Belen
Belen was given to 345 girls in 2025, #785 among girls’ names; 12,366 Americans have been recorded with it since 1909 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 11,500 Americans named Belen and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (93% of everyone recorded); the median is 18 years old and half are between 9 and 30.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Belen by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Belen?
#785 among girls’ names, 2025
Belen rose from #927 in 2015 to #785 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 0.17 to 0.21 per 1,000.
431 babies in 2024, the peak
Belen peaked in 2024, when 431 girls were given it, #671 among girls’ names. The 345 births of 2025 are 80% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 345 | #785 | 0.21 |
| 2024 | 431 | #671 | 0.27 |
| 2023 | 323 | #842 | 0.20 |
| 2022 | 390 | #743 | 0.24 |
| 2021 | 336 | #826 | 0.20 |
| 2020 | 303 | #881 | 0.19 |
| 2019 | 316 | #849 | 0.19 |
| 2018 | 341 | #798 | 0.20 |
| 2017 | 368 | #756 | 0.21 |
| 2016 | 374 | #762 | 0.21 |
Every recorded year (116)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 296 | #927 | 0.17 |
| 2014 | 266 | #998 | 0.15 |
| 2013 | 283 | #902 | 0.16 |
| 2012 | 273 | #936 | 0.16 |
| 2011 | 286 | #913 | 0.16 |
| 2010 | 305 | #872 | 0.17 |
| 2009 | 312 | #879 | 0.17 |
| 2008 | 321 | #869 | 0.17 |
| 2007 | 331 | #853 | 0.17 |
| 2006 | 288 | #918 | 0.15 |
| 2005 | 247 | #989 | 0.13 |
| 2004 | 276 | #884 | 0.15 |
| 2003 | 267 | #894 | 0.15 |
| 2002 | 292 | #802 | 0.16 |
| 2001 | 214 | #1,001 | 0.12 |
| 2000 | 229 | #936 | 0.13 |
| 1999 | 171 | #1,142 | 0.10 |
| 1998 | 185 | #1,060 | 0.10 |
| 1997 | 183 | #1,040 | 0.11 |
| 1996 | 157 | #1,154 | 0.09 |
| 1995 | 150 | #1,155 | 0.09 |
| 1994 | 113 | #1,415 | 0.06 |
| 1993 | 136 | #1,256 | 0.08 |
| 1992 | 141 | #1,229 | 0.08 |
| 1991 | 108 | #1,464 | 0.06 |
| 1990 | 127 | #1,275 | 0.07 |
| 1989 | 116 | #1,330 | 0.06 |
| 1988 | 109 | #1,319 | 0.06 |
| 1987 | 89 | #1,459 | 0.05 |
| 1986 | 73 | #1,620 | 0.04 |
| 1985 | 81 | #1,504 | 0.05 |
| 1984 | 73 | #1,551 | 0.04 |
| 1983 | 80 | #1,448 | 0.05 |
| 1982 | 92 | #1,346 | 0.05 |
| 1981 | 74 | #1,580 | 0.04 |
| 1980 | 62 | #1,767 | 0.04 |
| 1979 | 46 | #2,153 | 0.03 |
| 1978 | 67 | #1,598 | 0.04 |
| 1977 | 42 | #2,190 | 0.03 |
| 1976 | 66 | #1,537 | 0.05 |
| 1975 | 42 | #2,060 | 0.03 |
| 1974 | 40 | #2,069 | 0.03 |
| 1973 | 55 | #1,647 | 0.04 |
| 1972 | 46 | #1,833 | 0.03 |
| 1971 | 47 | #1,858 | 0.03 |
| 1970 | 40 | #2,047 | 0.02 |
| 1969 | 32 | #2,256 | 0.02 |
| 1968 | 25 | #2,488 | 0.02 |
| 1967 | 34 | #2,014 | 0.02 |
| 1966 | 32 | #2,061 | 0.02 |
| 1965 | 24 | #2,469 | 0.01 |
| 1964 | 37 | #1,952 | 0.02 |
| 1963 | 31 | #2,133 | 0.02 |
| 1962 | 33 | #2,033 | 0.02 |
| 1961 | 37 | #1,894 | 0.02 |
| 1960 | 41 | #1,763 | 0.02 |
| 1959 | 27 | #2,197 | 0.01 |
| 1958 | 23 | #2,380 | 0.01 |
| 1957 | 37 | #1,783 | 0.02 |
| 1956 | 22 | #2,393 | 0.01 |
| 1955 | 36 | #1,735 | 0.02 |
| 1954 | 24 | #2,187 | 0.01 |
| 1953 | 31 | #1,784 | 0.02 |
| 1952 | 25 | #2,026 | 0.01 |
| 1951 | 35 | #1,611 | 0.02 |
| 1950 | 36 | #1,550 | 0.02 |
| 1949 | 32 | #1,667 | 0.02 |
| 1948 | 22 | #2,074 | 0.01 |
| 1947 | 30 | #1,755 | 0.02 |
| 1946 | 26 | #1,772 | 0.02 |
| 1945 | 13 | #2,474 | 0.01 |
| 1944 | 17 | #2,102 | 0.01 |
| 1943 | 23 | #1,795 | 0.02 |
| 1942 | 21 | #1,865 | 0.02 |
| 1941 | 15 | #2,196 | 0.01 |
| 1940 | 22 | #1,687 | 0.02 |
| 1939 | 22 | #1,645 | 0.02 |
| 1938 | 21 | #1,708 | 0.02 |
| 1937 | 23 | #1,583 | 0.02 |
| 1936 | 24 | #1,508 | 0.02 |
| 1935 | 29 | #1,359 | 0.03 |
| 1934 | 19 | #1,776 | 0.02 |
| 1933 | 25 | #1,476 | 0.02 |
| 1932 | 23 | #1,600 | 0.02 |
| 1931 | 25 | #1,509 | 0.02 |
| 1930 | 21 | #1,753 | 0.02 |
| 1929 | 35 | #1,257 | 0.03 |
| 1928 | 29 | #1,475 | 0.03 |
| 1927 | 24 | #1,730 | 0.02 |
| 1926 | 35 | #1,328 | 0.03 |
| 1925 | 29 | #1,537 | 0.02 |
| 1924 | 28 | #1,614 | 0.02 |
| 1923 | 23 | #1,786 | 0.02 |
| 1922 | 20 | #1,962 | 0.02 |
| 1921 | 25 | #1,725 | 0.02 |
| 1920 | 24 | #1,714 | 0.02 |
| 1919 | 22 | #1,753 | 0.02 |
| 1918 | 18 | #2,038 | 0.02 |
| 1917 | 14 | #2,324 | 0.01 |
| 1916 | 15 | #2,144 | 0.01 |
| 1915 | 7 | #3,467 | 0.01 |
| 1914 | 6 | #3,232 | 0.01 |
| 1913 | 11 | #1,899 | 0.02 |
| 1912 | 8 | #2,176 | 0.01 |
| 1910 | 7 | #1,955 | 0.02 |
| 1909 | 8 | #1,623 | 0.02 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Belen a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Belen has been given almost only to girls: 79 boys in 116 years of records.
Girls and boys named Belen: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Belen, and how old are they?
11,500 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 93% of the 12,366 Americans ever recorded as Belen. The median Belen alive today is 18 years old; half are between 9 and 30.
The 2020 Census counted 13,397 people named Belen (13,154 women and girls, 243 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 9,569 born in the U.S. The Census count is 40% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 110 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 456 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 653 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 1,710 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 4,160 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 4,360 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Belen born?
The states with the most babies named Belen are California, Texas and Florida, with 55% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 77 | #433 | 2.9× |
| Texas | 59 | #539 | 2.0× |
| Florida | 25 | #679 | 0.8× |
| Arizona | 17 | #394 | 1.9× |
| Virginia | 16 | #489 | 0.5× |
| New York | 14 | #1,036 | 0.4× |
| Maryland | 12 | #433 | 0.6× |
| North Carolina | 11 | #848 | 0.6× |
| Georgia | 9 | #1,004 | 0.5× |
| New Jersey | 9 | #788 | 0.5× |
Where Belen is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Belen is most over-represented in California: since 1910 it was given 2.9 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Belen with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 2 names spelled alike, given to 12,647 babies since 1880, Belen is the most given (98% of them). In 2025 it was given to 345 of their 353 babies (98%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Belen
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Belen and names like it
- Compare Belen and BlenBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2020sBelen peaked in 2024.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Belen since 1910.
- The top names of 2024The year the most babies were named Belen.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Belen alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with BMost given first.