Names / Boy names
Balor
Current rank
#10,856
holding steady
All-time peak
#7,176
in 2018
First recorded
2017
in U.S. data
Children named
36
since 2017
Popularity over time
Annual U.S. children given the name · Peak #7,176 in 2018 · Source: Social Security Administration
Meaning & background
A powerful figure from Irish mythology. It makes its debut in American naming data in 2017. These days it lands below the top 1,000, so it still feels distinctive. Only about 36 children have carried it, making it genuinely rare.