Belinda
#1,818 for girls in 2025, 110 births · Last seen for boys in 1990 at #7,178
Given to girls 99.8% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1961 · 3,120 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 72,960since 1889
Belinda over time
Rank among girls' names. Belinda has never cracked the top 100 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 | #1,818 | 110 | — | |
| 2024 | #1,719 | 118 | — | |
| 2023 | #1,692 | 122 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,742 | 119 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,405 | 155 | — | |
| 2020 | #1,593 | 131 | — | |
| 2019 | #1,373 | 164 | — | |
| 2018 | #1,391 | 161 | — | |
| 2017 | #1,360 | 170 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,313 | 182 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,266 | 192 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,163 | 212 | — | |
| 2013 | #956 | 265 | — | |
| 2012 | #1,067 | 235 | — | |
| 2011 | #1,042 | 238 | — | |
| 2010 | #865 | 308 | — | |
| 2009 | #830 | 339 | — | |
| 2008 | #751 | 394 | — | |
| 2007 | #631 | 472 | — | |
| 2006 | #806 | 340 | — | |
| 2005 | #733 | 369 | — | |
| 2004 | #1,050 | 220 | — | |
| 2003 | #1,486 | 131 | — | |
| 2002 | #1,425 | 134 | — | |
| 2001 | #1,506 | 124 | — | |
| 2000 | #1,431 | 128 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,451 | 120 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,213 | 151 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,086 | 173 | — | |
| 1996 | #970 | 197 | — | |
| 1995 | #983 | 191 | — | |
| 1994 | #812 | 247 | — | |
| 1993 | #725 | 292 | — | |
| 1992 | #733 | 289 | — | |
| 1991 | #630 | 356 | — | |
| 1990 | #625 | 357 | #7,178 | 6 |
| 1989 | #540 | 422 | — | |
| 1988 | #449 | 504 | — | |
| 1987 | #470 | 464 | #6,951 | 5 |
| 1986 | #459 | 468 | — | |
| 1985 | #480 | 437 | #5,147 | 7 |
| 1984 | #431 | 489 | #6,315 | 5 |
| 1983 | #382 | 581 | — | |
| 1982 | #349 | 670 | — | |
| 1981 | #370 | 632 | #4,961 | 7 |
| 1980 | #349 | 681 | #6,250 | 5 |
| 1979 | #309 | 777 | — | |
| 1978 | #273 | 843 | #3,857 | 9 |
| 1977 | #264 | 943 | #5,123 | 6 |
| 1976 | #230 | 1,047 | — | |
| 1975 | #216 | 1,139 | — | |
| 1974 | #210 | 1,199 | — | |
| 1973 | #181 | 1,499 | — | |
| 1972 | #188 | 1,534 | #4,986 | 5 |
| 1971 | #164 | 1,885 | #3,963 | 7 |
| 1970 | #200 | 1,622 | — | |
| 1969 | #193 | 1,676 | #3,314 | 8 |
| 1968 | #176 | 1,848 | #3,673 | 6 |
| 1967 | #175 | 1,809 | #3,966 | 5 |
| 1966 | #188 | 1,749 | — | |
| 1965 | #172 | 2,026 | #3,537 | 6 |
| 1964 | #161 | 2,382 | #4,039 | 5 |
| 1963 | #150 | 2,689 | #3,646 | 6 |
| 1962 | #149 | 2,831 | #2,504 | 11 |
| 1961 | #141 | 3,120 | #4,065 | 5 |
| 1960 | #150 | 2,814 | #3,337 | 7 |
| 1959 | #150 | 2,825 | — | |
| 1958 | #144 | 2,822 | #3,275 | 7 |
| 1957 | #164 | 2,345 | #2,494 | 11 |
| 1956 | #167 | 2,187 | — | |
| 1955 | #170 | 2,036 | — | |
| 1954 | #188 | 1,683 | — | |
| 1953 | #174 | 1,789 | — | |
| 1952 | #172 | 1,832 | — | |
| 1951 | #171 | 1,788 | #3,714 | 5 |
| 1950 | #173 | 1,634 | #3,329 | 6 |
| 1949 | #185 | 1,510 | — | |
| 1948 | #381 | 432 | — | |
| 1947 | #542 | 241 | — | |
| 1946 | #585 | 187 | — | |
| 1945 | #717 | 108 | — | |
| 1944 | #778 | 96 | — | |
| 1943 | #849 | 84 | — | |
| 1942 | #917 | 73 | — | |
| 1941 | #851 | 73 | — | |
| 1940 | #935 | 59 | — | |
| 1939 | #1,132 | 41 | — | |
| 1938 | #1,091 | 43 | — | |
| 1937 | #1,355 | 29 | — | |
| 1936 | #1,413 | 27 | — | |
| 1935 | #2,095 | 15 | — | |
| 1934 | #1,771 | 19 | — | |
| 1933 | #2,688 | 10 | — | |
| 1932 | #2,037 | 16 | — | |
| 1931 | #3,497 | 7 | — | |
| 1930 | #2,552 | 12 | — | |
| 1929 | #2,921 | 10 | — | |
| 1928 | #4,195 | 6 | — | |
| 1927 | #2,169 | 17 | — | |
| 1926 | #2,474 | 14 | — | |
| 1925 | #3,362 | 9 | — | |
| 1924 | #4,002 | 7 | — | |
| 1923 | #3,971 | 7 | — | |
| 1922 | #3,152 | 10 | — | |
| 1921 | #2,195 | 17 | — | |
| 1920 | #2,899 | 11 | — | |
| 1919 | #3,817 | 7 | — | |
| 1918 | #2,029 | 18 | — | |
| 1917 | #4,083 | 6 | — | |
| 1916 | #2,833 | 10 | — | |
| 1915 | #2,255 | 13 | — | |
| 1914 | #2,265 | 10 | — | |
| 1913 | — | — | ||
| 1912 | #2,979 | 5 | — | |
| 1911 | #1,792 | 8 | — | |
| 1910 | #2,140 | 6 | — | |
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | #1,862 | 6 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,821 | 6 | — | |
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | #1,420 | 8 | — | |
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | #1,592 | 6 | — | |
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | #1,466 | 6 | — | |
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | #1,596 | 5 | — | |
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | #1,555 | 5 | — | |
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | #1,353 | 6 | — | |
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | #1,099 | 7 | — | |
| 1889 | #1,279 | 5 | — | |
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Belinda! It came in at #1,279, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1891–1893, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Belinda is popular in 1950
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Maine#86 · 1 in 343
- West Virginia#91 · 1 in 432
- Kentucky#101 · 1 in 533
- Tennessee#104 · 1 in 540
- Texas#109 · 1 in 523
Best ever in a state: #57 in Alabama, 1958.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maine | #86 | 26 | 1 in 343 |
| West Virginia | #91 | 53 | 1 in 432 |
| Kentucky | #101 | 63 | 1 in 533 |
| Tennessee | #104 | 68 | 1 in 540 |
| Texas | #109 | 183 | 1 in 523 |
| Alabama | #110 | 76 | 1 in 484 |
| North Carolina | #113 | 87 | 1 in 555 |
| Arkansas | #121 | 37 | 1 in 577 |
| Louisiana | #122 | 59 | 1 in 576 |
| Florida | #125 | 48 | 1 in 589 |
| Georgia | #127 | 73 | 1 in 573 |
| Oklahoma | #128 | 30 | 1 in 722 |
| Hawaii | #129 | 11 | 1 in 484 |
| Indiana | #129 | 56 | 1 in 748 |
| Ohio | #156 | 87 | 1 in 979 |
| Arizona | #157 | 14 | 1 in 644 |
| Maryland | #161 | 25 | 1 in 912 |
| Virginia | #161 | 39 | 1 in 897 |
| Kansas | #164 | 19 | 1 in 944 |
| Missouri | #165 | 35 | 1 in 1,125 |
| Michigan | #169 | 60 | 1 in 1,220 |
| South Carolina | #172 | 34 | 1 in 812 |
| Mississippi | #177 | 34 | 1 in 833 |
| New Mexico | #180 | 11 | 1 in 823 |
| California | #181 | 107 | 1 in 1,061 |
| Illinois | #198 | 58 | 1 in 1,500 |
| Nebraska | #213 | 8 | 1 in 1,656 |
| Pennsylvania | #216 | 61 | 1 in 1,676 |
| Idaho | #218 | 5 | 1 in 1,215 |
| District of Columbia | #219 | 8 | 1 in 1,476 |
| Washington | #232 | 15 | 1 in 1,648 |
| Iowa | #248 | 12 | 1 in 2,308 |
| New Jersey | #248 | 19 | 1 in 2,264 |
| Massachusetts | #276 | 12 | 1 in 3,679 |
| New York | #284 | 57 | 1 in 2,506 |
| Colorado | #297 | 6 | 1 in 2,422 |
| Minnesota | #343 | 8 | 1 in 4,147 |
| Oregon | #347 | 5 | 1 in 3,021 |
| Wisconsin | #400 | 6 | 1 in 6,141 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| Montana | — | — | — |
| Nevada | — | — | — |
| New Hampshire | — | — | — |
| North Dakota | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| South Dakota | — | — | — |
| Utah | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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 Belinda
- 99 spots since 2024 (#1,719 → #1,818)
- 225 spots since 2020 (#1,593 → #1,818)
- 552 spots since 2015 (#1,266 → #1,818)
- Biggest jump: 317 spots in 2005 (#1,050 → #733)
- Biggest drop: 207 spots in 2014 (#956 → #1,163)
- Debuted 1889
- Peaked 1961 at #141 (3,120 births)
- Births halved by 1972, 11 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 64 yrs · run 1940–1996
- Highest: 1 in 647 girls born in 1961 were named Belinda (0.15%)
- Latest: 1 in 14,612 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 31.4% of all girls named Belinda (22,944) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #1,279 (1889) | #1,279 |
| 1890s | 23 | #1,099 (1890) | #1,401 |
| 1900s | 32 | #1,420 (1905) | #1,632 |
| 1910s | 83 | #1,792 (1911) | #2,688 |
| 1920s | 108 | #2,169 (1927) | #3,134 |
| 1930s | 219 | #1,091 (1938) | #1,963 |
| 1940s | 2,863 | #185 (1949) | #674 |
| 1950s | 20,941 | #144 (1958) | #167 |
| 1960s | 22,944 | #141 (1961) | #166 |
| 1970s | 12,488 | #164 (1971) | #224 |
| 1980s | 5,348 | #349 (1980) | #428 |
| 1990s | 2,373 | #625 (1990) | #923 |
| 2000s | 2,651 | #631 (2007) | #1,065 |
| 2010s | 2,127 | #865 (2010) | #1,180 |
| 2020s | 755 | #1,405 (2021) | #1,662 |
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.
Belinda in 1950
Top girls' names in 1950
Top boys' names in 1950
More about 1950
girls
1,713,054 girls got a published name in 1950; 1 in 1,048 of them was named Belinda, which outranked 97.2% of the 6,109 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,790,262 boys got a published name in 1950; 1 in 298,377 of them was named Belinda, which outranked 20.7% of the 4,196 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #3,021Yvonne7
- #3,021Zackery7
- #3,021Zigmund7
- #3,329Belinda6
- #3,329Acey6
- #3,329Albertus6
- #3,329Alphonsus6
- #3,681Abby5
- #3,681Abron5
- #3,681Achille5
Tied with 351 names at #3,329; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.