Baelor
"Baelor" is the ninth episode of the first season of the HBO medieval fantasy television series Game of Thrones. First aired on June 12, 2011, it was written by series creators and executive producers David Benioff and D. B. Weiss, and directed by Alan Taylor, his directorial debut for the series.
Meaning & Origin of Baelor
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
"Baelor" is the ninth episode of the first season of the HBO medieval fantasy television series Game of Thrones. First aired on June 12, 2011, it was written by series creators and executive producers David Benioff and D. B. Weiss, and directed by Alan Taylor, his directorial debut for the series.
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The Story of Baelor
The earliest SSA record of Baelor as a baby boy name dates back to 2013, when 5 babies received it. 2013 was its biggest year on record, with 5 newborns named Baelor — #12,135 in the national rankings. About 50% of every Baelor on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Baelor last appeared in the published SSA data in 2021, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 10 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2010s to the 2020s.
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About the name Baelor
Baelor is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2013 and has accumulated 10 births in the dataset. Baelor's peak popularity came in 2013 when it ranked #12,135. Use the chart and map above to compare Baelor's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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