Belinda — #1725 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Belinda

The Social Security Administration has registered 72,852 babies named Belinda between 1889 and 2024, spanning 136 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Belinda currently holds the #1725 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1961, when 3,118 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Belinda performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 22,944 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Belinda shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 11,500 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Belinda in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Belinda 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 72,852 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.