girls:
324 births since 2018
#5392 (6th percentile)
boys:
4.5k births since 1883
#1816 (60th percentile)
overall:
4.8k births since 1883
#3949 (49th percentile)
The name Banks is the #3,949 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 4,777 recorded births since 1883. This represents the 49.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 49.0% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,816 (60.4% percentile) for all time with 4,453 births since 1883. For girls, it ranks #5,392 (5.6% percentile) for all time with 324 births since 2018.
Banks first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1883 (1883 for boys and 2018 for girls). Birth data for Banks is available in 84 out of the 141 years between 1883 and 2023 (84 years for boys and 6 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Banks has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 93.2% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 92.2% of babies named Banks were boys.
For boys, Banks reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 64.0% percentile (ranked #329) with 512 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 512 births per million (ranked 64.0% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 1998, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Banks is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #329 (64.0% percentile) with 512 births per million.
For girls, Banks reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 8.4% percentile (ranked #878) with 47 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 47 births per million (ranked 8.4% percentile). In recent years, the popularity of this name for girls has remained relatively stable. Currently, Banks is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #873 (7.8% percentile) with 45 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Banks".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Banks. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 54.8% confident that Banks is pronounced as bangks, which has 1 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is banks, at 28.6% confidence, with 1 syllables.
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