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
- Peak · girls
- 2024 · 431 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 12,287since 1909
Belen over time
Rank among girls' names. Belen has never cracked the top 600 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #785 | 345 | — | |
| 2024 | #671 | 431 | — | |
| 2023 | #842 | 323 | — | |
| 2022 | #742 | 390 | #10,863 | 6 |
| 2021 | #826 | 336 | — | |
| 2020 | #881 | 303 | #12,022 | 5 |
| 2019 | #849 | 316 | — | |
| 2018 | #798 | 341 | — | |
| 2017 | #756 | 368 | #12,246 | 5 |
| 2016 | #762 | 374 | — | |
| 2015 | #927 | 296 | — | |
| 2014 | #997 | 266 | — | |
| 2013 | #902 | 283 | — | |
| 2012 | #936 | 273 | — | |
| 2011 | #913 | 286 | — | |
| 2010 | #872 | 305 | — | |
| 2009 | #879 | 312 | — | |
| 2008 | #868 | 321 | — | |
| 2007 | #853 | 331 | #9,788 | 7 |
| 2006 | #918 | 288 | #9,585 | 7 |
| 2005 | #989 | 247 | #10,151 | 6 |
| 2004 | #884 | 276 | — | |
| 2003 | #894 | 267 | — | |
| 2002 | #802 | 292 | — | |
| 2001 | #1,001 | 214 | — | |
| 2000 | #936 | 229 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,143 | 171 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,059 | 185 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,040 | 183 | #9,265 | 5 |
| 1996 | #1,155 | 157 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,156 | 150 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,416 | 113 | #7,770 | 6 |
| 1993 | #1,258 | 136 | #8,700 | 5 |
| 1992 | #1,231 | 141 | #7,422 | 6 |
| 1991 | #1,463 | 108 | #7,271 | 6 |
| 1990 | #1,279 | 127 | #6,415 | 7 |
| 1989 | #1,333 | 116 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,320 | 109 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,459 | 89 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,620 | 73 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,505 | 81 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,550 | 73 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,447 | 80 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,345 | 92 | #4,593 | 8 |
| 1981 | #1,580 | 74 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,766 | 62 | — | |
| 1979 | #2,147 | 46 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,598 | 67 | — | |
| 1977 | #2,189 | 42 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,535 | 66 | — | |
| 1975 | #2,060 | 42 | — | |
| 1974 | #2,066 | 40 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,647 | 55 | — | |
| 1972 | #1,832 | 46 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,857 | 47 | — | |
| 1970 | #2,043 | 40 | — | |
| 1969 | #2,254 | 32 | — | |
| 1968 | #2,482 | 25 | — | |
| 1967 | #2,012 | 34 | — | |
| 1966 | #2,058 | 32 | — | |
| 1965 | #2,464 | 24 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,947 | 37 | — | |
| 1963 | #2,131 | 31 | — | |
| 1962 | #2,031 | 33 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,893 | 37 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,764 | 41 | — | |
| 1959 | #2,191 | 27 | — | |
| 1958 | #2,376 | 23 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,784 | 37 | — | |
| 1956 | #2,389 | 22 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,733 | 36 | — | |
| 1954 | #2,186 | 24 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,783 | 31 | — | |
| 1952 | #2,023 | 25 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,611 | 35 | — | |
| 1950 | #1,550 | 36 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,666 | 32 | — | |
| 1948 | #2,070 | 22 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,752 | 30 | — | |
| 1946 | #1,771 | 26 | — | |
| 1945 | #2,458 | 13 | — | |
| 1944 | #2,096 | 17 | — | |
| 1943 | #1,791 | 23 | — | |
| 1942 | #1,860 | 21 | — | |
| 1941 | #2,190 | 15 | — | |
| 1940 | #1,682 | 22 | — | |
| 1939 | #1,638 | 22 | — | |
| 1938 | #1,703 | 21 | — | |
| 1937 | #1,580 | 23 | — | |
| 1936 | #1,507 | 24 | — | |
| 1935 | #1,356 | 29 | — | |
| 1934 | #1,771 | 19 | — | |
| 1933 | #1,470 | 25 | — | |
| 1932 | #1,597 | 23 | — | |
| 1931 | #1,502 | 25 | — | |
| 1930 | #1,748 | 21 | — | |
| 1929 | #1,257 | 35 | — | |
| 1928 | #1,469 | 29 | — | |
| 1927 | #1,728 | 24 | — | |
| 1926 | #1,325 | 35 | — | |
| 1925 | #1,535 | 29 | — | |
| 1924 | #1,612 | 28 | — | |
| 1923 | #1,782 | 23 | — | |
| 1922 | #1,957 | 20 | — | |
| 1921 | #1,723 | 25 | — | |
| 1920 | #1,708 | 24 | — | |
| 1919 | #1,745 | 22 | — | |
| 1918 | #2,029 | 18 | — | |
| 1917 | #2,316 | 14 | — | |
| 1916 | #2,133 | 15 | — | |
| 1915 | #3,434 | 7 | — | |
| 1914 | #3,188 | 6 | — | |
| 1913 | #1,883 | 11 | — | |
| 1912 | #2,144 | 8 | — | |
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | #1,935 | 7 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,607 | 8 | — | |
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| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1909
- Peaked 2024 at #671 (431 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 25 yrs · run 2002–2025
- 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%)
- 25.3% of all girls named Belen (3,108) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 8 | #1,607 (1909) | #1,607 |
| 1910s | 108 | #1,745 (1919) | #2,312 |
| 1920s | 272 | #1,257 (1929) | #1,610 |
| 1930s | 232 | #1,356 (1935) | #1,587 |
| 1940s | 221 | #1,666 (1949) | #1,934 |
| 1950s | 296 | #1,550 (1950) | #1,963 |
| 1960s | 326 | #1,764 (1960) | #2,104 |
| 1970s | 491 | #1,535 (1976) | #1,897 |
| 1980s | 849 | #1,320 (1988) | #1,493 |
| 1990s | 1,471 | #1,040 (1997) | #1,220 |
| 2000s | 2,777 | #802 (2002) | #902 |
| 2010s | 3,108 | #756 (2017) | #871 |
| 2020s | 2,128 | #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 1997
Top girls' names in 1997
Top boys' names in 1997
More about 1997
girls
1,740,710 girls got a published name in 1997; 1 in 9,512 of them was named Belen, which outranked 93.6% of the 16,163 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,036Ally184
- #1,036Geneva184
- #1,036Kristie184
- #1,040Belen183
- #1,040Amira183
- #1,040Brittanie183
- #1,040Dylan183
- #1,050Beatrice182
- #1,050Brandie182
- #1,050Maxine182
Tied with 9 names at #1,040; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,885,140 boys got a published name in 1997; 1 in 377,028 of them was named Belen, which outranked 14.3% of the 10,814 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 1,549 names at #9,265; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.