Belen

#785 for girls in 2025, 345 births · Last seen for boys in 2022 at #10,863
Given to girls 99.4% of the time

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Peak · girls
2024 · 431 births
Debut · girls
8 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
12,287
since 1909

Belen over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Belen has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201946girlsat peak
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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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2025#785345—
2024#671431—
2023#842323—
2022#742390#10,8636
2021#826336—
2020#881303#12,0225
2019#849316—
2018#798341—
2017#756368#12,2465
2016#762374—
2015#927296—
2014#997266—
2013#902283—
2012#936273—
2011#913286—
2010#872305—
2009#879312—
2008#868321—
2007#853331#9,7887
2006#918288#9,5857
2005#989247#10,1516
2004#884276—
2003#894267—
2002#802292—
2001#1,001214—
2000#936229—
1999#1,143171—
1998#1,059185—
1997#1,040183#9,2655
1996#1,155157—
1995#1,156150—
1994#1,416113#7,7706
1993#1,258136#8,7005
1992#1,231141#7,4226
1991#1,463108#7,2716
1990#1,279127#6,4157
1989#1,333116—
1988#1,320109—
1987#1,45989—
1986#1,62073—
1985#1,50581—
1984#1,55073—
1983#1,44780—
1982#1,34592#4,5938
1981#1,58074—
1980#1,76662—
1979#2,14746—
1978#1,59867—
1977#2,18942—
1976#1,53566—
1975#2,06042—
1974#2,06640—
1973#1,64755—
1972#1,83246—
1971#1,85747—
1970#2,04340—
1969#2,25432—
1968#2,48225—
1967#2,01234—
1966#2,05832—
1965#2,46424—
1964#1,94737—
1963#2,13131—
1962#2,03133—
1961#1,89337—
1960#1,76441—
1959#2,19127—
1958#2,37623—
1957#1,78437—
1956#2,38922—
1955#1,73336—
1954#2,18624—
1953#1,78331—
1952#2,02325—
1951#1,61135—
1950#1,55036—
1949#1,66632—
1948#2,07022—
1947#1,75230—
1946#1,77126—
1945#2,45813—
1944#2,09617—
1943#1,79123—
1942#1,86021—
1941#2,19015—
1940#1,68222—
1939#1,63822—
1938#1,70321—
1937#1,58023—
1936#1,50724—
1935#1,35629—
1934#1,77119—
1933#1,47025—
1932#1,59723—
1931#1,50225—
1930#1,74821—
1929#1,25735—
1928#1,46929—
1927#1,72824—
1926#1,32535—
1925#1,53529—
1924#1,61228—
1923#1,78223—
1922#1,95720—
1921#1,72325—
1920#1,70824—
1919#1,74522—
1918#2,02918—
1917#2,31614—
1916#2,13315—
1915#3,4347—
1914#3,1886—
1913#1,88311—
1912#2,1448—
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1910#1,9357—
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First appearance
1909

The first year at least five girls were named Belen! It came in at #1,607, and was given to 8 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1911, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Belen is popular in 1946

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Belen, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Belen, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Belen, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Belen, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Belen, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Belen, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Belen, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Belen, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Belen, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Belen, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Belen, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Belen, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Belen, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Belen, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Belen, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Belen, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Belen, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Belen, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Belen, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Belen, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Belen, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Belen, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Belen, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Belen, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Belen, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #913 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 16,548 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Belen, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Belen, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Belen, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Belen, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Belen, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Belen, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Belen, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Belen, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Belen, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Belen, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Belen, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Belen, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Belen, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Belen, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Belen, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Belen, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Belen, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Belen, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Belen, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Belen, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Belen, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Belen, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Belen, so not publishedHITexas: #668 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 7,551 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Belen, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Texas#668 · 1 in 7,551
  2. California#913 · 1 in 16,548

Best ever in a state: #113 in Arizona, 1928.

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California#91361 in 16,548
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Belen
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 114 spots since 2024 (#671 → #785)
  • 96 spots since 2020 (#881 → #785)
  • 142 spots since 2015 (#927 → #785)
  • Biggest jump: 207 spots in 2000 (#1,143 → #936)
  • Biggest drop: 114 spots in 2025 (#671 → #785)
Rise & fade · girls
115 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1909
  • Peaked 2024 at #671 (431 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 25 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 25 yrs · run 2002–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 3,759
  • Highest: 1 in 3,759 girls born in 2024 were named Belen (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 4,659 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 25.3% of all girls named Belen (3,108) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1900s8#1,607 (1909)#1,607
1910s108#1,745 (1919)#2,312
1920s272#1,257 (1929)#1,610
1930s232#1,356 (1935)#1,587
1940s221#1,666 (1949)#1,934
1950s296#1,550 (1950)#1,963
1960s326#1,764 (1960)#2,104
1970s491#1,535 (1976)#1,897
1980s849#1,320 (1988)#1,493
1990s1,471#1,040 (1997)#1,220
2000s2,777#802 (2002)#902
2010s3,108#756 (2017)#871
2020s2,128#671 (2024)#791

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.

Belen in 1946

girls
#1,771
26 births · 1 in 60,435 girls

Top girls' names in 1946

  1. #1Mary67,471
  2. #2Linda52,710
  3. #3Patricia46,297
  4. #4Barbara45,126
  5. #5Carol34,284
  6. #6Sandra31,692
  7. #7Nancy28,345
  8. #8Susan28,267
  9. #9Sharon27,824
  10. #10Judith22,310
  11. #1,771Belen26
More about 1946

girls

1,571,305 girls got a published name in 1946; 1 in 60,435 of them was named Belen, which outranked 68.9% of the 5,686 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Belen
  1. #1,723Valda27
  2. #1,723Vernie27
  3. #1,723Wonda27
  4. #1,771Belen26
  5. #1,771Annabell26
  6. #1,771Arleta26
  7. #1,771Bonna26
  8. #1,808Adelle25
  9. #1,808Aleda25
  10. #1,808Aloma25

Tied with 36 names at #1,771; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1945
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,830Jacalyn#2,742 → #912
  2. ↑ 914Kimberly#1,621 → #707
  3. ↑ 615Suzette#1,032 → #417
  4. ↑ 538Randi#1,356 → #818
  5. ↑ 528Dayle#1,356 → #828
Fallers
  1. ↓ 335Oma#941 → #1,276
  2. ↓ 324Iola#824 → #1,148
  3. ↓ 324Artie#994 → #1,318
  4. ↓ 303Eartha#954 → #1,257
  5. ↓ 301Willia#830 → #1,131

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

See the top 100 for 1946 →