Batu — #10419 US boys' name
111 babies named Batu in U.S. Social Security records since 2003, with the highest year being 2018. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 27% of names given to boys today.
65% of everyone ever named Batu was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Batu in 2018 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Batu
The Social Security Administration has registered 111 babies named Batu between 2003 and 2024, spanning 22 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Batu currently holds the #10419 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2018, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Batu performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 72 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Batu shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. 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 Batu in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Batu 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 111 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.
Batu at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Batu popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2003
- Peak year (2018)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 22 years of records
Currently ranks #10419 among boys.
111 total births across 22 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2018 with 12 births in a single year.
Batu by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 72 births that decade — 65% of Batu's all-time total
Batu decade highlights
- Peak decade 72 births
- Runner-up 25 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Batu's strongest decade
72 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 65% of all-time use.
Batu by state
Where Batu concentrates geographically — total births since 2003
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 4.5% |
5 of 111 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 4.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 4.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 2003–2024 (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.