Boys' name · since 2004
Balen
124 babies named Balen in U.S. Social Security records since 2004, with the highest year being 2015. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #15,992 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 124
- born since 2004
- 2010s
- peak decade
124 boys have been named Balen since 2004, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Balen has been recorded 124 times among boys since 2004, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2004 to 2020.
- #15,992 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 124 born since 2004
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Balen ranks #15,992 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 124 born since 2004, peaking in the 2010s.
- #15,992 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 124
- born since 2004
- 2010s
- peak decade
Balen's 124 recorded births place it above 64.73% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Balen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Balen's full recorded timeline at 2012, 53% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 47% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2005, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2015 peak of 14 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Balen popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2004–2020
- Peak year (2015)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 17 years of records
Balen by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (83 births, 67% of the file).
2010s was Balen's strongest decade.
83 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 67% of all-time use.
Balen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
36 births
- 2010s
2010s
83 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 83 births (67% of all-time use).
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- Balen's decade-level peak was the 2010s (83 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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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Balen: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2015)
Similar record span (~16 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, 2004–2020 (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 Balen 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.