How Many People Are Named Ballard?
people named Ballard are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,195,051 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,159 babies named Ballard in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
40 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Ballard in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Ballard alive today is about 68 years old, and 79% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 61 and 79 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Ballard first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1922, to 40 babies. In 2025, 6 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Ballard has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #552, in 1889. In 2025 it ranked #10,850.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #10,850 |
| Best rank | #552 (1889) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,482 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Ballard alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Ballard were born in Kentucky than in any other state: about 37 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Ballard was given 30.2 times as often in Kentucky and 8.8 times in Virginia.
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