Girls' name · since 1948
Belenda
120 babies named Belenda in U.S. Social Security records since 1948, with the highest year being 1958. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #25,080 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 120
- born since 1948
- 1950s
- peak decade
120 girls have been named Belenda since 1948, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Belenda recorded 120 times among girls since 1948, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1950s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1948 to 1976.
- #25,080 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 120 born since 1948
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Belenda ranks #25,080 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 120 born since 1948, peaking in the 1950s.
- #25,080 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 120
- born since 1948
- 1950s
- peak decade
Belenda's 120 recorded births place it above 65.21% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Belenda's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Belenda's SSA record in two at 1960 and the more recent half accounts for 48% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 52%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1955, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1958 peak of 10, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Belenda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1948–1976
- Peak year (1958)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
Belenda by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (49 births, 41% of the file).
1950s was Belenda's strongest decade.
49 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Belenda births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 13
1940s
13 births
- 1950s
1950s
49 births
- 1960s
1960s
47 births
- 1970s 11
1970s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 49 births (41% of all-time use).
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What to do with Belenda's data
- Belenda's decade-level peak was the 1950s (49 total births); usage has since declined to 11 in the 1970s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Belenda: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1958)
Similar record span (~28 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, 1948–1976 (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 Belenda 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.