Boys' name · since 2004
Balmore
Since 2004, U.S. Social Security records show 16 babies named Balmore, peaking in 2025. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #30,559 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,356 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 16
- born since 2004
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Balmore is the #11356 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 16 recorded since 2004.
Social Security Administration records show Balmore recorded 16 times among boys since 2004, holding rank #11356 nationally today, ahead of 18% of boys, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2004 to 2025.
- #30,559 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #11,356 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 16 born since 2004
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Balmore ranks #30,559 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,356 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 16 born since 2004, peaking in the 2000s.
- #30,559 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,356 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 16
- born since 2004
- 2000s
- peak decade
Balmore's 16 recorded births place it above 31.5% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Balmore compares
16 6th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Balmore's all-time total is 96% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Balmore | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 16 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 6 | 34 | 22,252 |
Balmore's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Balmore's SSA record in two at 2005 and the more recent half accounts for 69% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 31%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2004, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 6, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Balmore popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2004–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
Balmore by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (10 births, 63% of the file).
2000s was Balmore's strongest decade.
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 63% of all-time use.
Balmore births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
10 births
- 2020s
2020s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 10 births (63% of all-time use).
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What to do with Balmore's data
- Balmore's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (10 total births) through the 2020s (6) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Balmore: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~21 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, 2004–2025 (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 Balmore 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.