Boys' name · since 1993
Balam
Balam has 96 recorded births since 1993 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #17,659 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,612 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 96
- born since 1993
- 2020s
- peak decade
96 babies have been named Balam since 1993, making it today's #4612 boys' name.
Balam has 96 recorded births among boys since 1993, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #4612 as of the latest data, more common than 67% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1993 to 2025.
- #17,659 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #4,612 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 96 born since 1993
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Balam ranks #17,659 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,612 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 96 born since 1993, peaking in the 2020s.
- #17,659 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,612 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 96
- born since 1993
- 2020s
- peak decade
Balam's 96 recorded births place it above 61% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Balam compares
96 25th 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
Balam's all-time total is 74% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Balam | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 96 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 22 | 34 | 22,252 |
Balam's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Balam's SSA record in two at 2020 and the more recent half accounts for 65% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 35%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1993, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 22, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Balam popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 22
- Annual births at peak, across 33 years of records
Balam by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (62 births, 65% of the file).
2020s was Balam's strongest decade.
62 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 65% of all-time use.
Balam births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s 13
2000s
13 births
- 2010s 16
2010s
16 births
- 2020s
2020s
62 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 62 births (65% of all-time use).
Balam by state
Where Balam concentrates geographically, total births since 1993
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 22 | 22.9% |
| #2 | Texas | | 5 | 5.2% |
22 of 96 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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- California records the most Balams (22 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Balam: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~32 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, 1993–2025 (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 Balam 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.