Believe — unisex name
72 babies named Believe in U.S. Social Security records since 2014, with the highest year being 2018. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
67% of everyone ever named Believe was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Believe in 2018 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Believe
The Social Security Administration has registered 72 babies named Believe between 2014 and 2023, spanning 10 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Believe currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2018, when 13 babies received it in a single year. Believe is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 32 additional births since 2019.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Believe performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 48 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Believe shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Believe 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 72 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.
Believe at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Believe popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–2014
- Peak year (2018)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 10 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
72 total births across 10 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2018 with 13 births in a single year.
Believe popularity over time — boys
32 total births recorded since 2019 (Believe as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Believe accounts for 31% of total recorded use across both genders.
Believe by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 48 births that decade — 67% of Believe's all-time total
Believe decade highlights
- Peak decade 48 births
- Runner-up 24 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Believe's strongest decade
48 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 67% of all-time use.
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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, 2014–2023 (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.