Balthazar
Balthazar is a name with a single cultural origin: Judeo-Christian-Islamic Legend.
- Judeo-Christian-Islamic Legend
Meaning & Origin of Balthazar
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Balthazar is a name with a single cultural origin: Judeo-Christian-Islamic Legend.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Judeo-Christian-Islamic Legend
The Story of Balthazar
American parents first put Balthazar on the record books as a baby boy name in 2001, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2014, when 15 Balthazars were born — ranking #5,733 that year. About 48% of every Balthazar on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Balthazar ranks #6,786 for baby boys with 11 births, gradually falling (-7%). All told, over 232 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2000s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Balthazar
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Balthazar. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Baltazar
- Balthasar
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About the name Balthazar
Balthazar is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2001 and has accumulated 232 births in the dataset. Balthazar's peak popularity came in 2014 when it ranked #5,733. Use the chart and map above to compare Balthazar'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 .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.