Belva
Belva is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 234th, in 1884.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 1927184 births
- Best rank
- #234in 1884
- Since 1881
- 7,955people given the name
The story in the numbers
7,955 girls have been named Belva in the United States since 1881, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1927, with 184 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 184 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1929, and the 1920s alone account for 21%. It has spent 72 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Belva | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 259 | |
| 1890s | 319 | |
| 1900s | 505 | |
| 1910s | 1,265 | |
| 1920s | 1,650 | |
| 1930s | 1,576 | |
| 1940s | 1,145 | |
| 1950s | 766 | |
| 1960s | 307 | |
| 1970s | 113 | |
| 1980s | 35 | |
| 1990s | 5 | |
| 2000s | 10 |
In 1927, its biggest year
Belva was the 519th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1927 were Mary, Dorothy, Betty, Helen and Margaret. See all of 1927.
Names that rose and fell with Belva
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Dollypeak 1926
- Louveniapeak 1924
- Pearliepeak 1937
- Louisepeak 1921
- Zonapeak 1916
- Nonapeak 1950
- Alicepeak 1921
- Rosepeak 1917
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.