Boys' name · since 1908
Belmont
Since 1908, U.S. Social Security records show 179 babies named Belmont, peaking in 1921. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #13,632 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,951 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 179
- born since 1908
- 1910s
- peak decade
Yes -- Belmont is the #8951 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 179 recorded since 1908.
Belmont has 179 recorded births among boys since 1908, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #8951 as of the latest data, more common than 36% of boys, busiest in the 1910s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1908 to 2025.
- #13,632 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #8,951 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 179 born since 1908
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Belmont ranks #13,632 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,951 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 179 born since 1908, peaking in the 1910s.
- #13,632 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,951 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 179
- born since 1908
- 1910s
- peak decade
Belmont's 179 recorded births place it above 69.96% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Belmont compares
179 36th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Belmont's all-time total is 51% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Belmont | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 179 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 14 | 34 | 22,252 |
Belmont's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Belmont's SSA record in two at 1922 and the more recent half accounts for 44% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 56%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1908, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1921 peak of 14, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Belmont popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1908–2025
- Peak year (1921)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 118 years of records
Belmont by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (71 births, 40% of the file).
1910s was Belmont's strongest decade.
71 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Belmont births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1900s 5
1900s
5 births
- 1910s
1910s
71 births
- 1920s
1920s
61 births
- 1930s 23
1930s
23 births
- 1940s 11
1940s
11 births
- 2020s 8
2020s
8 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 71 births (40% of all-time use).
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- Belmont's decade-level peak was the 1910s (71 total births); usage has since declined to 8 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Belmont: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1921)
Similar record span (~117 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, 1908–2025 (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 Belmont 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.