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.
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 1962
Top girls' names in 1962
Top boys' names in 1962
More about 1962
girls
1,966,603 girls got a published name in 1962; 1 in 695 of them was named Belinda, which outranked 98.0% of the 7,584 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,068,772 boys got a published name in 1962; 1 in 188,070 of them was named Belinda, which outranked 45.9% of the 4,631 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,364Young12
- #2,364Zenon12
- #2,364Zev12
- #2,504Belinda11
- #2,504Abdul11
- #2,504Abelino11
- #2,504Aden11
- #2,673Aldon10
- #2,673Almon10
- #2,673Alpha10
Tied with 168 names at #2,504; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.