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
Showing
- 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
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
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 | — | — | ||
| 1983 | — | — | ||
| 1982 | — | — | ||
| 1981 | — | — | ||
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| 1979 | — | — | ||
| 1978 | — | — | ||
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| 1976 | — | — | ||
| 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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| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | #963 | 5 | |
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | #679 | 8 | |
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | #892 | 5 | |
| 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.
Where Banks is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- Utah#105 · 1 in 393
- Montana#127 · 1 in 376
- Kansas#142 · 1 in 540
- Iowa#143 · 1 in 477
- South Dakota#145 · 1 in 427
Best ever in a state: #97 in South Dakota, 2023.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utah | #105 | 50 | 1 in 393 |
| Montana | #127 | 10 | 1 in 376 |
| Kansas | #142 | 26 | 1 in 540 |
| Iowa | #143 | 29 | 1 in 477 |
| South Dakota | #145 | 9 | 1 in 427 |
| Idaho | #150 | 18 | 1 in 479 |
| Arkansas | #151 | 24 | 1 in 524 |
| Oklahoma | #162 | 30 | 1 in 589 |
| Alabama | #163 | 35 | 1 in 615 |
| West Virginia | #168 | 11 | 1 in 560 |
| North Carolina | #175 | 71 | 1 in 725 |
| Georgia | #178 | 70 | 1 in 717 |
| North Dakota | #191 | 6 | 1 in 559 |
| South Carolina | #194 | 29 | 1 in 731 |
| Nebraska | #210 | 12 | 1 in 735 |
| Mississippi | #215 | 14 | 1 in 774 |
| Colorado | #229 | 28 | 1 in 959 |
| Minnesota | #231 | 27 | 1 in 907 |
| Missouri | #245 | 29 | 1 in 959 |
| Maryland | #268 | 20 | 1 in 1,145 |
| Tennessee | #269 | 33 | 1 in 1,114 |
| Washington | #271 | 27 | 1 in 1,215 |
| Oregon | #281 | 15 | 1 in 1,004 |
| Indiana | #292 | 27 | 1 in 1,173 |
| Wisconsin | #317 | 17 | 1 in 1,378 |
| Florida | #331 | 58 | 1 in 1,647 |
| Louisiana | #337 | 15 | 1 in 1,275 |
| Ohio | #349 | 32 | 1 in 1,642 |
| Michigan | #363 | 24 | 1 in 1,675 |
| Virginia | #365 | 22 | 1 in 1,693 |
| Texas | #372 | 99 | 1 in 1,768 |
| Kentucky | #375 | 13 | 1 in 1,580 |
| Arizona | #392 | 19 | 1 in 1,722 |
| Pennsylvania | #427 | 24 | 1 in 2,178 |
| Nevada | #443 | 6 | 1 in 1,882 |
| Massachusetts | #467 | 10 | 1 in 2,702 |
| Illinois | #513 | 19 | 1 in 2,608 |
| California | #543 | 56 | 1 in 3,133 |
| New Jersey | #1,022 | 5 | 1 in 7,953 |
| New York | #1,055 | 11 | 1 in 7,675 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Hawaii | — | — | — |
| Maine | — | — | — |
| New Hampshire | — | — | — |
| New Mexico | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Banks
Momentum · boys
Rising
- 443 spots since 2020 (#753 → #310)
- Biggest jump: 289 spots in 2019
- Biggest drop: 18 spots in 2024
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
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.
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