Girls' name · peaked in 1961

Belinda name popularity since 1925

72,915 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Belinda. Half of them were born in 1964 or earlier, so the typical Belinda is about 62 years old in 2026. Belinda peaked in 1961 as the #141 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.

US babies since 1925: 72,915; Named Belinda, 1925–2025
Peak year: 1961; #141 for girls that year
Typical age: About 62; Median birth year 1964
In 2025: Not top 1,000; #1,819 for girls in 2025
Girls / boys: 99.8% girls; 72,765 girls · 150 boys
Most popular in: Alabama; 2.22× its national share

Peak year is the year Belinda made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.

Belinda births per year, 1925–2025

1961 was the biggest year for Belinda both by count and as a share of all babies.

Fastest rise: Between 1945 and 1950, Belinda became 12× more common, from 1 in 12,100 baby girls to 1 in 1,050.
Steepest fall: Between 1994 and 1999, its share of baby girls fell by 51%, from 1 in 7,230 to 1 in 14,800.

Shaded on the chart. Both compare Belinda's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Belinda.

Decade by decade

Babies named Belinda in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).

Decade	Girls	Boys	Rank
1925–29	56	0	–
1930s	219	0	#2,109
1940s	2,863	0	#717
1950s	20,941	29	#170
1960s	22,944	59	#172
1970s	12,488	27	#216
1980s	5,348	29	#480
1990s	2,373	6	#983
2000s	2,651	0	#733
2010s	2,127	0	#1,267
2020–25	755	0	#1,819

Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.

Generation fingerprint

51.0% of babies named Belinda from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Baby Boom years (1946–1964). The full split by generation:

Where Belinda is most popular

The index compares Belinda's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Belinda.

State	Index	Babies
Alabama	2.22×	2,751
Texas	2.10×	11,520
Mississippi	1.94×	1,641
Louisiana	1.86×	2,328
West Virginia	1.68×	1,032

Names with a similar story

Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Belinda's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Belinda.

Names from the same era

Other common names that peaked within two years of Belinda (1961).

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data