Belva
#14,942 for girls in 2025, 5 births
- Peak · girls
- 1884 · 66 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 7,960since 1881
Belva over time
Rank among girls' names. Belva has never cracked the top 200 here.
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 | #14,942 | 5 |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | #17,636 | 5 |
| 2006 | #17,168 | 5 |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | #13,518 | 5 |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | #10,847 | 6 |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | #8,047 | 7 |
| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 |
| 1981 | #10,411 | 5 |
| 1980 | #5,544 | 12 |
| 1979 | #5,751 | 11 |
| 1978 | #6,948 | 8 |
| 1977 | #5,532 | 11 |
| 1976 | #5,601 | 10 |
| 1975 | #5,516 | 10 |
| 1974 | #5,360 | 10 |
| 1973 | #5,191 | 10 |
| 1972 | #4,091 | 14 |
| 1971 | #4,311 | 13 |
| 1970 | #3,712 | 16 |
| 1969 | #3,461 | 16 |
| 1968 | #2,538 | 24 |
| 1967 | #3,085 | 17 |
| 1966 | #2,668 | 21 |
| 1965 | #2,538 | 23 |
| 1964 | #2,195 | 30 |
| 1963 | #1,787 | 42 |
| 1962 | #1,889 | 37 |
| 1961 | #1,666 | 46 |
| 1960 | #1,561 | 51 |
| 1959 | #1,348 | 63 |
| 1958 | #1,498 | 51 |
| 1957 | #1,238 | 72 |
| 1956 | #1,298 | 64 |
| 1955 | #1,095 | 84 |
| 1954 | #1,229 | 65 |
| 1953 | #968 | 97 |
| 1952 | #966 | 95 |
| 1951 | #1,050 | 78 |
| 1950 | #900 | 97 |
| 1949 | #927 | 92 |
| 1948 | #923 | 88 |
| 1947 | #885 | 99 |
| 1946 | #756 | 117 |
| 1945 | #673 | 121 |
| 1944 | #805 | 90 |
| 1943 | #752 | 107 |
| 1942 | #624 | 144 |
| 1941 | #552 | 159 |
| 1940 | #618 | 128 |
| 1939 | #537 | 153 |
| 1938 | #534 | 162 |
| 1937 | #516 | 162 |
| 1936 | #530 | 150 |
| 1935 | #535 | 145 |
| 1934 | #526 | 151 |
| 1933 | #502 | 161 |
| 1932 | #515 | 160 |
| 1931 | #510 | 162 |
| 1930 | #515 | 170 |
| 1929 | #566 | 146 |
| 1928 | #539 | 166 |
| 1927 | #519 | 184 |
| 1926 | #536 | 170 |
| 1925 | #598 | 147 |
| 1924 | #578 | 161 |
| 1923 | #549 | 172 |
| 1922 | #563 | 161 |
| 1921 | #535 | 178 |
| 1920 | #559 | 165 |
| 1919 | #532 | 165 |
| 1918 | #540 | 169 |
| 1917 | #534 | 156 |
| 1916 | #494 | 170 |
| 1915 | #537 | 139 |
| 1914 | #484 | 130 |
| 1913 | #516 | 97 |
| 1912 | #461 | 106 |
| 1911 | #535 | 61 |
| 1910 | #472 | 72 |
| 1909 | #541 | 49 |
| 1908 | #488 | 55 |
| 1907 | #431 | 69 |
| 1906 | #515 | 44 |
| 1905 | #439 | 59 |
| 1904 | #537 | 38 |
| 1903 | #527 | 37 |
| 1902 | #429 | 52 |
| 1901 | #467 | 41 |
| 1900 | #427 | 61 |
| 1899 | #480 | 37 |
| 1898 | #527 | 35 |
| 1897 | #567 | 28 |
| 1896 | #504 | 34 |
| 1895 | #488 | 36 |
| 1894 | #494 | 33 |
| 1893 | #571 | 24 |
| 1892 | #526 | 27 |
| 1891 | #541 | 23 |
| 1890 | #384 | 42 |
| 1889 | #430 | 31 |
| 1888 | #288 | 66 |
| 1887 | #424 | 27 |
| 1886 | #451 | 23 |
| 1885 | #373 | 30 |
| 1884 | #234 | 66 |
| 1883 | #920 | 5 |
| 1882 | #908 | 5 |
| 1881 | #740 | 6 |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five girls were named Belva! It came in at #740, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1984–1988, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Belva is popular in 1938
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- South Dakota#185 · 1 in 918
- Iowa#268 · 1 in 2,702
- Oklahoma#311 · 1 in 2,033
- Arkansas#312 · 1 in 2,079
- West Virginia#344 · 1 in 3,174
Best ever in a state: #123 in Utah, 1913.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Dakota | #185 | 5 | 1 in 918 |
| Iowa | #268 | 7 | 1 in 2,702 |
| Oklahoma | #311 | 10 | 1 in 2,033 |
| Arkansas | #312 | 9 | 1 in 2,079 |
| West Virginia | #344 | 6 | 1 in 3,174 |
| Tennessee | #376 | 7 | 1 in 3,875 |
| North Carolina | #421 | 7 | 1 in 5,281 |
| Texas | #421 | 19 | 1 in 3,037 |
| California | #423 | 11 | 1 in 4,047 |
| Michigan | #454 | 6 | 1 in 7,046 |
| Louisiana | #478 | 5 | 1 in 4,444 |
| Ohio | #490 | 6 | 1 in 8,512 |
| Pennsylvania | #529 | 7 | 1 in 10,623 |
| Illinois | #614 | 5 | 1 in 11,042 |
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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 Belva
- Biggest jump: 686 spots in 1884 (#920 → #234)
- Biggest drop: 261 spots in 1954 (#968 → #1,229)
- Debuted 1881
- Peaked 1884 at #234 (66 births)
- Births halved by 1885, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 72 yrs · run 1881–1950
- Highest: 1 in 1,955 girls born in 1884 were named Belva (0.05%)
- Latest: 1 in 321,453 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 20.7% of all girls named Belva (1,650) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 259 | #234 (1884) | #530 |
| 1890s | 319 | #384 (1890) | #508 |
| 1900s | 505 | #427 (1900) | #480 |
| 1910s | 1,265 | #461 (1912) | #511 |
| 1920s | 1,650 | #519 (1927) | #554 |
| 1930s | 1,576 | #502 (1933) | #522 |
| 1940s | 1,145 | #552 (1941) | #752 |
| 1950s | 766 | #900 (1950) | #1,159 |
| 1960s | 307 | #1,561 (1960) | #2,339 |
| 1970s | 113 | #3,712 (1970) | #5,201 |
| 1980s | 35 | #5,544 (1980) | #9,073 |
| 1990s | 5 | #13,518 (1996) | #13,518 |
| 2000s | 10 | #17,168 (2006) | #17,402 |
| 2010s | 0 | — | — |
| 2020s | 5 | #14,942 (2025) | #14,942 |
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.
Belva in 1938
Top girls' names in 1938
More about 1938
girls
1,103,456 girls got a published name in 1938; 1 in 6,811 of them was named Belva, which outranked 89.3% of the 4,995 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).