Belma — girls' name

What the Data Says About Belma

The Social Security Administration has registered 640 babies named Belma between 1895 and 2021, spanning 127 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Belma currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 18 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Belma performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 104 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Belma shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 20 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Belma in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Belma 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 640 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.