Belinda vs Belvia
American parents have registered 73,110 Belindas since 1880, against 649 Belvias. Belinda is still ahead, with 110 babies in 2025.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Belinda Belvia
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 133 years in which either name was published, Belinda for 111 years and Belvia for 22 years. The lead changed hands 23 times.
- 1905–1908 Belinda ahead
- 1912–1925 Belvia ahead, apart from one short spell
- 1929–2025 Belinda ahead, apart from one short spell
19 shorter spells of a year or two are folded into the spans above rather than listed separately.
Side by side
| Belinda | Belvia | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 73,110 | 649 |
| Most in one year | 3,125 | 21 |
| Babies in 2025 | 110 | under 5 |
| Estimated living today | 64,000 | 210 |
| Median age today | 60 | 75 |
| Peak year | 1961 | 1917 |
| Best rank | 141st girls | 1,708th girls |
| Rank in 2025 | 1,818th | unranked |
| First recorded | 1889 | 1885 |
| Girls / boys | 72,960 / 150 | 649 / 0 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Belvias alive today are over 75; half the Belindas are over 60. That is 15 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Belinda and Belvia.