Boys' name · since 2006
Baelin
Baelin has 28 recorded births since 2006 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2006 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #26,271 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,952 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 28
- born since 2006
- 2000s
- peak decade
Baelin currently ranks #12952 among boys' names in America, with 28 babies recorded since 2006.
Baelin has 28 recorded births among boys since 2006, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12952 as of the latest data, more common than 7% of boys, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2006 to 2025.
- #26,271 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,952 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 28 born since 2006
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Baelin ranks #26,271 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,952 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 28 born since 2006, peaking in the 2000s.
- #26,271 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,952 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 28
- born since 2006
- 2000s
- peak decade
Baelin's 28 recorded births place it above 41.62% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Baelin compares
28 11th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Baelin's all-time total is 92% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Baelin | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 28 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 6 | 34 | 22,252 |
Baelin's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Baelin's full recorded timeline at 2009, 57% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 43% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2009, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2006 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Baelin popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2006–2025
- Peak year (2006)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 20 years of records
Baelin by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (17 births, 61% of the file).
2000s was Baelin's strongest decade.
17 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 61% of all-time use.
Baelin births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
17 births
- 2010s 6
2010s
6 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 17 births (61% of all-time use).
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- Baelin's decade-level peak was the 2000s (17 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Baelin: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2006)
Similar record span (~19 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2006–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Baelin draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.