Belanna — #16091 US girls' name
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.
More common than 9% of names given to girls today.
53% of everyone ever named Belanna was born in this single decade.
21 babies were named Belanna in 2001 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Belanna
The Social Security Administration has registered 118 babies named Belanna between 1997 and 2024, spanning 28 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Belanna currently holds the #16091 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2001, when 21 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Belanna performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 63 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Belanna shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Belanna in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Belanna in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 118 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Belanna at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Belanna popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1997
- Peak year (2001)
- 21
- Annual births at peak — across 28 years of records
Currently ranks #16091 among girls.
118 total births across 28 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2001 with 21 births in a single year.
Belanna by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 63 births that decade — 53% of Belanna's all-time total
Belanna decade highlights
- Peak decade 63 births
- Runner-up 22 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Belanna's strongest decade
63 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 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.
Top 5 states
- California 4.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 4.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1997–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.