Belvia — girls' name
649 babies named Belvia in U.S. Social Security records since 1885, with the highest year being 1917. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
18% of everyone ever named Belvia was born in this single decade.
21 babies were named Belvia in 1917 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Belvia
The Social Security Administration has registered 649 babies named Belvia between 1885 and 1969, spanning 85 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Belvia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1969. The name reached its historical peak in 1917, when 21 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Belvia performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 118 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Belvia shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Belvia in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Belvia 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 649 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.
Belvia at a glance
Last recorded 1969Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Belvia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1969–1885
- Peak year (1917)
- 21
- Annual births at peak — across 85 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1969.
649 total births across 85 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1917 with 21 births in a single year.
Belvia by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 118 births that decade — 18% of Belvia's all-time total
Belvia decade highlights
- Peak decade 118 births
- Runner-up 117 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Belvia's strongest decade
118 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 18% of all-time use.
Belvia by state
Where Belvia concentrates geographically — total births since 1885
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 6 | 0.9% |
| #2 | North Carolina | | 5 | 0.8% |
6 of 649 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 0.9% of nationwide
- North Carolina 0.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 0.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile 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, 1885–1969 (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.