Belmira — girls' name
75 babies named Belmira in U.S. Social Security records since 1914, with the highest year being 1919. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
67% of everyone ever named Belmira was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Belmira in 1919 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Belmira
The Social Security Administration has registered 75 babies named Belmira between 1914 and 1929, spanning 16 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Belmira currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1929. The name reached its historical peak in 1919, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Belmira performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 50 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Belmira shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Massachusetts, which accounts for 34 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Belmira in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Belmira 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 75 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.
Belmira at a glance
Last recorded 1929Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Belmira popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1929–1914
- Peak year (1919)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 16 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1929.
75 total births across 16 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1919 with 8 births in a single year.
Belmira by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 50 births that decade — 67% of Belmira's all-time total
Belmira decade highlights
- Peak decade 50 births
- Runner-up 25 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Belmira's strongest decade
50 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 67% of all-time use.
Belmira by state
Where Belmira concentrates geographically — total births since 1914
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Massachusetts | | 34 | 45.3% |
34 of 75 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Massachusetts 45.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Massachusetts accounts for 45.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration 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, 1914–1929 (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.