Belma
- Last seen for girls in 2021 at #15,251
- Peak · girls
- 1895 · 5 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 640since 1895
Belma over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Belma has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | #15,251 | 5 |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | #15,539 | 5 |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | #14,558 | 6 |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | #13,483 | 7 |
| 2011 | #9,723 | 11 |
| 2010 | #9,231 | 12 |
| 2009 | #15,242 | 6 |
| 2008 | #13,832 | 7 |
| 2007 | #8,520 | 14 |
| 2006 | #8,715 | 13 |
| 2005 | #8,330 | 13 |
| 2004 | #16,099 | 5 |
| 2003 | #6,299 | 18 |
| 2002 | #8,837 | 11 |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | #15,031 | 5 |
| 1999 | #7,239 | 13 |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | #7,749 | 8 |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | — | |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | #8,156 | 6 |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | #6,666 | 7 |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1971 | #6,006 | 8 |
| 1970 | — | |
| 1969 | — | |
| 1968 | #4,489 | 10 |
| 1967 | #6,804 | 5 |
| 1966 | #5,273 | 7 |
| 1965 | #5,817 | 6 |
| 1964 | #6,009 | 6 |
| 1963 | #4,896 | 8 |
| 1962 | #4,263 | 10 |
| 1961 | #6,567 | 5 |
| 1960 | #4,773 | 8 |
| 1959 | #5,566 | 6 |
| 1958 | #4,890 | 7 |
| 1957 | #3,696 | 11 |
| 1956 | #3,910 | 10 |
| 1955 | #4,069 | 9 |
| 1954 | #3,019 | 14 |
| 1953 | #5,040 | 6 |
| 1952 | — | |
| 1951 | #4,385 | 7 |
| 1950 | #3,962 | 8 |
| 1949 | — | |
| 1948 | — | |
| 1947 | #5,295 | 5 |
| 1946 | #4,417 | 6 |
| 1945 | — | |
| 1944 | #4,054 | 6 |
| 1943 | #3,249 | 9 |
| 1942 | — | |
| 1941 | — | |
| 1940 | — | |
| 1939 | #3,429 | 7 |
| 1938 | #3,847 | 6 |
| 1937 | #3,434 | 7 |
| 1936 | — | |
| 1935 | — | |
| 1934 | #3,449 | 7 |
| 1933 | #3,109 | 8 |
| 1932 | #3,047 | 9 |
| 1931 | #2,972 | 9 |
| 1930 | #4,550 | 5 |
| 1929 | #3,137 | 9 |
| 1928 | #2,381 | 14 |
| 1927 | #2,699 | 12 |
| 1926 | #3,269 | 9 |
| 1925 | #4,028 | 7 |
| 1924 | #2,661 | 13 |
| 1923 | #3,971 | 7 |
| 1922 | #2,612 | 13 |
| 1921 | #3,666 | 8 |
| 1920 | #3,340 | 9 |
| 1919 | #2,515 | 13 |
| 1918 | #2,029 | 18 |
| 1917 | #2,316 | 14 |
| 1916 | #2,833 | 10 |
| 1915 | #1,883 | 17 |
| 1914 | #2,125 | 11 |
| 1913 | #2,827 | 6 |
| 1912 | — | |
| 1911 | #1,956 | 7 |
| 1910 | #1,773 | 8 |
| 1909 | #1,763 | 7 |
| 1908 | #2,101 | 5 |
| 1907 | #1,821 | 6 |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,931 | 5 |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | — | |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | #1,592 | 5 |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1895
The first year at least five girls were named Belma! It came in at #1,592, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1895–1906, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Belma is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Belma in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Belma
Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2021
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1895
- Peaked 1895 at #1,592 (5 births)
- Births halved by 1896, 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 46,725
- Highest: 1 in 46,725 girls born in 1895 were named Belma (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 328,172 girls born in 2021 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1910s
- 16.3% of all girls named Belma (104) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 5 | #1,592 (1895) | #1,592 |
| 1900s | 23 | #1,763 (1909) | #1,904 |
| 1910s | 104 | #1,773 (1910) | #2,251 |
| 1920s | 101 | #2,381 (1928) | #3,176 |
| 1930s | 58 | #2,972 (1931) | #3,480 |
| 1940s | 26 | #3,249 (1943) | #4,254 |
| 1950s | 78 | #3,019 (1954) | #4,282 |
| 1960s | 65 | #4,263 (1962) | #5,432 |
| 1970s | 21 | #6,006 (1971) | #6,943 |
| 1980s | 8 | #7,749 (1986) | #7,749 |
| 1990s | 13 | #7,239 (1999) | #7,239 |
| 2000s | 92 | #6,299 (2003) | #11,212 |
| 2010s | 41 | #9,231 (2010) | #12,507 |
| 2020s | 5 | #15,251 (2021) | #15,251 |
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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