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 | — | |
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 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 2006
Top girls' names in 2006
Top boys' names in 2006
More about 2006
girls
1,901,209 girls got a published name in 2006; 1 in 6,601 of them was named Belen, which outranked 95.4% of the 20,064 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #913Karley289
- #913Kenna289
- #913Maura289
- #918Belen288
- #918Charlee288
- #918Shyla288
- #921Adamaris287
- #921Alia287
- #921Chanel287
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 8,571Bethzy#9,452 → #881
- ↑ 1,747Rihanna#2,278 → #531
- ↑ 965Yaretzi#1,803 → #838
- ↑ 921Betsy#1,668 → #747
- ↑ 612Evangeline#1,210 → #598
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,055,273 boys got a published name in 2006; 1 in 293,610 of them was named Belen, which outranked 31.8% of the 14,047 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #8,732Zedrick8
- #8,732Zi8
- #8,732Zohair8
- #9,585Belen7
- #9,585Aadon7
- #9,585Aahil7
- #9,585Abass7
- #10,662Aaris6
- #10,662Aashir6
- #10,662Abad6
Tied with 1,076 names at #9,585; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.