Ballard — boys' name

What the Data Says About Ballard

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,153 babies named Ballard between 1880 and 2001, spanning 122 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ballard currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2001. The name reached its historical peak in 1922, when 40 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ballard performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 257 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Ballard shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Kentucky, which accounts for 262 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Virginia and West Virginia. In total, SSA state-level files list Ballard in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ballard 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 1,153 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.