Balke — boys' name
21 babies named Balke in U.S. Social Security records since 1982, with the highest year being 1986. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
76% of everyone ever named Balke was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Balke in 1986 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Balke
The Social Security Administration has registered 21 babies named Balke between 1982 and 1990, spanning 9 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Balke currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1990. The name reached its historical peak in 1986, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Balke performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 16 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Balke shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Balke 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 21 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.
Balke at a glance
Last recorded 1990Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Balke popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–1982
- Peak year (1986)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 9 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1990.
21 total births across 9 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1986 with 6 births in a single year.
Balke by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 16 births that decade — 76% of Balke's all-time total
Balke decade highlights
- Peak decade 16 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Balke's strongest decade
16 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 76% of all-time use.
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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, 1982–1990 (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.