Belton
Last seen for boys in 2002 at #9,392
- Peak · boys
- 1895 · 8 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,178since 1881
Belton over time
Rank among boys' names. Belton has never cracked the top 700 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | #9,392 | 6 |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | #8,435 | 5 |
| 1991 | #8,236 | 5 |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | #7,905 | 5 |
| 1988 | #5,751 | 7 |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | #6,721 | 5 |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | #4,940 | 7 |
| 1979 | #4,842 | 7 |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | #3,386 | 11 |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | #4,505 | 6 |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | — | |
| 1970 | #3,282 | 9 |
| 1969 | — | |
| 1968 | #2,907 | 9 |
| 1967 | #2,352 | 12 |
| 1966 | #3,249 | 7 |
| 1965 | #2,178 | 14 |
| 1964 | #3,282 | 7 |
| 1963 | #3,318 | 7 |
| 1962 | #2,364 | 12 |
| 1961 | #2,148 | 15 |
| 1960 | #2,315 | 13 |
| 1959 | #2,821 | 9 |
| 1958 | #2,177 | 14 |
| 1957 | #2,822 | 9 |
| 1956 | #1,821 | 19 |
| 1955 | #2,048 | 15 |
| 1954 | #1,826 | 18 |
| 1953 | #1,836 | 18 |
| 1952 | #2,010 | 15 |
| 1951 | #1,838 | 17 |
| 1950 | #2,770 | 8 |
| 1949 | #1,667 | 20 |
| 1948 | #2,326 | 11 |
| 1947 | #1,916 | 16 |
| 1946 | #2,030 | 13 |
| 1945 | #1,494 | 20 |
| 1944 | #1,988 | 13 |
| 1943 | #1,833 | 16 |
| 1942 | #1,585 | 20 |
| 1941 | #1,685 | 17 |
| 1940 | #1,894 | 14 |
| 1939 | #1,879 | 14 |
| 1938 | #1,901 | 14 |
| 1937 | #1,828 | 15 |
| 1936 | #1,639 | 17 |
| 1935 | #1,584 | 19 |
| 1934 | #1,551 | 20 |
| 1933 | #1,405 | 23 |
| 1932 | #1,465 | 23 |
| 1931 | #1,770 | 17 |
| 1930 | #1,821 | 17 |
| 1929 | #1,611 | 21 |
| 1928 | #1,707 | 20 |
| 1927 | #1,603 | 23 |
| 1926 | #1,720 | 20 |
| 1925 | #1,583 | 23 |
| 1924 | #1,329 | 31 |
| 1923 | #1,256 | 33 |
| 1922 | #1,503 | 25 |
| 1921 | #1,360 | 30 |
| 1920 | #1,273 | 32 |
| 1919 | #1,481 | 24 |
| 1918 | #1,231 | 32 |
| 1917 | #1,900 | 16 |
| 1916 | #1,505 | 22 |
| 1915 | #1,553 | 20 |
| 1914 | #1,300 | 21 |
| 1913 | #1,256 | 17 |
| 1912 | #1,223 | 15 |
| 1911 | #1,038 | 11 |
| 1910 | #1,045 | 10 |
| 1909 | #1,083 | 8 |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,004 | 7 |
| 1905 | #1,091 | 6 |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,009 | 6 |
| 1902 | #933 | 7 |
| 1901 | #1,058 | 5 |
| 1900 | #1,310 | 5 |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | #795 | 8 |
| 1894 | #1,074 | 5 |
| 1893 | #1,035 | 5 |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | #963 | 5 |
| 1890 | #994 | 5 |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | #892 | 5 |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | #866 | 5 |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five boys were named Belton! It came in at #866, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1881–1894, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Belton
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2002
- Biggest jump: 279 spots in 1895 (#1,074 → #795)
- Biggest drop: 76 spots in 1903 (#933 → #1,009)
- Debuted 1881
- Peaked 1895 at #795 (8 births)
- Births halved by 1896, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 6 yrs · run 1890–1891
- Highest: 1 in 14,674 boys born in 1895 were named Belton (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 323,586 boys born in 2002 (0.00%)
- 21.9% of all boys named Belton (258) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 10 | #866 (1881) | #879 |
| 1890s | 28 | #795 (1895) | #972 |
| 1900s | 44 | #933 (1902) | #1,070 |
| 1910s | 188 | #1,038 (1911) | #1,353 |
| 1920s | 258 | #1,256 (1923) | #1,495 |
| 1930s | 179 | #1,405 (1933) | #1,684 |
| 1940s | 160 | #1,494 (1945) | #1,842 |
| 1950s | 142 | #1,821 (1956) | #2,197 |
| 1960s | 96 | #2,148 (1961) | #2,679 |
| 1970s | 33 | #3,282 (1970) | #4,004 |
| 1980s | 24 | #4,940 (1980) | #6,329 |
| 1990s | 10 | #8,236 (1991) | #8,336 |
| 2000s | 6 | #9,392 (2002) | #9,392 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Belton in 1914
Top boys' names in 1914
More about 1914
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654,762 boys got a published name in 1914; 1 in 31,179 of them was named Belton, which outranked 65.4% of the 3,759 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,260Sheridan22
- #1,260Tomie22
- #1,260Verle22
- #1,300Belton21
- #1,300Albino21
- #1,300Alcide21
- #1,300Amedeo21
- #1,342Alfonzo20
- #1,342Alpheus20
- #1,342Anson20
Tied with 41 names at #1,300; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.