Bellamy — #862 US unisex name
3,401 babies named Bellamy in U.S. Social Security records since 1993, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 95% of names given to girls today.
52% of everyone ever named Bellamy was born in this single decade.
408 babies were named Bellamy in 2022 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Bellamy
The Social Security Administration has registered 3,401 babies named Bellamy between 1993 and 2024, spanning 32 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Bellamy currently holds the #862 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 408 babies received it in a single year. Bellamy is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 2,634 additional births since 2014.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Bellamy performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 1,763 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Bellamy shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 387 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Bellamy in 36 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Bellamy 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 3,401 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.
Bellamy at a glance
Top 1,000 girls' namePeak year
Current rank
Active since
Bellamy popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1993
- Peak year (2022)
- 408
- Annual births at peak — across 32 years of records
Currently ranks #862 among girls.
3,401 total births across 32 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2022 with 408 births in a single year.
Bellamy popularity over time — boys
2,634 total births recorded since 2014 (Bellamy as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Bellamy accounts for 44% of total recorded use across both genders.
Bellamy by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 1,763 births that decade — 52% of Bellamy's all-time total
Bellamy decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,763 births
- Runner-up 1,507 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Bellamy's strongest decade
1,763 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 52% of all-time use.
Bellamy by state
Where Bellamy concentrates geographically — total births since 1993
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 387 | 11.4% |
| #2 | California | | 317 | 9.3% |
| #3 | Florida | | 180 | 5.3% |
| #4 | North Carolina | | 159 | 4.7% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 143 | 4.2% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 120 | 3.5% |
| #7 | New York | | 95 | 2.8% |
| #8 | Virginia | | 74 | 2.2% |
387 of 3,401 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 36 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 11.4% of nationwide
- California 9.3% of nationwide
- Florida 5.3% of nationwide
- North Carolina 4.7% of nationwide
- Georgia 4.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 36 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 11.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Bellamy appears in 36 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1993–2024 (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.