Boys' name · since 2001
Balthazar
217 babies named Balthazar in U.S. Social Security records since 2001, with the highest year being 2014. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #12,448 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,186 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 217
- born since 2001
- 2010s
- peak decade
217 babies have been named Balthazar since 2001, making it today's #10186 boys' name.
Balthazar has 217 recorded births among boys since 2001, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #10186 as of the latest data, more common than 27% of boys, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2001 to 2025.
- #12,448 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #10,186 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 217 born since 2001
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Balthazar ranks #12,448 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,186 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 217 born since 2001, peaking in the 2010s.
- #12,448 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,186 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 217
- born since 2001
- 2010s
- peak decade
Balthazar's 217 recorded births place it above 72.57% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Balthazar compares
217 39th 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
Balthazar's all-time total is 41% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Balthazar | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 217 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 15 | 34 | 22,252 |
Balthazar's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Balthazar's SSA record in two at 2015 and the more recent half accounts for 57% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 43%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2001, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2014 peak of 15, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Balthazar popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–2025
- Peak year (2014)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Balthazar by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (111 births, 51% of the file).
2010s was Balthazar's strongest decade.
111 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Balthazar births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 43
2000s
43 births
- 2010s
2010s
111 births
- 2020s
2020s
63 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 111 births (51% of all-time use).
Balthazar by state
Where Balthazar concentrates geographically, total births since 2001
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 2.3% |
5 of 217 births nationwide.
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What to do with Balthazar's data
- Balthazar's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (111 total births) through the 2020s (63) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Balthazars (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
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 Balthazar: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2014)
Similar record span (~24 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, 2001–2025 (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 Balthazar 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.