NameTides

Banks

Banks was the #310 boys' name in the US in 2025 (1,099 babies), and #1,406 in England & Wales and #492 in Canada.

Banks as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Banks as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Banks as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#310 (1,099)#1,406 (19)#492 (61)
2024#366 (902)#1,199 (23)#414 (78)
2023#348 (941)#1,800 (13)#453 (64)
2022#408 (787)#1,609 (15)#480 (58)
2021#504 (582)#1,984 (11)#596 (47)
2020#753 (322)#2,682 (7)#1,038 (21)
2019#913 (241)#3,411 (5)#1,998 (8)
2018#1,202 (156)—#1,836 (9)
2017#1,488 (113)—#2,762 (5)
2016#1,389 (126)——
2015#1,538 (106)——
2014#1,670 (92)——
2013#2,278 (56)——
2012#1,983 (71)——
2011#2,317 (55)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #310.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1883.
  • In 2025, 8% of US babies named Banks were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 1,600 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 1,600uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 14,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 2,600uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Banks is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,300 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 1,100 to 1 in 1,600.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Banks by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #317WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #271WAIdaho: #150IDMontana: #127MTNorth Dakota: #191NDMinnesota: #231MNIllinois: #513ILMichigan: #363MINew York: #1,055NYMassachusetts: #467MAOregon: #281ORNevada: #443NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #145SDIowa: #143IAIndiana: #292INOhio: #349OHPennsylvania: #427PANew Jersey: #1,022NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #543CAUtah: #105UTColorado: #229CONebraska: #210NEMissouri: #245MOKentucky: #375KYWest Virginia: #168WVVirginia: #365VAMaryland: #268MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #392AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #142KSArkansas: #151ARTennessee: #269TNNorth Carolina: #175NCSouth Carolina: #194SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #162OKLouisiana: #337LAMississippi: #215MSAlabama: #163ALGeorgia: #178GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #372TXFlorida: #331FL
Banks (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#42929

Banks (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
BanksCanadaGirls#2,2829
BanksCanadaBoys#49261
BanksEngland & WalesGirls#5,9273
BanksEngland & WalesBoys#1,40619
BanksNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
BanksUSGirls#2,09989
BanksUSBoys#3101,099