Name meaning & stats
Banks
Banks means “by a bank” (English origin). 6,611 US babies since 1940, peak 2025.
What it means
“by a bank”
EnglishWell documented
In US birth records
Peak year: 2025
6,611 US babies were named Banks between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Banks (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 94% of the family
- Banks 94%
- Banx 6%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2025)