Bankston
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- BANKS-tun
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #3,657 for boys
Bankston is a boys' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,657th for boys in the US (30 babies).
Where does Bankston come from?
English: English surname
Is Bankston a girl's or a boy's name?
Bankston is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 30 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Bankston in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,657th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 30 about 1 in 57,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 126% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 30 boys in the US were named Bankston, making it the 3,657th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,292nd. It first appears in the records in 2002.
2025 had the most boys named Bankston of any year since it first appeared, in 2002.
Half of all the boys named Bankston in the US since 1880 were born between 2018 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Bankston in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 30 | #3,657 |
| 2024 | 25 | #4,197 |
| 2023 | 15 | #5,922 |
| 2022 | 18 | #5,211 |
| 2021 | 14 | #6,027 |
| 2020 | 13 | #6,292 |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,209 |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,150 |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,136 |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 9 | #8,113 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
Nicknames for Bankston
- Banks 19 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Bankston
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Brixton, Dutton, Colson, Boston, Wesson, Stetson, Hudson, Easton, Chozen, Axton, Kingston, Baker
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie, Hazel
Sources
Figures from 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, “Bankston: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/bankston, updated 20 October 2026.