Baldomero vs Baldwin

Babies given each name, 1880–2025

Baldomero Baldwin

Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.

Who was ahead

Of the 112 years in which either name was published, Baldomero for 80 years and Baldwin for 32 years. The lead changed hands 35 times.

• 1880–1919 Baldwin ahead
• 1923–2014 Baldomero ahead, apart from 9 short spells
• 2015–2023 Baldwin ahead, apart from one short spell

23 shorter spells of a year or two are folded into the spans above rather than listed separately.

Side by side

A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.

Which name is older

Half of the Baldomeros alive today are over 40; half the Baldwins are over 31. That is 9 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.

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