Girls' name · since 1896
Balbina
325 babies named Balbina in U.S. Social Security records since 1896, with the highest year being 1915. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #15,237 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 325
- born since 1896
- 1920s
- peak decade
Balbina sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 325 recorded since 1896.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Balbina has been recorded 325 times among girls since 1896, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1920s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1896 to 2023.
- #15,237 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 325 born since 1896
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Balbina ranks #15,237 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 325 born since 1896, peaking in the 1920s.
- #15,237 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 325
- born since 1896
- 1920s
- peak decade
Balbina's 325 recorded births place it above 78.89% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
Balbina's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Balbina splits its recorded history at 1928: 41% of all births land in the more recent half, 59% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1896 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1915 peak of 18 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Balbina popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1896–2023
- Peak year (1915)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 128 years of records
Balbina by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (108 births, 33% of the file).
1920s was Balbina's strongest decade.
108 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Balbina births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1890s 11
1890s
11 births
- 1910s
1910s
93 births
- 1920s
1920s
108 births
- 1930s
1930s
55 births
- 1940s 21
1940s
21 births
- 1950s 16
1950s
16 births
- 1970s 6
1970s
6 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 108 births (33% of all-time use).
Balbina by state
Where Balbina concentrates geographically, total births since 1896
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 11 | 3.4% |
| #2 | Massachusetts | | 5 | 1.5% |
11 of 325 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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- Balbina's decade-level peak was the 1920s (108 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.
- Texas records the most Balbinas (11 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas 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 Balbina: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1915)
Similar record span (~127 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, 1896–2023 (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 Balbina 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.