Boys' name · since 2006
Bezalel
Bezalel has 115 recorded births since 2006 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #16,468 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,010 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 115
- born since 2006
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Bezalel is the #5010 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 115 recorded since 2006.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Bezalel has been recorded 115 times among boys since 2006, currently ranked #5010 nationally and more common than 64% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2006 to 2025.
- #16,468 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #5,010 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 115 born since 2006
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Bezalel ranks #16,468 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,010 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 115 born since 2006, peaking in the 2020s.
- #16,468 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,010 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 115
- born since 2006
- 2020s
- peak decade
Bezalel's 115 recorded births place it above 63.69% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Bezalel compares
115 28th 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
Bezalel's all-time total is 69% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Bezalel | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 115 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 20 | 34 | 22,252 |
Bezalel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Bezalel's SSA record in two at 2019 and the more recent half accounts for 66% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 34%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2013, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 20, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Bezalel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2006–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 20 years of records
Bezalel by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (68 births, 59% of the file).
2020s was Bezalel's strongest decade.
68 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 59% of all-time use.
Bezalel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 6
2000s
6 births
- 2010s
2010s
41 births
- 2020s
2020s
68 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 68 births (59% of all-time use).
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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, 2006–2025 (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 Bezalel 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.