How rare is the name Belinda?

62,433 people in the United States have the first name Belinda, about 1 in 4,838. It ranks #788 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

BELINDA

#788

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
62,433
About
1 in 4,838
This common or more
66.5%
Who bears it

Of the 62,433 people named Belinda, 50.1% reported their origin as White, 22.6% as Hispanic or Latino and 20% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Belinda peaked in 1961, when 3,125 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18892025
Peak year
1961
Births that year
3,125
In 2025*
110 ▼96%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 73,110 babies have been given the name since 1889. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Belinda by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #302. The largest share of babies named Belinda, 50.9%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).

1880s#3,1215
1890s#2,80223
1900s#3,11732
1910s#4,59283
1920s#5,091108
1930s#2,951219
1940s#8062,863
1950s#31420,970
1960s#30223,003
1970s#39912,515
1980s#7745,377
1990s#1,5232,379
2000s#1,6652,651
2010s#2,1142,127
2020s#3,046755
Before 19010%
Greatest Generation 1901–270.3%
Silent Generation 1928–451%
Baby boom 1946–6450.9%
Generation X 1965–8030.5%
Millennials 1981–969.1%
Generation Z 1997–125.3%
2013 and later2.9%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Belinda is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Belinda has been most common in Texas (2.2×), Alabama (2.1×), and Mississippi (1.9×), and least common in Utah (0.22×).

69,122 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Belinda

#786 Ramona · 62,766#787 Dominique · 62,492#789 Carly · 62,430#790 Camille · 62,246

Spelled almost the same

3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Belinda, most common first.

#16,187 Belynda · 701#40,711 Belenda · 182#48,685 Bellinda · 130

Also a last name

As a last name, Belinda ranks #142,788 of 156,621, with 119 people. See Belinda as a last name

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