Baldwin

Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: German

Baldwin first appears in the data in 1880 and has been recorded in 79 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1965 with 13 babies (rank #2,278 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Baldwin

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Baldwin yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

11Destiny numberThe visionary (master)Intuitive and inspirational — a heightened 2.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
1Soul urgeThe leaderIndependent, pioneering, drawn to going first.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
1PersonalityThe leaderIndependent, pioneering, drawn to going first.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

634

Total babies (all years)

Years in the data

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

Famous people named Baldwin

Baldwin IV of Jerusalemking · b. 1161
Baldwin I of Jerusalempolitician · b. 1058
Baldwin II of Jerusalemruler · b. 1075
Baldwin I of Constantinoplecrusader · b. 1172
Baldwin III of Jerusalempolitician · b. 1130

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1880	5	#922
1913	10	#1,814
1914	10	#2,115
1915	9	#2,644
1916	8	#2,946
1917	10	#2,566
1918	11	#2,557
1919	9	#2,897
1920	10	#2,784
1921	8	#3,235
1922	5	#4,357
1923	11	#2,632
1924	9	#3,044
1925	8	#3,174
1926	10	#2,738
1927	8	#3,172
1928	7	#3,381
1929	10	#2,608
1931	9	#2,670
1932	7	#3,111
1933	7	#3,029
1934	5	#3,712
1936	5	#3,579
1939	7	#2,849
1944	5	#3,462
1946	12	#2,153
1950	5	#3,724
1951	6	#3,388
1953	5	#3,846
1955	7	#3,218
1957	8	#3,038
1958	12	#2,379
1959	8	#3,053
1960	8	#3,105
1961	6	#3,680
1962	9	#2,859
1963	7	#3,339
1964	7	#3,307
1965	13	#2,278
1967	7	#3,254
1968	7	#3,395
1971	5	#4,975
1974	7	#4,225
1979	6	#5,415
1980	10	#3,866
1981	6	#5,548
1984	6	#5,628
1986	8	#4,888
1987	5	#7,050
1989	8	#5,679
1990	12	#4,434
1991	7	#6,577
1992	12	#4,591
1993	5	#8,817
1994	11	#5,134
1995	8	#6,462
1996	9	#6,030
1997	7	#7,357
1998	11	#5,501
1999	7	#7,947
2000	9	#6,899
2001	7	#8,423
2002	8	#7,716
2003	7	#8,745
2004	8	#8,210
2005	10	#7,168
2008	6	#11,209
2009	11	#7,272
2010	8	#8,891
2011	8	#8,841
2015	6	#10,820
2016	6	#10,894
2017	10	#7,623
2018	9	#8,235
2019	11	#7,230
2020	6	#10,751
2021	10	#7,657
2022	8	#9,069
2023	6	#10,979