Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Belal

#5,932 most common boys' name of all time · #14,753 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1977–2025

Rank among boys
#5,932
Rank overall
#14,753 of 105,966
First appeared
1977
Years on the list
48 of 146
All-time
708
Since 2016
150
Peak year
2003 #3,335
Best rank
#2,766 1990
Girls Boys peak 28/yr
198020002020

Belal first appears in 1977. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 11 11 #7,356
2024 — 14 14 #6,296
2023 — 12 12 #7,048
2022 — 12 12 #6,982
2021 — 19 19 #5,007
2020 — 10 10 #7,702
2019 — 18 18 #5,226
2018 — 19 19 #4,999
2017 — 14 14 #6,177
2016 — 21 21 #4,698
2015 — 17 17 #5,389
2014 — 9 9 #8,349
2013 — 13 13 #6,382
2012 — 18 18 #5,127
2011 — 12 12 #6,723
2010 — 15 15 #5,868
2009 — 14 14 #6,232
2008 — 20 20 #4,814
2007 — 18 18 #5,111
2006 — 20 20 #4,607
2005 — 22 22 #4,135
2004 — 16 16 #5,141
2003 — 28 28 #3,335
2002 — 17 17 #4,608
2001 — 19 19 #4,221
2000 — 18 18 #4,308
1999 — 14 14 #4,923
1998 — 19 19 #3,807
1997 — 20 20 #3,565
1996 — 24 24 #3,090
1995 — 22 22 #3,170
1994 — 15 15 #4,226
1993 — 20 20 #3,331
1992 — 16 16 #3,884
1991 — 10 10 #5,367
1990 — 24 24 #2,766
1989 — 16 16 #3,596
1988 — 8 8 #5,595
1987 — 12 12 #3,930
1986 — 9 9 #4,782
1985 — 8 8 #5,050
1984 — 8 8 #4,901
1983 — 7 7 #5,368
1982 — 5 5 #7,056
1981 — 5 5 #6,971
1980 — 8 8 #4,884
1979 — 7 7 #5,294
1977 — 5 5 #6,674