Girls' name · since 1997
Belanna
118 babies named Belanna in U.S. Social Security records since 1997, with the highest year being 2001. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #25,276 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 118
- born since 1997
- 2000s
- peak decade
118 girls have been named Belanna since 1997, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Belanna has 118 recorded births among girls since 1997, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1997 to 2024.
- #25,276 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 118 born since 1997
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Belanna ranks #25,276 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 118 born since 1997, peaking in the 2000s.
- #25,276 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 118
- born since 1997
- 2000s
- peak decade
Belanna's 118 recorded births place it above 64.92% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
Belanna's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Belanna's SSA record in two at 2008 and the more recent half accounts for 37% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 63%, consistent with a name more common in the past than in recent years. Its calmest year was 2008, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2001 peak of 21, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Belanna popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–2024
- Peak year (2001)
- 21
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Belanna by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (63 births, 53% of the file).
2000s was Belanna's strongest decade.
63 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 53% of all-time use.
Belanna births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 22
1990s
22 births
- 2000s
2000s
63 births
- 2010s 17
2010s
17 births
- 2020s 16
2020s
16 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 63 births (53% of all-time use).
Belanna by state
Where Belanna concentrates geographically, total births since 1997
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 4.2% |
5 of 118 births nationwide.
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- Belanna's decade-level peak was the 2000s (63 total births); usage has since declined to 16 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Belannas (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Belanna: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2001)
Similar record span (~27 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1997–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Belanna draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.