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.

Belva

#1,869 most common girls' name of all time · #3,205 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1881–2025

Rank among girls
#1,869
Rank overall
#3,205 of 105,966
First appeared
1881
Years on the list
108 of 146
All-time
7,960
Since 2016
5
Peak year
1927 #519
Best rank
#236 1884
Girls Boys peak 184/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Belva first appears in 1881. 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 5 — 5 #14,984
2007 5 — 5 #17,685
2006 5 — 5 #17,216
1996 5 — 5 #13,563
1989 6 — 6 #10,885
1983 7 — 7 #8,083
1982 5 — 5 #10,572
1981 5 — 5 #10,460
1980 12 — 12 #5,560
1979 11 — 11 #5,776
1978 8 — 8 #6,979
1977 11 — 11 #5,555
1976 10 — 10 #5,620
1975 10 — 10 #5,548
1974 10 — 10 #5,387
1973 10 — 10 #5,212
1972 14 — 14 #4,104
1971 13 — 13 #4,321
1970 16 — 16 #3,721
1969 16 — 16 #3,478
1968 24 — 24 #2,545
1967 17 — 17 #3,096
1966 21 — 21 #2,678
1965 23 — 23 #2,545
1964 30 — 30 #2,202
1963 42 — 42 #1,793
1962 37 — 37 #1,890
1961 46 — 46 #1,672
1960 51 — 51 #1,565
1959 63 — 63 #1,350
1958 51 — 51 #1,502
1957 72 — 72 #1,240
1956 64 — 64 #1,302
1955 84 — 84 #1,096
1954 65 — 65 #1,230
1953 97 — 97 #969
1952 95 — 95 #968
1951 78 — 78 #1,051
1950 97 — 97 #902
1949 92 — 92 #927
1948 88 — 88 #925
1947 99 — 99 #887
1946 117 — 117 #757
1945 121 — 121 #675
1944 90 — 90 #805
1943 107 — 107 #752
1942 144 — 144 #625
1941 159 — 159 #554
1940 128 — 128 #619
1939 153 — 153 #537
1938 162 — 162 #536
1937 162 — 162 #517
1936 150 — 150 #532
1935 145 — 145 #535
1934 151 — 151 #526
1933 161 — 161 #504
1932 160 — 160 #519
1931 162 — 162 #513
1930 170 — 170 #517
1929 146 — 146 #567
1928 166 — 166 #540
1927 184 — 184 #519
1926 170 — 170 #536
1925 147 — 147 #598
1924 161 — 161 #581
1923 172 — 172 #551
1922 161 — 161 #566
1921 178 — 178 #536
1920 165 — 165 #561
1919 165 — 165 #533
1918 169 — 169 #543
1917 156 — 156 #537
1916 170 — 170 #496
1915 139 — 139 #540
1914 130 — 130 #486
1913 97 — 97 #518
1912 106 — 106 #463
1911 61 — 61 #539
1910 72 — 72 #477
1909 49 — 49 #548
1908 55 — 55 #491
1907 69 — 69 #431
1906 44 — 44 #525
1905 59 — 59 #441
1904 38 — 38 #542
1903 37 — 37 #535
1902 52 — 52 #432
1901 41 — 41 #472
1900 61 — 61 #428
1899 37 — 37 #484
1898 35 — 35 #535
1897 28 — 28 #579
1896 34 — 34 #512
1895 36 — 36 #491
1894 33 — 33 #502
1893 24 — 24 #590
1892 27 — 27 #539
1891 23 — 23 #557
1890 42 — 42 #396
1889 31 — 31 #436
1888 66 — 66 #290
1887 27 — 27 #434
1886 23 — 23 #458
1885 30 — 30 #379
1884 66 — 66 #236
1883 5 — 5 #982
1882 5 — 5 #958
1881 6 — 6 #798