Meaning and history
Balthazar is a variant of Belshazzar and the traditional name given to one of the wise men, or Magi, who visited the infant Jesus and was said to have come from Arabia. Shakespeare also used the name for minor characters in The Comedy of Errors (1594) and The Merchant of Venice (1596).
20062006: 8 births, rank #8,732
2007: 6 births, rank #10,921
2008: 6 births, rank #11,037
2009: 6 births, rank #10,994
2010: no US SSA record for this spelling
20112011: 13 births, rank #6,256
2012: 9 births, rank #8,158
2013: 13 births, rank #6,241
2014: 15 births, rank #5,733
2015: 13 births, rank #6,324
20162016: 10 births, rank #7,605
2017: 15 births, rank #5,788
2018: 12 births, rank #6,703
2019: 11 births, rank #7,173
2020: 10 births, rank #7,502
20212021: 12 births, rank #6,698
2022: 13 births, rank #6,479
2023: 11 births, rank #7,289
2024: 10 births, rank #7,765
20252025: 7 births, rank #9,714
In 2025, 7 babies were recorded with the name Balthazar, ranking #9,714 among boys.