UK boy's name
Balazs
For 2026, the newest official UK baby-name figures on this page are from 2024. That release is the current official benchmark rather than a forecast.
Balazs is a boy's name in the UK records. People looking for Balazs popularity in 2026 should use the latest official release, which is 2024 in this profile. In that release it ranked #5119, with 3 babies registered with the name. Its strongest year in the published records was 2011, with 7 births.
This profile covers 46 England and Wales registrations across 12 recorded years from 2006 to 2024. The figures come from ONS England and Wales and NRS Scotland, so the page is a view of published baby-name registrations rather than a forecast or a live count of people using the name today.
The latest count is about 43% of the recorded peak, which gives a quick read on how the name has moved since its high point.
We estimate that about 49 living people in the UK are called Balazs. This uses published birth registrations from England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, then applies ONS national life tables to estimate how many are likely still alive. It does not forecast extra births for 2025 or 2026.
Key insights
- • Balazs ranked #5119 for boys in England and Wales in 2024, with 3 registrations.
- • The name peaked in 2011, when 7 boys were registered as Balazs.
- • Balazs ranks best in Scotland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #707 in 2016.
- • About 49 living people in the UK are estimated to have Balazs as a first name, after adjusting past birth registrations with ONS life tables.
Latest rank (E&W)
#5119
2024
Births in 2024
3
Latest year
Peak year
2011
7 births
Estimated living
49
2026
Popularity
Balazs over time
The chart below shows babies named Balazs registered in England and Wales in the years where the name appears in the published records, from 2006 to 2024. Empty years are left out so rare names are not stretched across long periods where the published files do not show any registrations.
For Balazs, the clearest high point is 2011. The latest England and Wales figure is 3 births in 2024, compared with 7 at the peak.
Babies born per year
Decades
Balazs by decade
Decade totals smooth out the yearly jumps and make it easier to see whether Balazs was a short-lived spike or a name that stayed in regular use. Average rank is calculated only from years where a published rank exists.
| Decade | Average rank | Total births | Years covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020s | #4484 | 7 | 2 |
| 2010s | #4076 | 36 | 9 |
| 2000s | #4052 | 3 | 1 |
Geography
Where Balazs is most common
The bars show the latest published local birth counts for Balazs. They are useful for spotting where the name is showing up in real numbers, while the rank beside each bar shows how strongly it performs inside that region.
Balazs ranks best in Scotland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #707 in 2016.
Across the UK
Balazs in Scotland and Northern Ireland
Scotland (NRS)
#707 in 2016
1 years of NRS records, 3 total registered
Related
Names similar to Balazs
- Benjamin 90,412
- Ben 36,356
- Bradley 30,230
- Brandon 26,411
- Billy 18,608
- Bobby 16,904
- Blake 16,337
- Bailey 16,014
- Brody 7,230
- Beau 6,722
- Barnaby 5,284
- Brodie 4,801
FAQ
Balazs: questions and answers
How popular is the name Balazs in the UK right now?
In 2024, Balazs was ranked #5119 for boys in England and Wales, with 3 births registered.
When was Balazs most popular?
The peak year on record was 2011, with 7 babies registered as Balazs in England and Wales.
How many people are called Balazs in the UK?
A total of 46 babies have been registered as Balazs across the 12 years of ONS England & Wales records shown here, plus 3 more in Scotland.
Where is Balazs most common?
In the latest published local rankings, Balazs ranks best in Scotland, where it placed #707 in 2016. The regional bars on this page use birth counts, so they also reflect the size of each region.
Which records is this page based on?
The England and Wales timeline uses ONS baby-name records. Scotland figures come from NRS and Northern Ireland figures come from NISRA. Counts are registrations in published baby-name files. The living estimate uses those birth registrations with ONS national life tables.