Banks
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- BANKS
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,473 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #310 for boys
Banks is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “slope, riverbank”. In 2025 it ranked 1,473rd for boys in the UK (19 babies) and 310th for boys in the US (1,099 babies).
What does Banks mean?
English: English surname
“slope, riverbank”
From an English surname for someone who lived on a hillside or by a riverbank.
Is Banks a girl's or a boy's name?
Banks is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls and 19 boys in the UK and 89 girls and 1,099 boys in the US.
How popular is Banks in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,473rd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 19 about 1 in 16,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 367% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 19 boys in the UK were named Banks, making it the 1,473rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,819th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 23 boys. 3 girls were also named Banks in 2025 (5,990th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Banks in the UK since 1996 were born between 2022 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 22 boys in the UK were given Banks or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,165, up from #1,473 for this spelling alone.
- Banks 19
- Banx 3
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,405th in England and Wales.
Banks in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | #1,473 |
| 2024 | 23 | #1,263 |
| 2023 | 14 | #1,812 |
| 2022 | 15 | #1,708 |
| 2021 | 11 | #2,100 |
| 2020 | 7 | #2,819 |
| 2019 | 5 | #3,597 |
How popular is Banks in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 310th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 1,099 about 1 in 1,600 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 309% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 1,099 boys in the US were named Banks, making it the 310th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 753rd. It first appears in the records in 1883. 89 girls were also named Banks in 2025 (2,099th for girls).
2025 had the most boys named Banks of any year since it first appeared, in 1883.
Half of all the boys named Banks in the US since 1880 were born between 2019 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,154 boys in the US were given Banks or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #304, up from #310 for this spelling alone.
- Banks 1,099
- Banx 55
Banks in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,099 | #310 |
| 2024 | 902 | #366 |
| 2023 | 941 | #348 |
| 2022 | 787 | #408 |
| 2021 | 582 | #504 |
| 2020 | 322 | #753 |
| 2019 | 241 | #913 |
| 2018 | 156 | #1,202 |
| 2017 | 113 | #1,488 |
| 2016 | 126 | #1,389 |
| 2015 | 106 | #1,538 |
| 2014 | 92 | #1,670 |
| 2013 | 56 | #2,277 |
| 2012 | 71 | #1,982 |
| 2011 | 55 | #2,316 |
| 2010 | 49 | #2,510 |
| 2009 | 45 | #2,701 |
| 2008 | 26 | #3,918 |
| 2007 | 18 | #4,994 |
| 2006 | 35 | #3,082 |
| 2005 | 26 | #3,611 |
| 2004 | 11 | #6,514 |
| 2003 | 13 | #5,551 |
| 2002 | 11 | #6,081 |
| 2001 | 15 | #4,884 |
| 2000 | 16 | #4,567 |
| 1999 | 10 | #6,036 |
| 1998 | 7 | #7,553 |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 8 | #6,489 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 9 | #5,375 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 6 | #6,420 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 7 | #5,327 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 5 | #5,225 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 5 | #4,722 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 5 | #3,946 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 5 | #4,063 |
| 1960 | 5 | #4,036 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 5 | #3,991 |
| 1956 | 7 | #3,214 |
| 1955 | 8 | #2,962 |
| 1954 | 9 | #2,742 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 10 | #2,512 |
| 1951 | 9 | #2,660 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 5 | #3,688 |
| 1948 | 6 | #3,315 |
| 1947 | 11 | #2,355 |
| 1946 | 8 | #2,689 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 6 | #3,229 |
| 1942 | 8 | #2,711 |
| 1941 | 8 | #2,655 |
| 1940 | 8 | #2,671 |
| 1939 | 10 | #2,288 |
| 1938 | 8 | #2,646 |
| 1937 | 9 | #2,479 |
| 1936 | 7 | #2,853 |
| 1935 | 7 | #2,951 |
| 1934 | 10 | #2,393 |
| 1933 | 7 | #3,003 |
| 1932 | 10 | #2,465 |
| 1931 | 9 | #2,650 |
| 1930 | 10 | #2,607 |
| 1929 | 13 | #2,198 |
| 1928 | 15 | #2,048 |
| 1927 | 16 | #2,034 |
| 1926 | 10 | #2,723 |
| 1925 | 13 | #2,312 |
| 1924 | 11 | #2,641 |
| 1923 | 12 | #2,445 |
| 1922 | 22 | #1,644 |
| 1921 | 13 | #2,375 |
| 1920 | 22 | #1,642 |
| 1919 | 18 | #1,810 |
| 1918 | 14 | #2,164 |
| 1917 | 11 | #2,422 |
| 1916 | 12 | #2,258 |
| 1915 | 9 | #2,620 |
| 1914 | 8 | #2,456 |
| 1913 | 9 | #1,944 |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,268 |
| 1911 | 6 | #1,536 |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 7 | #1,155 |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 7 | #1,001 |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 5 | #962 |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 8 | #679 |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 5 | #891 |
Names like Banks
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Oakley, Hudson, Archer, Atlas, Myles, Theo, Albie, Jax, Marley, Grayson, Brooks, Jaxon
Other spellings of Banks
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie, Hazel, Carter
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Banks: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/banks, updated 20 October 2026.