Unisex name · since 2014
Believe
Since 2014, U.S. Social Security records show 80 babies named Believe, peaking in 2018. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #29,565 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,711 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 80
- born since 2014
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Believe is the #11711 most popular unisex name in the U.S. today, with 80 recorded since 2014.
Social Security Administration records show Believe recorded 80 times among girls since 2014, holding rank #11711 nationally today, ahead of 32% 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 2014 to 2025.
- #29,565 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #11,711 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 80 born since 2014
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Believe ranks #29,565 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,711 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 80 born since 2014, peaking in the 2010s.
- #29,565 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,711 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 80
- born since 2014
- 2010s
- peak decade
Believe's 80 recorded births place it above 58.94% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Believe compares
80 21st percentile among 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
Believe's all-time total is 79% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Believe | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 80 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 13 | 21 | 19,840 |
Believe's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Believe's full recorded timeline at 2019, 56% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 44% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2014, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2018 peak of 13 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Believe popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2014–2025
- Peak year (2018)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 12 years of records
Believe popularity over time - boys
37 total births recorded since 2019 (Believe as boys' name)
Believe by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (48 births, 60% of the file).
2010s was Believe's strongest decade.
48 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 60% of all-time use.
Believe births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
48 births
- 2020s
2020s
32 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 48 births (60% of all-time use).
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What to do with Believe's data
- Believe's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (48 total births) through the 2020s (32) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Believe: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2018)
Similar record span (~11 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, 2014–2025 (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 Believe 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.