Given name & surname · also Spanish
Baltazar
“baal protect the king”
Baltazar is a variant of Balthasar. One interpretation is “baal protect the king.”
Original SpanishBaltasar
Meaning & origin
What it means
Baltazar is a variant of Balthasar. One interpretation is “baal protect the king.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1915. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Baltazar through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,743
- 2,743 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2001
- 59 babies
- 2025
- 45
- #2,802 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +28%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 45 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 2,802 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 28.2% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 59 in 2001. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (9). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 6,038 as a first name in 2020; 12,941 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Baltazar’s family of names
In Czech usage, Baltazar has a diminutive in Baltazárek. In Polish usage, Baltazar has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Baltasar. In Polish usage, Baltazar has a conventional equivalent in the Italian form BALDASSARRE.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Baltazar has relatives in 21 languages. Lines run from its Slovak roots to each of them.
11 related names in 21 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 7
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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