Belton — boys' name

What the Data Says About Belton

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,178 babies named Belton between 1881 and 2002, spanning 122 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Belton currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2002. The name reached its historical peak in 1923, when 33 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Belton performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 258 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Belton shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in South Carolina, which accounts for 192 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by North Carolina and Alabama. In total, SSA state-level files list Belton in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Belton 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 1,178 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.