Belita — girls' name
384 babies named Belita in U.S. Social Security records since 1943, with the highest year being 1952. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
39% of everyone ever named Belita was born in this single decade.
24 babies were named Belita in 1952 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Belita
The Social Security Administration has registered 384 babies named Belita between 1943 and 1980, spanning 38 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Belita currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1980. The name reached its historical peak in 1952, when 24 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Belita performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 151 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Belita shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Belita 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 384 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.
Belita at a glance
Last recorded 1980Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Belita popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1980–1943
- Peak year (1952)
- 24
- Annual births at peak — across 38 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1980.
384 total births across 38 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1952 with 24 births in a single year.
Belita by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 151 births that decade — 39% of Belita's all-time total
Belita decade highlights
- Peak decade 151 births
- Runner-up 117 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Belita's strongest decade
151 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 39% 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, 1943–1980 (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.