Girls' name · since 1914
Belmira
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.
- #30,294 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 75
- born since 1914
- 1920s
- peak decade
Belmira is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 75 have been recorded since 1914.
Belmira has 75 recorded births among girls since 1914, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1914 to 1929.
- #30,294 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 75 born since 1914
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Belmira ranks #30,294 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 75 born since 1914, peaking in the 1920s.
- #30,294 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 75
- born since 1914
- 1920s
- peak decade
Belmira's 75 recorded births place it above 57.95% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Massachusetts.
Belmira's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Belmira splits its recorded history at 1922: 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 1914 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1919 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Belmira popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1914–1929
- Peak year (1919)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 16 years of records
Belmira by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (50 births, 67% of the file).
1920s was Belmira's strongest decade.
50 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 67% of all-time use.
Belmira births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
25 births
- 1920s
1920s
50 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 50 births (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.
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- Massachusetts records the most Belmiras (34 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Massachusetts 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 Belmira: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1919)
Similar record span (~15 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, 1914–1929 (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 Belmira 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.