Ballard
#4,389 most common boys' name of all time · #10,776 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1880–2025
Rank among boys
#4,389
Rank overall
#10,776 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
84 of 146
All-time
1,159
Since 2016
6
Peak year
1922 #1,124
Best rank
#577 1889
Girls
Boys
peak 40/yr
Ballard is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,712 |
| 2001 | — | 6 | 6 | #9,274 |
| 1997 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,299 |
| 1986 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,956 |
| 1976 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,450 |
| 1972 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,021 |
| 1971 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,993 |
| 1970 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,758 |
| 1969 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,435 |
| 1967 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,587 |
| 1966 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,562 |
| 1965 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,796 |
| 1964 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,062 |
| 1963 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,081 |
| 1962 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,384 |
| 1961 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,103 |
| 1960 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,051 |
| 1959 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,545 |
| 1958 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,841 |
| 1957 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,104 |
| 1956 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,104 |
| 1955 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,984 |
| 1954 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,764 |
| 1953 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,547 |
| 1952 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,867 |
| 1951 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,651 |
| 1950 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,034 |
| 1949 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,768 |
| 1948 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,040 |
| 1947 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,854 |
| 1946 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,822 |
| 1945 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,709 |
| 1944 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,751 |
| 1943 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,426 |
| 1942 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,741 |
| 1941 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,228 |
| 1940 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,442 |
| 1939 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,317 |
| 1938 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,700 |
| 1937 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,349 |
| 1936 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,424 |
| 1935 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,597 |
| 1934 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,276 |
| 1933 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,418 |
| 1932 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,360 |
| 1931 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,854 |
| 1930 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,467 |
| 1929 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,489 |
| 1928 | — | 32 | 32 | #1,275 |
| 1927 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,567 |
| 1926 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,673 |
| 1925 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,329 |
| 1924 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,971 |
| 1923 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,601 |
| 1922 | — | 40 | 40 | #1,124 |
| 1921 | — | 37 | 37 | #1,182 |
| 1920 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,467 |
| 1919 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,540 |
| 1918 | — | 33 | 33 | #1,214 |
| 1917 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,485 |
| 1916 | — | 33 | 33 | #1,144 |
| 1915 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,220 |
| 1914 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,502 |
| 1913 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,181 |
| 1912 | — | 6 | 6 | #2,296 |
| 1910 | — | 10 | 10 | #1,068 |
| 1907 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,377 |
| 1903 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,188 |
| 1902 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,178 |
| 1901 | — | 7 | 7 | #891 |
| 1900 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,347 |
| 1899 | — | 6 | 6 | #979 |
| 1896 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,145 |
| 1895 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,123 |
| 1892 | — | 8 | 8 | #821 |
| 1889 | — | 12 | 12 | #577 |
| 1888 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,073 |
| 1887 | — | 5 | 5 | #974 |
| 1886 | — | 6 | 6 | #894 |
| 1885 | — | 5 | 5 | #986 |
| 1883 | — | 7 | 7 | #761 |
| 1882 | — | 7 | 7 | #796 |
| 1881 | — | 7 | 7 | #749 |
| 1880 | — | 6 | 6 | #841 |