Banks: name meaning, origin & popularity
- Meaning
- “one living by the bank or hillside”
- Origin
- English
- Say it
- BANKS · 1 syllable
- Used for
- Boys (93% of all uses)
English surname from Middle English banke, referring to someone who lived by a riverbank, slope, or ridge. Its use as a first name is transferred from the surname.
How popular is Banks?
Babies named Banks in 2024993
2024 rank#366 boys
Peak year2023
Total US babies since 18805,774
Banks is rising: use over the last five years is 13.2× what it was a decade earlier.
Names like Banks
Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.
Banks questions
What does the name Banks mean?
Banks means "one living by the bank or hillside". It comes from English. English surname from Middle English banke, referring to someone who lived by a riverbank, slope, or ridge. Its use as a first name is transferred from the surname.
Is Banks a boy or girl name?
Banks is mainly a boy's name in US records (93% of uses since 1880).
How popular is Banks?
993 US babies were named Banks in 2024. Its peak year was 2023.
How do you pronounce Banks?
Banks is usually pronounced BANKS.
Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.