Balinda — girls' name
648 babies named Balinda in U.S. Social Security records since 1949, with the highest year being 1961. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
37% of everyone ever named Balinda was born in this single decade.
34 babies were named Balinda in 1961 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Balinda
The Social Security Administration has registered 648 babies named Balinda between 1949 and 1993, spanning 45 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Balinda currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1993. The name reached its historical peak in 1961, when 34 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Balinda performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 237 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Balinda shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Balinda in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Balinda 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 648 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.
Balinda at a glance
Last recorded 1993Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Balinda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–1949
- Peak year (1961)
- 34
- Annual births at peak — across 45 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1993.
648 total births across 45 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1961 with 34 births in a single year.
Balinda by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 237 births that decade — 37% of Balinda's all-time total
Balinda decade highlights
- Peak decade 237 births
- Runner-up 163 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Balinda's strongest decade
237 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 37% of all-time use.
Balinda by state
Where Balinda concentrates geographically — total births since 1949
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 11 | 1.7% |
11 of 648 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 1.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 1.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile 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, 1949–1993 (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.