| 2013 | — | #2,278 | 56 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,983 | 71 | |
| 2011 | — | #2,317 | 55 | |
| 2010 | — | #2,511 | 49 | |
| 2009 | — | #2,702 | 45 | |
| 2008 | — | #3,921 | 26 | |
| 2007 | — | #4,996 | 18 | |
| 2006 | — | #3,083 | 35 | |
| 2005 | — | #3,615 | 26 | |
| 2004 | — | #6,520 | 11 | |
| 2003 | — | #5,558 | 13 | |
| 2002 | — | #6,088 | 11 | |
| 2001 | — | #4,890 | 15 | |
| 2000 | — | #4,573 | 16 | |
| 1999 | — | #6,042 | 10 | |
| 1998 | — | #7,560 | 7 | |
| 1997 | — | #8,110 | 6 | |
| 1996 | — | #6,496 | 8 | |
| 1995 | — | — | ||
| 1994 | — | — | ||
| 1993 | — | — | ||
| 1992 | — | — | ||
| 1991 | — | — | ||
| 1990 | — | #5,382 | 9 | |
| 1989 | — | — | ||
| 1988 | — | #6,426 | 6 | |
| 1987 | — | — | ||
| 1986 | — | #5,332 | 7 | |
| 1985 | — | — | ||
| 1984 | — | — | ||
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| 1982 | — | — | ||
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| 1975 | — | — | ||
| 1974 | — | #5,227 | 5 | |
| 1973 | — | — | ||
| 1972 | — | — | ||
| 1971 | — | — | ||
| 1970 | — | #4,724 | 5 | |
| 1969 | — | — | ||
| 1968 | — | — | ||
| 1967 | — | — | ||
| 1966 | — | #3,948 | 5 | |
| 1965 | — | — | ||
| 1964 | — | — | ||
| 1963 | — | — | ||
| 1962 | — | — | ||
| 1961 | — | #4,065 | 5 | |
| 1960 | — | #4,038 | 5 | |
| 1959 | — | — | ||
| 1958 | — | — | ||
| 1957 | — | #3,993 | 5 | |
| 1956 | — | #3,216 | 7 | |
| 1955 | — | #2,964 | 8 | |
| 1954 | — | #2,743 | 9 | |
| 1953 | — | — | ||
| 1952 | — | #2,514 | 10 | |
| 1951 | — | #2,662 | 9 | |
| 1950 | — | — | ||
| 1949 | — | #3,690 | 5 | |
| 1948 | — | #3,316 | 6 | |
| 1947 | — | #2,356 | 11 | |
| 1946 | — | #2,690 | 8 | |
| 1945 | — | — | ||
| 1944 | — | — | ||
| 1943 | — | #3,231 | 6 | |
| 1942 | — | #2,712 | 8 | |
| 1941 | — | #2,656 | 8 | |
| 1940 | — | #2,671 | 8 | |
| 1939 | — | #2,288 | 10 | |
| 1938 | — | #2,646 | 8 | |
| 1937 | — | #2,479 | 9 | |
| 1936 | — | #2,854 | 7 | |
| 1935 | — | #2,951 | 7 | |
| 1934 | — | #2,393 | 10 | |
| 1933 | — | #3,004 | 7 | |
| 1932 | — | #2,465 | 10 | |
| 1931 | — | #2,651 | 9 | |
| 1930 | — | #2,609 | 10 | |
| 1929 | — | #2,199 | 13 | |
| 1928 | — | #2,048 | 15 | |
| 1927 | — | #2,034 | 16 | |
| 1926 | — | #2,725 | 10 | |
| 1925 | — | #2,313 | 13 | |
| 1924 | — | #2,641 | 11 | |
| 1923 | — | #2,446 | 12 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,644 | 22 | |
| 1921 | — | #2,376 | 13 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,642 | 22 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,811 | 18 | |
| 1918 | — | #2,165 | 14 | |
| 1917 | — | #2,423 | 11 | |
| 1916 | — | #2,259 | 12 | |
| 1915 | — | #2,621 | 9 | |
| 1914 | — | #2,457 | 8 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,945 | 9 | |
| 1912 | — | #2,269 | 6 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,537 | 6 | |
| 1910 | — | — | ||
| 1909 | — | #1,155 | 7 | |
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | #1,002 | 7 | |
| 1904 | — | — | ||
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| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | #963 | 5 | |
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | #679 | 8 | |
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | #892 | 5 | |
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1883
- Peaked 2025 at #310 (1,099 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 10 yrs · run 2019–2025
- Highest: 1 in 1,554 boys born in 2025 were named Banks (0.06%)
- 71.7% of all boys named Banks (4,633) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 13 | #679 (1887) | #786 |
| 1890s | 5 | #963 (1891) | #963 |
| 1900s | 14 | #1,002 (1905) | #1,079 |
| 1910s | 93 | #1,537 (1911) | #2,165 |
| 1920s | 147 | #1,642 (1920) | #2,207 |
| 1930s | 87 | #2,288 (1939) | #2,634 |
| 1940s | 60 | #2,356 (1947) | #2,915 |
| 1950s | 48 | #2,514 (1952) | #3,015 |
| 1960s | 15 | #3,948 (1966) | #4,017 |
| 1970s | 10 | #4,724 (1970) | #4,976 |
| 1980s | 13 | #5,332 (1986) | #5,879 |
| 1990s | 40 | #5,382 (1990) | #6,718 |
| 2000s | 216 | #2,702 (2009) | #4,595 |
| 2010s | 1,065 | #913 (2019) | #1,729 |
| 2020s | 4,633 | #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.
Banks in 1883
Top boys' names in 1883
More about 1883
boys
104,625 boys got a published name in 1883; 1 in 20,925 of them was named Banks, which outranked 13.4% of the 1,030 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 42.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 138 names at #892; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.