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.

Belma

#9,421 most common girls' name of all time · #15,718 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1895–2021

Rank among girls
#9,421
Rank overall
#15,718 of 105,966
First appeared
1895
Years on the list
74 of 146
All-time
640
Since 2016
10
Peak year
1918 #2,066
Best rank
#1,766 1895
Girls Boys peak 18/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Belma first appears in 1895. 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
2021 5 5 #15,337
2019 5 5 #15,639
2014 6 6 #14,644
2012 7 7 #13,536
2011 11 11 #9,753
2010 12 12 #9,262
2009 6 6 #15,314
2008 7 7 #13,895
2007 14 14 #8,548
2006 13 13 #8,747
2005 13 13 #8,358
2004 5 5 #16,197
2003 18 18 #6,318
2002 11 11 #8,877
2000 5 5 #15,117
1999 13 13 #7,275
1986 8 8 #7,821
1976 6 6 #8,242
1973 7 7 #6,765
1971 8 8 #6,072
1968 10 10 #4,537
1967 5 5 #6,905
1966 7 7 #5,348
1965 6 6 #5,905
1964 6 6 #6,108
1963 8 8 #4,961
1962 10 10 #4,317
1961 5 5 #6,667
1960 8 8 #4,853
1959 6 6 #5,669
1958 7 7 #4,978
1957 11 11 #3,754
1956 10 10 #3,960
1955 9 9 #4,129
1954 14 14 #3,060
1953 6 6 #5,138
1951 7 7 #4,470
1950 8 8 #4,043
1947 5 5 #5,430
1946 6 6 #4,523
1944 6 6 #4,165
1943 9 9 #3,327
1939 7 7 #3,506
1938 6 6 #3,955
1937 7 7 #3,524
1934 7 7 #3,540
1933 8 8 #3,216
1932 9 9 #3,116
1931 9 9 #3,053
1930 5 5 #4,679
1929 9 9 #3,214
1928 14 14 #2,432
1927 12 12 #2,761
1926 9 9 #3,355
1925 7 7 #4,127
1924 13 13 #2,714
1923 7 7 #4,064
1922 13 13 #2,687
1921 8 8 #3,749
1920 9 9 #3,404
1919 13 13 #2,574
1918 18 18 #2,066
1917 14 14 #2,363
1916 10 10 #2,893
1915 17 17 #1,935
1914 11 11 #2,195
1913 6 6 #2,961
1911 7 7 #2,089
1910 8 8 #1,880
1909 7 7 #1,881
1908 5 5 #2,260
1907 6 6 #1,970
1905 5 5 #2,103
1895 5 5 #1,766