Belinda
Belinda is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 117 births. Its best rank was 141st, in 1961.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1170.01% of girls
- Peak year
- 19613,118 births
- Best rank
- #141in 1961
- Since 1889
- 72,852people given the name
The story in the numbers
72,852 girls have been named Belinda in the United States since 1889, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1961, with 3,118 births — 0.15% of all girls recorded that year.
The name has all but left use: 117 births in 2024, against 3,118 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1964, and the 1960s alone account for 31%. It has spent 64 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Belinda | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | |
| 1890s | 23 | |
| 1900s | 32 | |
| 1910s | 83 | |
| 1920s | 108 | |
| 1930s | 219 | |
| 1940s | 2,863 | |
| 1950s | 20,942 | |
| 1960s | 22,944 | |
| 1970s | 12,488 | |
| 1980s | 5,350 | |
| 1990s | 2,373 | |
| 2000s | 2,651 | |
| 2010s | 2,127 | |
| 2020s | 644 |
In 1961, its biggest year
Belinda was the 141st most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1961 were Mary, Lisa, Susan, Linda and Karen. See all of 1961.
Names that rose and fell with Belinda
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Denisepeak 1961
- Taripeak 1959
- Lorypeak 1961
- Cherripeak 1961
- Denicepeak 1957
- Terresapeak 1962
- Marlapeak 1955
- Tereasapeak 1964
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.