Fun Facts About the Name Balbina
- 325 babies named Balbina: U.S. records list 325 babies given the name Balbina from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Balbina Mean?
Balbina is a feminine name of Latin origin meaning "stammering" or "she who stammers." It is the feminine form of the Roman cognomen Balbinus, which comes from the Latin adjective balbus (feminine balba), meaning "stammering" or "faltering in speech." The name's sense is descriptive rather than symbolic: it refers literally to a speech habit, not to a moral or spiritual quality.
Balbina Name History & Origins
The masculine cognomen Balbinus was used in the Roman world; the brief joint emperor Balbinus, who ruled in 238, is the best-known bearer. Balbina is the corresponding feminine form. Its use as a woman's name is linked especially with Saint Balbina, a virgin and martyr of Rome commemorated on April 1. According to her legend, she was the daughter of Quirinus and was baptized by Pope Alexander I; the details of her martyrdom are traditional rather than securely documented. The church of Santa Balbina on the Aventine Hill in Rome is dedicated to her.
The name is used in Italy, Spain, Portugal, and Poland. Its spelling is the same in these languages, though pronunciation differs.
How Popular is the Name Balbina?
Balbina has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 1915. Its best rank was #1,399 in 1897.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | #15,544 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2000 | #15,360 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1988 | #11,990 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1970 | #7,125 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1958 | #6,163 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1955 | #5,882 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1952 | #4,956 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1946 | #5,003 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1943 | #3,515 | 8 | 0.0006% |
| 1941 | #3,271 | 8 | 0.0007% |
| 1939 | #3,805 | 6 | 0.0005% |
| 1938 | #3,199 | 8 | 0.0007% |
| 1937 | #2,959 | 9 | 0.0008% |
| 1936 | #4,242 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1935 | #3,792 | 6 | 0.0006% |
| 1931 | #3,518 | 7 | 0.0007% |
| 1930 | #2,315 | 14 | 0.0012% |
| 1929 | #3,160 | 9 | 0.0008% |
| 1928 | #2,969 | 10 | 0.0009% |
| 1927 | #3,586 | 8 | 0.0007% |
| 1926 | #3,286 | 9 | 0.0008% |
| 1925 | #2,794 | 12 | 0.0010% |
| 1924 | #2,990 | 11 | 0.0009% |
| 1923 | #3,148 | 10 | 0.0008% |
| 1922 | #2,625 | 13 | 0.0011% |
| 1921 | #2,385 | 15 | 0.0012% |
| 1920 | #2,914 | 11 | 0.0009% |
| 1919 | #3,242 | 9 | 0.0008% |
| 1918 | #2,388 | 14 | 0.0012% |
| 1917 | #2,709 | 11 | 0.0010% |
| 1916 | #2,264 | 14 | 0.0013% |
| 1915 | #1,809 | 18 | 0.0018% |
| 1914 | #2,658 | 8 | 0.0011% |
| 1913 | #3,237 | 5 | 0.0008% |
| 1912 | #2,392 | 7 | 0.0013% |
| 1911 | #1,975 | 7 | 0.0017% |
| 1897 | #1,399 | 6 | 0.0026% |
| 1896 | #1,607 | 5 | 0.0021% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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How the Name Balbina Shapes Your Personality and Life?
You can go to great heights and equally great depths. You are emotional and fixed in your opinions. You are hospitable, sentimental, often psychic, sometimes moody. You are ruled by love and the lack of it and feel a need to be encouraged and appreciated. You are bold, independent, inquisitive and interested in research. You know what you want and why you want it.
You are seeking freedom, opportunities to enjoy life: to make love, to go places and to do things. You are very adventurous and willing to take risk to achieve your objectives. New ways and new experiences can't satisfy your restless nature. One adventure leads you to another. You are honest and fair, because you know that this is the only way to receive justice and honesty from other people. But your personal growth is vital for you, and it is difficult to be tied down by rules and obligations. Your restless spirit might best controlled by choosing the field of work that meet your demand for action and adventure.
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