Baldwin
Baldwin was last recorded in 2023, when 6 babies were given it; 634 Americans have been recorded with it between 1880 and 2023 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Baldwin by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Baldwin mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Baldwin is “a male given name from the Germanic languages; rather rare in English.” Its etymology gives the sense “bold friend” (*Balþawiniz).
From Proto-West Germanic *Balþawini, from Proto-Germanic *Balþawiniz (“bold friend”).
/ˈbɔːld.wɪn/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Baldwin?
Unranked in 2025
Its last boys’ rank on record is #10,984, in 2023; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
13 babies in 1965, the peak
Baldwin peaked in 1965, when 13 boys were given it, #2,277 among boys’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 6 | #10,984 | 3.5 |
| 2022 | 8 | #9,073 | 4.6 |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,656 | 5.7 |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,751 | 3.5 |
| 2019 | 11 | #7,227 | 6.1 |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,233 | 5.0 |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,622 | 5.4 |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,890 | 3.2 |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,816 | 3.1 |
| 2011 | 8 | #8,835 | 4.2 |
Every recorded year (79)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 8 | #8,886 | 4.2 |
| 2009 | 11 | #7,267 | 5.5 |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,202 | 2.9 |
| 2005 | 10 | #7,161 | 5.0 |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,204 | 4.0 |
| 2003 | 7 | #8,739 | 3.5 |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,710 | 4.1 |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,417 | 3.6 |
| 2000 | 9 | #6,891 | 4.6 |
| 1999 | 7 | #7,940 | 3.6 |
| 1998 | 11 | #5,495 | 5.8 |
| 1997 | 7 | #7,350 | 3.7 |
| 1996 | 9 | #6,024 | 4.8 |
| 1995 | 8 | #6,454 | 4.2 |
| 1994 | 11 | #5,128 | 5.7 |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,811 | 2.5 |
| 1992 | 12 | #4,584 | 6.0 |
| 1991 | 7 | #6,571 | 3.5 |
| 1990 | 12 | #4,429 | 5.8 |
| 1989 | 8 | #5,672 | 4.0 |
| 1987 | 5 | #7,042 | 2.7 |
| 1986 | 8 | #4,884 | 4.3 |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,625 | 3.3 |
| 1981 | 6 | #5,546 | 3.3 |
| 1980 | 10 | #3,865 | 5.6 |
| 1979 | 6 | #5,413 | 3.5 |
| 1974 | 7 | #4,222 | 4.5 |
| 1971 | 5 | #4,972 | 2.8 |
| 1968 | 7 | #3,394 | 4.0 |
| 1967 | 7 | #3,256 | 4.0 |
| 1965 | 13 | #2,277 | 7.0 |
| 1964 | 7 | #3,305 | 3.5 |
| 1963 | 7 | #3,336 | 3.4 |
| 1962 | 9 | #2,859 | 4.4 |
| 1961 | 6 | #3,678 | 2.8 |
| 1960 | 8 | #3,104 | 3.8 |
| 1959 | 8 | #3,052 | 3.7 |
| 1958 | 12 | #2,377 | 5.7 |
| 1957 | 8 | #3,037 | 3.7 |
| 1955 | 7 | #3,218 | 3.4 |
| 1953 | 5 | #3,843 | 2.5 |
| 1951 | 6 | #3,387 | 3.2 |
| 1950 | 5 | #3,722 | 2.8 |
| 1946 | 12 | #2,152 | 7.4 |
| 1944 | 5 | #3,460 | 3.7 |
| 1939 | 7 | #2,849 | 6.3 |
| 1936 | 5 | #3,578 | 4.8 |
| 1934 | 5 | #3,710 | 4.8 |
| 1933 | 7 | #3,027 | 7.1 |
| 1932 | 7 | #3,110 | 6.7 |
| 1931 | 9 | #2,669 | 8.7 |
| 1929 | 10 | #2,607 | 9.3 |
| 1928 | 7 | #3,379 | 6.3 |
| 1927 | 8 | #3,171 | 7.1 |
| 1926 | 10 | #2,736 | 9.0 |
| 1925 | 8 | #3,172 | 7.2 |
| 1924 | 9 | #3,043 | 7.9 |
| 1923 | 11 | #2,631 | 10.0 |
| 1922 | 5 | #4,355 | 4.6 |
| 1921 | 8 | #3,234 | 7.3 |
| 1920 | 10 | #2,783 | 9.4 |
| 1919 | 9 | #2,896 | 9.2 |
| 1918 | 11 | #2,556 | 10.9 |
| 1917 | 10 | #2,565 | 10.8 |
| 1916 | 8 | #2,945 | 9.0 |
| 1915 | 9 | #2,643 | 10.6 |
| 1914 | 10 | #2,114 | 15.3 |
| 1913 | 10 | #1,813 | 19.5 |
| 1880 | 5 | #922 | 45.3 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Baldwin a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Baldwin has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 79 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Baldwin: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Baldwin, and how old are they?
An estimated 393 Americans named Baldwin and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (62% of everyone recorded); the median is 32 years old and half are between 18 and 58. An estimate from SSA’s births and life tables, not a count.
The 2020 Census counted 668 people named Baldwin (42 women and girls, 626 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 388 born in the U.S. The Census count is 1.7 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
More about Baldwin and names like it
- The most given names of the 1960sBaldwin peaked in 1965.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Baldwin since 1910.
- Germanic namesWiktionary’s origin for Baldwin: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1965The year the most babies were named Baldwin.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Baldwin alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with BMost given first.