Belen

#785 for girls in 2025, 345 births · Last seen for boys in 2022 at #10,863
Given to girls 99.4% of the time

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Peak · girls
2024 · 431 births
Debut · girls
8 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
12,287
since 1909

Belen over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Belen has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201954girlsat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#785345
2024#671431
2023#842323
2022#742390#10,8636
2021#826336
2020#881303#12,0225
2019#849316
2018#798341
2017#756368#12,2465
2016#762374
2015#927296
2014#997266
2013#902283
2012#936273
2011#913286
2010#872305
2009#879312
2008#868321
2007#853331#9,7887
2006#918288#9,5857
2005#989247#10,1516
2004#884276
2003#894267
2002#802292
2001#1,001214
2000#936229
1999#1,143171
1998#1,059185
1997#1,040183#9,2655
1996#1,155157
1995#1,156150
1994#1,416113#7,7706
1993#1,258136#8,7005
1992#1,231141#7,4226
1991#1,463108#7,2716
1990#1,279127#6,4157
1989#1,333116
1988#1,320109
1987#1,45989
1986#1,62073
1985#1,50581
1984#1,55073
1983#1,44780
1982#1,34592#4,5938
1981#1,58074
1980#1,76662
1979#2,14746
1978#1,59867
1977#2,18942
1976#1,53566
1975#2,06042
1974#2,06640
1973#1,64755
1972#1,83246
1971#1,85747
1970#2,04340
1969#2,25432
1968#2,48225
1967#2,01234
1966#2,05832
1965#2,46424
1964#1,94737
1963#2,13131
1962#2,03133
1961#1,89337
1960#1,76441
1959#2,19127
1958#2,37623
1957#1,78437
1956#2,38922
1955#1,73336
1954#2,18624
1953#1,78331
1952#2,02325
1951#1,61135
1950#1,55036
1949#1,66632
1948#2,07022
1947#1,75230
1946#1,77126
1945#2,45813
1944#2,09617
1943#1,79123
1942#1,86021
1941#2,19015
1940#1,68222
1939#1,63822
1938#1,70321
1937#1,58023
1936#1,50724
1935#1,35629
1934#1,77119
1933#1,47025
1932#1,59723
1931#1,50225
1930#1,74821
1929#1,25735
1928#1,46929
1927#1,72824
1926#1,32535
1925#1,53529
1924#1,61228
1923#1,78223
1922#1,95720
1921#1,72325
1920#1,70824
1919#1,74522
1918#2,02918
1917#2,31614
1916#2,13315
1915#3,4347
1914#3,1886
1913#1,88311
1912#2,1448
1911
1910#1,9357
1909#1,6078
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First appearance
1909

The first year at least five girls were named Belen! It came in at #1,607, and was given to 8 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1911, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Belen
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 114 spots since 2024 (#671#785)
  • 96 spots since 2020 (#881#785)
  • 142 spots since 2015 (#927#785)
  • Biggest jump: 207 spots in 2000 (#1,143#936)
  • Biggest drop: 114 spots in 2025 (#671#785)
Rise & fade · girls
115 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1909
  • Peaked 2024 at #671 (431 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 25 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 25 yrs · run 2002–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 3,759
  • Highest: 1 in 3,759 girls born in 2024 were named Belen (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 4,659 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 25.3% of all girls named Belen (3,108) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1900s8#1,607 (1909)#1,607
1910s108#1,745 (1919)#2,312
1920s272#1,257 (1929)#1,610
1930s232#1,356 (1935)#1,587
1940s221#1,666 (1949)#1,934
1950s296#1,550 (1950)#1,963
1960s326#1,764 (1960)#2,104
1970s491#1,535 (1976)#1,897
1980s849#1,320 (1988)#1,493
1990s1,471#1,040 (1997)#1,220
2000s2,777#802 (2002)#902
2010s3,108#756 (2017)#871
2020s2,128#671 (2024)#791

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Belen in 1954

girls
#2,186
24 births · 1 in 80,913 girls

Top girls' names in 1954

  1. #1Mary68,019
  2. #2Linda55,371
  3. #3Deborah54,674
  4. #4Patricia49,149
  5. #5Susan47,162
  6. #6Debra45,896
  7. #7Barbara36,368
  8. #8Karen32,456
  9. #9Nancy30,270
  10. #10Cynthia27,615
  11. #2,186Belen24
More about 1954

girls

1,941,915 girls got a published name in 1954; 1 in 80,913 of them was named Belen, which outranked 67.0% of the 6,625 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Belen
  1. #2,122Tomasa25
  2. #2,122Vernette25
  3. #2,122Wynell25
  4. #2,186Belen24
  5. #2,186Alinda24
  6. #2,186Armandina24
  7. #2,186Blair24
  8. #2,240Ailene23
  9. #2,240Andree23
  10. #2,240Annelle23

Tied with 53 names at #2,186; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1953
Risers
  1. 1,699Sherree#2,699#1,000
  2. 1,434Sabrina#2,236#802
  3. 932Valinda#1,738#806
  4. 748Sheree#1,071#323
  5. 421Sherie#1,248#827
Fallers
  1. 396Enola#948#1,344
  2. 311Ila#782#1,093
  3. 302Nancie#816#1,118
  4. 282Arline#904#1,186
  5. 269Candyce#944#1,213

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1954