Banksy — #14926 US unisex name
26 babies named Banksy in U.S. Social Security records since 2020, with the highest year being 2020. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 15% of names given to girls today.
100% of everyone ever named Banksy was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Banksy in 2020 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Banksy
The Social Security Administration has registered 26 babies named Banksy between 2020 and 2024, spanning 5 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Banksy currently holds the #14926 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2020, when 7 babies received it in a single year. Banksy is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 5 additional births since 2020.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Banksy performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 26 births during that ten-year window.
No etymological entry is currently available for Banksy in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 26 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Banksy at a glance
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Current rank
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Banksy popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2020
- Peak year (2020)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 5 years of records
Currently ranks #14926 among girls.
26 total births across 5 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2020 with 7 births in a single year.
Banksy popularity over time — boys
5 total births recorded since 2020 (Banksy as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Banksy accounts for 16% of total recorded use across both genders.
Banksy by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 26 births that decade — 100% of Banksy's all-time total
Banksy decade highlights
- Peak decade 26 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Banksy's strongest decade
26 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 100% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2020–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.