Belladonna — #5235 US girls' name
435 babies named Belladonna in U.S. Social Security records since 2001, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 70% of names given to girls today.
48% of everyone ever named Belladonna was born in this single decade.
31 babies were named Belladonna in 2009 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Belladonna
The Social Security Administration has registered 435 babies named Belladonna between 2001 and 2024, spanning 24 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Belladonna currently holds the #5235 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 31 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Belladonna performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 207 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Belladonna shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 18 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Belladonna in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Belladonna 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 435 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.
Belladonna at a glance
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Current rank
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Belladonna popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2001
- Peak year (2009)
- 31
- Annual births at peak — across 24 years of records
Currently ranks #5235 among girls.
435 total births across 24 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2009 with 31 births in a single year.
Belladonna by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 207 births that decade — 48% of Belladonna's all-time total
Belladonna decade highlights
- Peak decade 207 births
- Runner-up 114 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Belladonna's strongest decade
207 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 48% of all-time use.
Belladonna by state
Where Belladonna concentrates geographically — total births since 2001
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 18 | 4.1% |
18 of 435 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 4.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 4.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 2001–2024 (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.