Balian
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- BAY-lee-an
- US rank, 2025
- #6,442 for boys
Balian is a boys' name. In 2025 it ranked 6,442nd for boys in the US (13 babies).
What does Balian mean?
Medieval crusader name of uncertain derivation
Balian of Ibelin negotiated the surrender of Jerusalem to Saladin in 1187, and is the hero of the film Kingdom of Heaven.
Is Balian a girl's or a boy's name?
Balian is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Balian in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,442among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 130,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 13 boys in the US were named Balian, making it the 6,442nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,497th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 35 boys. It first appears in the records in 2006.
Half of all the boys named Balian in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Balian in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #6,442 |
| 2024 | 15 | #5,899 |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,284 |
| 2022 | 8 | #8,983 |
| 2021 | 6 | #10,794 |
| 2020 | 10 | #7,497 |
| 2019 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2018 | 10 | #7,613 |
| 2017 | 13 | #6,334 |
| 2016 | 13 | #6,344 |
| 2015 | 28 | #3,774 |
| 2014 | 18 | #5,062 |
| 2013 | 19 | #4,801 |
| 2012 | 30 | #3,527 |
| 2011 | 16 | #5,429 |
| 2010 | 35 | #3,180 |
| 2009 | 21 | #4,580 |
| 2008 | 19 | #4,897 |
| 2007 | 26 | #3,891 |
| 2006 | 24 | #3,998 |
Names like Balian
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Cassian Caspian Elian Killian Finnegan Callahan Zayden Bastian Azaiah Braylen Asaiah Zayn
Names related to Balian
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Balian: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/balian, updated 20 October 2026.