Ballard
Recorded 1880–2025 · United States
Ballard was most popular in 1922, when 40 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,252 that year. In 2025 it ranked #22,044, with 6 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,159 people named Ballard.
Ballard over time
How old is the name Ballard?
The Social Security Administration’s records begin in 1880, and Ballard is already there in that first year — so the name is older than the record and these figures cannot date it. It has been recorded in 84 of the 146 years since.
How many people are named Ballard?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 1,159 American births named Ballard between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 293 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Ballard in 2025?
6 American babies were named Ballard in 2025, ranking #22,044 that year.
Is Ballard getting more or less popular?
Ballard is new. It was not recorded at all a decade ago and averaged 6 births a year across 2021–2025.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Is Ballard a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Ballard is a boy’s name — 0.0% of the 1,159 Americans given it were girls and 100.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Ballard?
Roughly 293 Americans named Ballard are alive today — 25% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 72 years old, and half are between 63 and 80.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Where Ballard is most concentrated
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org