Is Banks a boy or girl name?
Banks is mostly a boy name in the US. In 2024, 94 girls and 899 boys were named Banks, so 9.5% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 7.2% of the 5,774 US babies named Banks were girls.
- Boy rank, 2024
- #366
- Girl rank, 2024
- #2,052
- Babies named Banks since 1883
- 5,774
- Most popular year
- 2023
- 1,020 babies
Boys and girls named Banks, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 13 | 0 | 0% |
| 1890s | 5 | 0 | 0% |
| 1900s | 14 | 0 | 0% |
| 1910s | 93 | 0 | 0% |
| 1920s | 147 | 0 | 0% |
| 1930s | 87 | 0 | 0% |
| 1940s | 60 | 0 | 0% |
| 1950s | 48 | 0 | 0% |
| 1960s | 15 | 0 | 0% |
| 1970s | 10 | 0 | 0% |
| 1980s | 13 | 0 | 0% |
| 1990s | 40 | 0 | 0% |
| 2000s | 216 | 0 | 0% |
| 2010s | 1,064 | 28 | 2.6% |
| 2020s | 3,531 | 390 | 9.9% |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 899 | #366 | 94 | #2,052 |
| 2023 | 941 | #348 | 79 | #2,316 |
| 2022 | 787 | #407 | 85 | #2,210 |
| 2021 | 582 | #504 | 82 | #2,252 |
| 2020 | 322 | #753 | 50 | #3,147 |
| 2019 | 240 | #915 | 22 | #5,635 |
| 2018 | 156 | #1,203 | 6 | #14,055 |
| 2017 | 113 | #1,487 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 126 | #1,390 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 106 | #1,539 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 92 | #1,671 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 56 | #2,282 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 71 | #1,983 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 55 | #2,322 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 49 | #2,518 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 45 | #2,705 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 26 | #3,934 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 18 | #5,017 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 35 | #3,091 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 26 | #3,627 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 11 | #6,579 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 13 | #5,590 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 11 | #6,129 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 15 | #4,913 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 16 | #4,601 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 10 | #6,086 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 7 | #7,636 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,224 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 8 | #6,555 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 9 | #5,414 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 6 | #6,502 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 7 | #5,386 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 5 | #5,281 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 5 | #4,783 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 5 | #3,986 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 5 | #4,110 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 5 | #4,074 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 5 | #4,027 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 7 | #3,239 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 8 | #2,980 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 9 | #2,758 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 10 | #2,529 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 9 | #2,674 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 5 | #3,726 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 6 | #3,341 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 11 | #2,369 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 8 | #2,708 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 6 | #3,250 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 8 | #2,722 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 8 | #2,672 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 8 | #2,678 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 10 | #2,299 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 8 | #2,665 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 9 | #2,498 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 7 | #2,879 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 7 | #2,978 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 10 | #2,407 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 7 | #3,031 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 10 | #2,476 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 9 | #2,671 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 10 | #2,622 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 13 | #2,215 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 15 | #2,054 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 16 | #2,047 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 10 | #2,739 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 13 | #2,323 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 11 | #2,662 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 12 | #2,461 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 22 | #1,652 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 13 | #2,386 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 22 | #1,646 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 18 | #1,814 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 14 | #2,169 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 11 | #2,433 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 12 | #2,272 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 9 | #2,645 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 8 | #2,469 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 9 | #1,958 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,296 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 6 | #1,551 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 7 | #1,162 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 7 | #1,010 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 5 | #980 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 8 | #690 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 5 | #902 | 0 | – |
Highest rank
As a boy name, Banks reached #348 in 2023. As a girl name, it reached #2,052 in 2024. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.
Names from the same era
These names were also most popular in the 2020s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.