Belenda

Peak · girls
1958 · 10 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
120
since 1948

Belenda over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Belenda has never cracked the top 3,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank19401960198020002020peak #3,925, 1958girls
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First appearance
1948

The first year at least five girls were named Belenda! It came in at #4,651, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1953, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Belenda is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more girls named Belenda in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Belenda
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1976
Rise & fade · girls
10 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1948
  • Peaked 1958 at #3,925 (10 births)
  • Births halved by 1959, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 201,162
  • Highest: 1 in 201,162 girls born in 1958 were named Belenda (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 244,183 girls born in 1976 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1950s
  • 40.8% of all girls named Belenda (49) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1940s13#4,235 (1949)#4,443
1950s49#3,925 (1958)#4,710
1960s47#4,184 (1960)#5,655
1970s11#8,156 (1976)#8,466

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.

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