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

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Peak · girls
1961 · 3,120 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
72,960
since 1889

Belinda over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Belinda has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202007peak #141, 1961girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1,818110
2024#1,719118
2023#1,692122
2022#1,742119
2021#1,405155
2020#1,593131
2019#1,373164
2018#1,391161
2017#1,360170
2016#1,313182
2015#1,266192
2014#1,163212
2013#956265
2012#1,067235
2011#1,042238
2010#865308
2009#830339
2008#751394
2007#631472
2006#806340
2005#733369
2004#1,050220
2003#1,486131
2002#1,425134
2001#1,506124
2000#1,431128
1999#1,451120
1998#1,213151
1997#1,086173
1996#970197
1995#983191
1994#812247
1993#725292
1992#733289
1991#630356
1990#625357#7,1786
1989#540422
1988#449504
1987#470464#6,9515
1986#459468
1985#480437#5,1477
1984#431489#6,3155
1983#382581
1982#349670
1981#370632#4,9617
1980#349681#6,2505
1979#309777
1978#273843#3,8579
1977#264943#5,1236
1976#2301,047
1975#2161,139
1974#2101,199
1973#1811,499
1972#1881,534#4,9865
1971#1641,885#3,9637
1970#2001,622
1969#1931,676#3,3148
1968#1761,848#3,6736
1967#1751,809#3,9665
1966#1881,749
1965#1722,026#3,5376
1964#1612,382#4,0395
1963#1502,689#3,6466
1962#1492,831#2,50411
1961#1413,120#4,0655
1960#1502,814#3,3377
1959#1502,825
1958#1442,822#3,2757
1957#1642,345#2,49411
1956#1672,187
1955#1702,036
1954#1881,683
1953#1741,789
1952#1721,832
1951#1711,788#3,7145
1950#1731,634#3,3296
1949#1851,510
1948#381432
1947#542241
1946#585187
1945#717108
1944#77896
1943#84984
1942#91773
1941#85173
1940#93559
1939#1,13241
1938#1,09143
1937#1,35529
1936#1,41327
1935#2,09515
1934#1,77119
1933#2,68810
1932#2,03716
1931#3,4977
1930#2,55212
1929#2,92110
1928#4,1956
1927#2,16917
1926#2,47414
1925#3,3629
1924#4,0027
1923#3,9717
1922#3,15210
1921#2,19517
1920#2,89911
1919#3,8177
1918#2,02918
1917#4,0836
1916#2,83310
1915#2,25513
1914#2,26510
1913
1912#2,9795
1911#1,7928
1910#2,1406
1909
1908#1,8626
1907#1,8216
1906
1905#1,4208
1904
1903#1,5926
1902
1901#1,4666
1900
1899#1,5965
1898
1897#1,5555
1896
1895
1894#1,3536
1893
1892
1891
1890#1,0997
1889#1,2795
1888
1887
1886
1885
1884
1883
1882
1881
1880
First appearance
1889

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
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
72 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1889
  • Peaked 1961 at #141 (3,120 births)
  • Births halved by 1972, 11 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 64 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 64 yrs · run 1940–1996
Share of babies · girls
1 in 647
  • Highest: 1 in 647 girls born in 1961 were named Belinda (0.15%)
  • Latest: 1 in 14,612 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 1960s
  • 31.4% of all girls named Belinda (22,944) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s5#1,279 (1889)#1,279
1890s23#1,099 (1890)#1,401
1900s32#1,420 (1905)#1,632
1910s83#1,792 (1911)#2,688
1920s108#2,169 (1927)#3,134
1930s219#1,091 (1938)#1,963
1940s2,863#185 (1949)#674
1950s20,941#144 (1958)#167
1960s22,944#141 (1961)#166
1970s12,488#164 (1971)#224
1980s5,348#349 (1980)#428
1990s2,373#625 (1990)#923
2000s2,651#631 (2007)#1,065
2010s2,127#865 (2010)#1,180
2020s755#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 2007

girls
#631
472 births · 1 in 4,073 girls

Top girls' names in 2007

  1. #1Emily19,367
  2. #2Isabella19,143
  3. #3Emma18,390
  4. #4Ava18,053
  5. #5Madison17,968
  6. #6Sophia17,031
  7. #7Olivia16,589
  8. #8Abigail15,476
  9. #9Hannah13,323
  10. #10Elizabeth13,071
  11. #631Belinda472
More about 2007

girls

1,922,617 girls got a published name in 2007; 1 in 4,073 of them was named Belinda, which outranked 96.9% of the 20,584 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Belinda
  1. #627Sherlyn476
  2. #629Skyla474
  3. #630Clare473
  4. #631Belinda472
  5. #631Destinee472
  6. #633Abbie469
  7. #633Liberty469
  8. #635Aiyana468

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2006
Risers
  1. 16,568Jaslene#17,168#600
  2. 5,379Marely#6,125#746
  3. 2,556Audrina#3,264#708
  4. 2,506Jordin#3,090#584
  5. 1,358Azul#2,081#723
Fallers
  1. 4,216Bethzy#881#5,097
  2. 346Akeelah#708#1,054
  3. 326Tayla#926#1,252
  4. 312Betsy#747#1,059
  5. 295Shakira#780#1,075

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2007