Balor — #10674 US boys' name
30 babies named Balor in U.S. Social Security records since 2017, with the highest year being 2018. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 25% of names given to boys today.
77% of everyone ever named Balor was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Balor in 2018 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Balor
The Social Security Administration has registered 30 babies named Balor between 2017 and 2024, spanning 8 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Balor currently holds the #10674 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2018, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Balor performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 23 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Balor shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Balor 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 30 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.
Balor at a glance
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Current rank
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Balor popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2017
- Peak year (2018)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 8 years of records
Currently ranks #10674 among boys.
30 total births across 8 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2018 with 11 births in a single year.
Balor by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 23 births that decade — 77% of Balor's all-time total
Balor decade highlights
- Peak decade 23 births
- Runner-up 7 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Balor's strongest decade
23 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 77% 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, 2017–2024 (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.