Balthazar — #8038 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Balthazar

The Social Security Administration has registered 210 babies named Balthazar between 2001 and 2024, spanning 24 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Balthazar currently holds the #8038 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2014, when 15 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Balthazar performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 111 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Balthazar shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Balthazar in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Balthazar 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 210 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.