Baltazar
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- bahl-tah-SAR
- US rank, 2025
- #2,797 for boys
Baltazar is a boys' name, meaning “Bel protect the king”. In 2025 it ranked 2,797th for boys in the US (45 babies).
What does Baltazar mean?
Akkadian (Babylonian), via the Spanish form of Balthazar
“Bel protect the king”
Tradition names Balthazar as one of the three Magi who brought gifts to the infant Jesus.
Is Baltazar a girl's or a boy's name?
Baltazar is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 45 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Baltazar in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,797among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 45about 1 in 38,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 47% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 45 boys in the US were named Baltazar, making it the 2,797th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,536th. Its busiest year was 2001, with 59 boys. It first appears in the records in 1915.
2025 had more boys named Baltazar than any year since 2008.
Half of all the boys named Baltazar in the US since 1880 were born between 1968 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
Baltazar in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 45 | #2,797 |
| 2024 | 43 | #2,915 |
| 2023 | 34 | #3,414 |
| 2022 | 41 | #3,001 |
| 2021 | 28 | #3,810 |
| 2020 | 21 | #4,536 |
| 2019 | 31 | #3,568 |
| 2018 | 31 | #3,520 |
| 2017 | 33 | #3,376 |
| 2016 | 33 | #3,357 |
| 2015 | 24 | #4,177 |
| 2014 | 36 | #3,088 |
| 2013 | 29 | #3,580 |
| 2012 | 34 | #3,228 |
| 2011 | 33 | #3,305 |
| 2010 | 39 | #2,957 |
| 2009 | 40 | #2,945 |
| 2008 | 58 | #2,264 |
| 2007 | 47 | #2,602 |
| 2006 | 52 | #2,374 |
| 2005 | 39 | #2,748 |
| 2004 | 47 | #2,372 |
| 2003 | 58 | #1,983 |
| 2002 | 46 | #2,245 |
| 2001 | 59 | #1,867 |
| 2000 | 51 | #1,989 |
| 1999 | 54 | #1,821 |
| 1998 | 56 | #1,788 |
| 1997 | 43 | #2,057 |
| 1996 | 48 | #1,868 |
| 1995 | 41 | #2,021 |
| 1994 | 50 | #1,748 |
| 1993 | 43 | #1,902 |
| 1992 | 43 | #1,879 |
| 1991 | 44 | #1,792 |
| 1990 | 50 | #1,630 |
| 1989 | 42 | #1,788 |
| 1988 | 42 | #1,666 |
| 1987 | 35 | #1,826 |
| 1986 | 31 | #1,915 |
| 1985 | 25 | #2,170 |
| 1984 | 30 | #1,841 |
| 1983 | 24 | #2,139 |
| 1982 | 30 | #1,849 |
| 1981 | 23 | #2,203 |
| 1980 | 31 | #1,808 |
| 1979 | 26 | #1,991 |
| 1978 | 18 | #2,472 |
| 1977 | 22 | #2,131 |
| 1976 | 24 | #1,998 |
| 1975 | 24 | #1,947 |
| 1974 | 20 | #2,129 |
| 1973 | 26 | #1,736 |
| 1972 | 22 | #1,928 |
| 1971 | 21 | #1,986 |
| 1970 | 22 | #1,888 |
| 1969 | 13 | #2,414 |
| 1968 | 14 | #2,199 |
| 1967 | 15 | #2,029 |
| 1966 | 18 | #1,813 |
| 1965 | 14 | #2,177 |
| 1964 | 15 | #2,113 |
| 1963 | 23 | #1,658 |
| 1962 | 18 | #1,895 |
| 1961 | 12 | #2,408 |
| 1960 | 15 | #2,120 |
| 1959 | 17 | #1,973 |
| 1958 | 18 | #1,895 |
| 1957 | 17 | #1,951 |
| 1956 | 14 | #2,167 |
| 1955 | 13 | #2,218 |
| 1954 | 13 | #2,206 |
| 1953 | 13 | #2,185 |
| 1952 | 19 | #1,748 |
| 1951 | 14 | #2,054 |
| 1950 | 16 | #1,878 |
| 1949 | 19 | #1,701 |
| 1948 | 23 | #1,518 |
| 1947 | 20 | #1,695 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 12 | #2,008 |
| 1944 | 8 | #2,632 |
| 1943 | 19 | #1,635 |
| 1942 | 12 | #2,144 |
| 1941 | 8 | #2,655 |
| 1940 | 9 | #2,478 |
| 1939 | 9 | #2,449 |
| 1938 | 8 | #2,646 |
| 1937 | 9 | #2,479 |
| 1936 | 17 | #1,639 |
| 1935 | 16 | #1,757 |
| 1934 | 11 | #2,266 |
| 1933 | 7 | #3,003 |
| 1932 | 20 | #1,584 |
| 1931 | 15 | #1,927 |
| 1930 | 15 | #1,964 |
| 1929 | 10 | #2,588 |
| 1928 | 16 | #1,960 |
| 1927 | 6 | #3,778 |
| 1926 | 5 | #4,199 |
| 1925 | 11 | #2,586 |
| 1924 | 6 | #3,865 |
| 1923 | 8 | #3,173 |
| 1922 | 14 | #2,239 |
| 1921 | 11 | #2,631 |
| 1920 | 12 | #2,458 |
| 1919 | 6 | #3,735 |
| 1918 | 8 | #3,095 |
| 1917 | 7 | #3,216 |
| 1916 | 7 | #3,176 |
| 1915 | 6 | #3,391 |
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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, “Baltazar: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/baltazar, updated 20 October 2026.