Girls' name · since 1909
Belen
12,287 babies named Belen in U.S. Social Security records since 1909, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #1,468 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #785 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 12,287
- born since 1909
- 2010s
- peak decade
12,287 babies have been named Belen since 1909, making it today's #785 girls' name.
Social Security Administration records show Belen recorded 12,287 times among girls since 1909, holding rank #785 nationally today, ahead of 95% of girls, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1909 to 2025.
- #1,468 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #785 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 12,287 born since 1909
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Belen ranks #1,468 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #785 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 12,287 born since 1909, peaking in the 2010s.
- #1,468 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #785 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 12,287
- born since 1909
- 2010s
- peak decade
Belen's 12,287 recorded births place it above 97.97% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
32 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Belen compares
12,287 Top 9% higher than 91% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Belen's all-time total is 33x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Belen | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 12,287 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 431 | 21 | 19,840 |
Belen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Belen's full recorded timeline at 1968, 89% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 11% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1914, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2024 peak of 431 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Belen popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1909–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 431
- Annual births at peak, across 117 years of records
Belen popularity over time - boys
79 total births recorded since 1982 (Belen as boys' name)
Belen by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (3,108 births, 25% of the file).
2010s was Belen's strongest decade.
3,108 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 25% of all-time use.
Belen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1900s 8
1900s
8 births
- 1910s 108
1910s
108 births
- 1920s 272
1920s
272 births
- 1930s 232
1930s
232 births
- 1940s 221
1940s
221 births
- 1950s 296
1950s
296 births
- 1960s 326
1960s
326 births
- 1970s 491
1970s
491 births
- 1980s 849
1980s
849 births
- 1990s
1990s
1,471 births
- 2000s
2000s
2,777 births
- 2010s
2010s
3,108 births
- 2020s
2020s
2,128 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 3,108 births (25% of all-time use).
How Belen compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Belen's total volume
Belen by state
Where Belen concentrates geographically, total births since 1909
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 4,325 | 35.2% |
| #2 | Texas | | 2,339 | 19.0% |
| #3 | Arizona | | 483 | 3.9% |
| #4 | Florida | | 476 | 3.9% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 385 | 3.1% |
| #6 | New York | | 309 | 2.5% |
| #7 | Washington | | 243 | 2.0% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 228 | 1.9% |
4,325 of 12,287 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 32 reporting states.
Belen appears in 32 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Belen's data
- Belen's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (3,108 total births) through the 2020s (2,128) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Belens (4,325 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Belen: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~116 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, 1909–2025 (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 Belen 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.