Belva — girls' name

What the Data Says About Belva

The Social Security Administration has registered 7,955 babies named Belva between 1881 and 2007, spanning 127 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Belva currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2007. The name reached its historical peak in 1927, when 184 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Belva performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 1,650 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Belva shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 404 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by West Virginia and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Belva in 32 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Belva 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 7,955 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.