Baldwin — boys' name

What the Data Says About Baldwin

The Social Security Administration has registered 634 babies named Baldwin between 1880 and 2023, spanning 144 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Baldwin currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1965, when 13 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Baldwin performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 89 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Baldwin shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 16 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California. In total, SSA state-level files list Baldwin in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Baldwin 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 634 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.