Belia
Last seen for girls in 2023 at #13,462
- Peak · girls
- 1931 · 51 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,058since 1909
Belia over time
Rank among girls' names. Belia has never cracked the top 900 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | #13,462 | 6 |
| 2022 | #15,306 | 5 |
| 2021 | #8,024 | 13 |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | #11,356 | 8 |
| 2018 | #11,427 | 8 |
| 2017 | #12,713 | 7 |
| 2016 | #10,859 | 9 |
| 2015 | #16,419 | 5 |
| 2014 | #11,931 | 8 |
| 2013 | #13,150 | 7 |
| 2012 | #10,429 | 10 |
| 2011 | #16,764 | 5 |
| 2010 | #14,959 | 6 |
| 2009 | #17,294 | 5 |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | #12,676 | 8 |
| 2006 | #12,420 | 8 |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | #12,761 | 7 |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | #10,246 | 9 |
| 2001 | #13,521 | 6 |
| 2000 | #13,154 | 6 |
| 1999 | #8,223 | 11 |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | #9,017 | 9 |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | #8,122 | 10 |
| 1993 | #9,559 | 8 |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | #10,271 | 7 |
| 1990 | #7,303 | 11 |
| 1989 | #12,362 | 5 |
| 1988 | #10,386 | 6 |
| 1987 | #6,335 | 11 |
| 1986 | #10,912 | 5 |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | #8,153 | 7 |
| 1983 | #5,148 | 13 |
| 1982 | #3,898 | 20 |
| 1981 | #4,162 | 18 |
| 1980 | #4,517 | 16 |
| 1979 | #4,052 | 18 |
| 1978 | #5,214 | 12 |
| 1977 | #5,213 | 12 |
| 1976 | #4,154 | 15 |
| 1975 | #3,052 | 23 |
| 1974 | #3,313 | 20 |
| 1973 | #2,830 | 24 |
| 1972 | #2,747 | 25 |
| 1971 | #3,943 | 15 |
| 1970 | #3,110 | 21 |
| 1969 | #3,461 | 16 |
| 1968 | #4,000 | 12 |
| 1967 | #3,340 | 15 |
| 1966 | #2,453 | 24 |
| 1965 | #2,204 | 29 |
| 1964 | #2,530 | 24 |
| 1963 | #2,864 | 19 |
| 1962 | #2,264 | 28 |
| 1961 | #1,921 | 36 |
| 1960 | #1,725 | 43 |
| 1959 | #2,191 | 27 |
| 1958 | #2,025 | 30 |
| 1957 | #2,067 | 28 |
| 1956 | #1,717 | 38 |
| 1955 | #1,803 | 34 |
| 1954 | #1,739 | 35 |
| 1953 | #1,648 | 36 |
| 1952 | #1,523 | 40 |
| 1951 | #1,701 | 32 |
| 1950 | #1,679 | 31 |
| 1949 | #1,543 | 36 |
| 1948 | #1,739 | 29 |
| 1947 | #1,822 | 28 |
| 1946 | #1,419 | 38 |
| 1945 | #1,514 | 29 |
| 1944 | #1,486 | 30 |
| 1943 | #1,591 | 28 |
| 1942 | #1,413 | 33 |
| 1941 | #1,954 | 18 |
| 1940 | #1,549 | 25 |
| 1939 | #1,424 | 27 |
| 1938 | #1,231 | 35 |
| 1937 | #1,630 | 22 |
| 1936 | #1,267 | 32 |
| 1935 | #1,219 | 34 |
| 1934 | #1,019 | 46 |
| 1933 | #1,400 | 27 |
| 1932 | #1,130 | 40 |
| 1931 | #970 | 51 |
| 1930 | #1,084 | 46 |
| 1929 | #1,107 | 44 |
| 1928 | #1,191 | 41 |
| 1927 | #1,303 | 37 |
| 1926 | #1,325 | 35 |
| 1925 | #1,535 | 29 |
| 1924 | #1,475 | 32 |
| 1923 | #1,895 | 21 |
| 1922 | #2,186 | 17 |
| 1921 | #2,941 | 11 |
| 1920 | #2,463 | 14 |
| 1919 | #1,989 | 18 |
| 1918 | #2,822 | 11 |
| 1917 | #4,594 | 5 |
| 1916 | #3,258 | 8 |
| 1915 | #3,795 | 6 |
| 1914 | #3,618 | 5 |
| 1913 | — | |
| 1912 | — | |
| 1911 | — | |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | #2,208 | 5 |
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| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five girls were named Belia! It came in at #2,208, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1909–1914, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Belia is popular in 1931
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Texas#320 · 1 in 1,813
- California#337 · 1 in 2,925
Best ever in a state: #135 in Arizona, 1924.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | #320 | 31 | 1 in 1,813 |
| California | #337 | 12 | 1 in 2,925 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Belia
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
- Biggest jump: 114 spots in 1931 (#1,084 → #970)
- Biggest drop: 160 spots in 1932 (#970 → #1,130)
- Debuted 1909
- Peaked 1931 at #970 (51 births)
- Births halved by 1937, 6 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1931
- Highest: 1 in 20,877 girls born in 1931 were named Belia (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 267,430 girls born in 2023 (0.00%)
- 17.5% of all girls named Belia (360) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 5 | #2,208 (1909) | #2,208 |
| 1910s | 53 | #1,989 (1919) | #3,346 |
| 1920s | 281 | #1,107 (1929) | #1,742 |
| 1930s | 360 | #970 (1931) | #1,237 |
| 1940s | 294 | #1,413 (1942) | #1,603 |
| 1950s | 331 | #1,523 (1952) | #1,809 |
| 1960s | 246 | #1,725 (1960) | #2,676 |
| 1970s | 185 | #2,747 (1972) | #3,763 |
| 1980s | 101 | #3,898 (1982) | #7,319 |
| 1990s | 56 | #7,303 (1990) | #8,749 |
| 2000s | 49 | #10,246 (2002) | #13,153 |
| 2010s | 73 | #10,429 (2012) | #13,001 |
| 2020s | 24 | #8,024 (2021) | #12,264 |
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.
Belia in 1931
Top girls' names in 1931
More about 1931
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1,064,728 girls got a published name in 1931; 1 in 20,877 of them was named Belia, which outranked 80.5% of the 4,979 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).