Belton

Last seen for boys in 2002 at #9,392

Peak · boys
1895 · 8 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,178
since 1881

Belton over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Belton has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201920peak #795, 1895boys
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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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2002#9,3926
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1992#8,4355
1991#8,2365
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1989#7,9055
1988#5,7517
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1986#6,7215
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1980#4,9407
1979#4,8427
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1977#3,38611
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1973#4,5056
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1970#3,2829
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1968#2,9079
1967#2,35212
1966#3,2497
1965#2,17814
1964#3,2827
1963#3,3187
1962#2,36412
1961#2,14815
1960#2,31513
1959#2,8219
1958#2,17714
1957#2,8229
1956#1,82119
1955#2,04815
1954#1,82618
1953#1,83618
1952#2,01015
1951#1,83817
1950#2,7708
1949#1,66720
1948#2,32611
1947#1,91616
1946#2,03013
1945#1,49420
1944#1,98813
1943#1,83316
1942#1,58520
1941#1,68517
1940#1,89414
1939#1,87914
1938#1,90114
1937#1,82815
1936#1,63917
1935#1,58419
1934#1,55120
1933#1,40523
1932#1,46523
1931#1,77017
1930#1,82117
1929#1,61121
1928#1,70720
1927#1,60323
1926#1,72020
1925#1,58323
1924#1,32931
1923#1,25633
1922#1,50325
1921#1,36030
1920#1,27332
1919#1,48124
1918#1,23132
1917#1,90016
1916#1,50522
1915#1,55320
1914#1,30021
1913#1,25617
1912#1,22315
1911#1,03811
1910#1,04510
1909#1,0838
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1906#1,0047
1905#1,0916
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1903#1,0096
1902#9337
1901#1,0585
1900#1,3105
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1895#7958
1894#1,0745
1893#1,0355
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1891#9635
1890#9945
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1883#8925
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1881#8665
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First appearance
1881

The first year at least five boys were named Belton! It came in at #866, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1881–1894, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Belton is popular in 1920

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Belton, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Belton, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Belton, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Belton, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Belton, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Belton, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Belton, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Belton, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Belton, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Belton, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Belton, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Belton, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Belton, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Belton, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Belton, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Belton, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Belton, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Belton, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Belton, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Belton, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Belton, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Belton, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Belton, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Belton, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Belton, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Belton, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Belton, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Belton, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Belton, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Belton, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Belton, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Belton, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Belton, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Belton, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Belton, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Belton, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Belton, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Belton, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Belton, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Belton, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #548 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 6,567 boysNCSouth Carolina: #317 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 3,031 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Belton, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Belton, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Belton, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Belton, so not publishedMSAlabama: #472 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 5,120 boysALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Belton, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Belton, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Belton, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Belton, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. South Carolina#317 · 1 in 3,031
  2. Alabama#472 · 1 in 5,120
  3. North Carolina#548 · 1 in 6,567

Best ever in a state: #226 in South Carolina, 1929.

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Alabama#47251 in 5,120
North Carolina#54851 in 6,567
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys 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 Belton
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2002
  • Biggest jump: 279 spots in 1895 (#1,074 → #795)
  • Biggest drop: 76 spots in 1903 (#933 → #1,009)
Rise & fade · boys
14 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1881
  • Peaked 1895 at #795 (8 births)
  • Births halved by 1896, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 6 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 6 yrs · run 1890–1891
Share of babies · boys
1 in 14,674
  • Highest: 1 in 14,674 boys born in 1895 were named Belton (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 323,586 boys born in 2002 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 21.9% of all boys named Belton (258) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s10#866 (1881)#879
1890s28#795 (1895)#972
1900s44#933 (1902)#1,070
1910s188#1,038 (1911)#1,353
1920s258#1,256 (1923)#1,495
1930s179#1,405 (1933)#1,684
1940s160#1,494 (1945)#1,842
1950s142#1,821 (1956)#2,197
1960s96#2,148 (1961)#2,679
1970s33#3,282 (1970)#4,004
1980s24#4,940 (1980)#6,329
1990s10#8,236 (1991)#8,336
2000s6#9,392 (2002)#9,392

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Belton in 1920

boys
#1,273
32 births · 1 in 33,261 boys

Top boys' names in 1920

  1. #1John56,913
  2. #2William50,146
  3. #3Robert48,679
  4. #4James47,908
  5. #5Charles28,309
  6. #6George26,891
  7. #7Joseph25,587
  8. #8Edward20,097
  9. #9Frank16,430
  10. #10Richard15,010
  11. #1,273Belton32
More about 1920

boys

1,064,356 boys got a published name in 1920; 1 in 33,261 of them was named Belton, which outranked 74.5% of the 4,989 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Belton
  1. #1,252Quinten33
  2. #1,252Reynaldo33
  3. #1,252Spurgeon33
  4. #1,273Belton32
  5. #1,273Bronislaus32
  6. #1,273Colon32
  7. #1,273Corbett32
  8. #1,300Alfonzo31
  9. #1,300Brian31
  10. #1,300Candelario31

Tied with 26 names at #1,273; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1919
Risers
  1. ↑ 960Harding#1,351 → #391
  2. ↑ 607Cameron#1,351 → #744
  3. ↑ 566Hardin#1,531 → #965
  4. ↑ 392Laurel#1,321 → #929
  5. ↑ 368Terrence#1,297 → #929
Fallers
  1. ↓ 789Pershing#593 → #1,382
  2. ↓ 580Woodroe#877 → #1,457
  3. ↓ 385Quinten#867 → #1,252
  4. ↓ 383Orvel#890 → #1,273
  5. ↓ 373Rexford#927 → #1,300

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

See the top 100 for 1920 →