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.

Belden

#21,892 most common boys' name of all time · #57,705 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1919–1969

Rank among boys
#21,892
Rank overall
#57,705 of 105,966
First appeared
1919
Years on the list
7 of 146
All-time
35
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1969 #4,666
Best rank
#4,045 1948
Girls Boys peak 5/yr
192019401960

Belden first appears in 1919. 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
1969 — 5 5 #4,666
1964 — 5 5 #4,324
1958 — 5 5 #4,245
1957 — 5 5 #4,314
1954 — 5 5 #4,154
1948 — 5 5 #4,045
1919 — 5 5 #4,652