Girls' name · since 1965
Belkis
Since 1965, U.S. Social Security records show 455 babies named Belkis, peaking in 1989. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #12,532 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,971 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 455
- born since 1965
- 1980s
- peak decade
Belkis currently ranks #8971 among girls' names in America, with 455 babies recorded since 1965.
Belkis has 455 recorded births among girls since 1965, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #8971 as of the latest data, more common than 48% of girls, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1965 to 2025.
- #12,532 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,971 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 455 born since 1965
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Belkis ranks #12,532 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,971 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 455 born since 1965, peaking in the 1980s.
- #12,532 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,971 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 455
- born since 1965
- 1980s
- peak decade
Belkis's 455 recorded births place it above 82.65% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 4 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Belkis compares
455 Top 47% higher than 53% of 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
Belkis's all-time total is 21% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Belkis | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 455 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 19 | 21 | 19,840 |
Belkis's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Belkis splits its recorded history at 1995: 47% of all births land in the more recent half, 53% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1965 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1989 peak of 19 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Belkis popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1965–2025
- Peak year (1989)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 61 years of records
Belkis by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (102 births, 22% of the file).
1980s was Belkis's strongest decade.
102 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 22% of all-time use.
Belkis births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 23
1960s
23 births
- 1970s
1970s
62 births
- 1980s
1980s
102 births
- 1990s
1990s
101 births
- 2000s
2000s
74 births
- 2010s 40
2010s
40 births
- 2020s
2020s
53 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 102 births (22% of all-time use).
Belkis by state
Where Belkis concentrates geographically, total births since 1965
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 35 | 7.7% |
| #2 | Florida | | 16 | 3.5% |
| #3 | California | | 5 | 1.1% |
| #4 | New Jersey | | 5 | 1.1% |
35 of 455 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
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What to do with Belkis's data
- Belkis's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (102 total births) through the 2020s (53) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Belkiss (35 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Belkis: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1989)
Similar record span (~60 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, 1965–2025 (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 Belkis 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.