NameTides

Balfour

Balfour was the #762 boys' name in Scotland in 2025 (3 babies).

Balfour as a boy’s name

  • US
  • Scotland
Balfour as a boy’s name, US, ScotlandBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, Scotland. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020Scotland
Balfour as a boy’s name, US, ScotlandBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, Scotland. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSScotland
2025—#762 (3)
1928#4,151 (5)—
1914#3,264 (5)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in Scotland in 2025 at #762.
  • First recorded in Scotland in 2025.

How common is it?

about 1 in 6,500 baby boys in the published Scotland list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.