Vasco Núñez de Balboa, Spanish explorer, for whom are named:

Balboa High School (San Francisco)

Balboa, the merged tribe name in Survivor: Pearl Islands

Rocky Balboa (character), protagonist of the Rocky film series

Balboa Island, Newport Beach, California

Balboa Park, San Diego, California

Balboa (dance), a close embrace style of swing dancing

Balboa, a probe featured in Alien Planet

Panamanian balboa, the official currency of Panama

Javier Balboa, Spanish football player

Balboa Park, San Francisco, California

Balboa, Panama, a port city in Panama

Balboa (lunar crater)

Balboa, Cauca, a town and municipality in Colombia

Chrysochlamys, a genus of plants

Balboa Park, one of several parks, including:

Balboa, California also called Balboa Peninsula, Newport Beach, California