Balentin — boys' name
24 babies named Balentin in U.S. Social Security records since 1928, with the highest year being 1928. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
29% of everyone ever named Balentin was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Balentin in 1928 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Balentin
The Social Security Administration has registered 24 babies named Balentin between 1928 and 2005, spanning 78 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Balentin currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2005. The name reached its historical peak in 1928, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Balentin performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 7 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Balentin shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Balentin in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Balentin 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 24 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.
Balentin at a glance
Last recorded 2005Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Balentin popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2005–1928
- Peak year (1928)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 78 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2005.
24 total births across 78 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1928 with 7 births in a single year.
Balentin by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 7 births that decade — 29% of Balentin's all-time total
Balentin decade highlights
- Peak decade 7 births
- Runner-up 7 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Balentin's strongest decade
7 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 29% of all-time use.
Balentin by state
Where Balentin concentrates geographically — total births since 1928
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 6 | 25.0% |
6 of 24 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 25.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 25.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1928–2005 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.