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How popular is “Belinda” in the USA?

Number of people named “Belinda” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Belinda” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Belinda” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Belinda” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Belinda” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Belinda” by birth year

This chart shows how “Belinda” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1889 5 0.000017304 5 100%
1890 7 0.000023225 7 100%
1894 6 0.000017715 6 100%
1897 5 0.000014411 5 100%
1899 5 0.000014739 5 100%
1901 6 0.00001735 6 100%
1903 6 0.00001574 6 100%
1905 8 0.000018871 8 100%
1907 6 0.000012892 6 100%
1908 6 0.000012279 6 100%
1910 6 0.000010157 6 100%
1911 8 0.000012417 8 100%
1912 5 0.00000506 5 100%
1914 10 0.00000706 10 100%
1915 13 0.000007094 13 100%
1916 10 0.00000517 10 100%
1917 6 0.00000299 6 100%
1918 18 0.000008291 18 100%
1919 7 0.000003317 7 100%
1920 11 0.000004862 11 100%
1921 17 0.000007282 17 100%
1922 10 0.000004368 10 100%
1923 7 0.00000304 7 100%
1924 7 0.000002939 7 100%
1925 9 0.000003857 9 100%
1926 14 0.000006098 14 100%
1927 17 0.00000733 17 100%
1928 6 0.000002654 6 100%
1929 10 0.000004562 10 100%
1930 12 0.000005397 12 100%
1931 7 0.000003326 7 100%
1932 16 0.000007578 16 100%
1933 10 0.000005001 10 100%
1934 19 0.000009149 19 100%
1935 15 0.000007177 15 100%
1936 27 0.000012996 27 100%
1937 29 0.000013611 29 100%
1938 43 0.000019434 43 100%
1939 41 0.000018607 41 100%
1940 59 0.000025622 59 100%
1941 73 0.000029962 73 100%
1942 73 0.000026722 73 100%
1943 84 0.00002976 84 100%
1944 96 0.000035687 96 100%
1945 108 0.00004071 108 100%
1946 187 0.000058523 187 100%
1947 241 0.000066901 241 100%
1948 432 0.000125126 432 100%
1949 1510 0.000433313 1510 100%
1950 1640 0.000468122 1634 6 99%
1951 1793 0.000486734 1788 5 99%
1952 1832 0.000482359 1832 100%
1953 1789 0.000464236 1789 100%
1954 1683 0.000422789 1683 100%
1955 2036 0.000507088 2036 100%
1956 2187 0.000530434 2187 100%
1957 2356 0.000560666 2345 11 99%
1958 2829 0.000684341 2822 7 100%
1959 2826 0.000679655 2826 100%
1960 2821 0.000679135 2814 7 100%
1961 3123 0.000753929 3118 5 100%
1962 2842 0.000704272 2831 11 99%
1963 2695 0.000680865 2689 6 100%
1964 2388 0.00061426 2383 5 100%
1965 2032 0.000560482 2026 6 99%
1966 1749 0.000503214 1749 100%
1967 1815 0.000534626 1810 5 99%
1968 1854 0.000548778 1848 6 99%
1969 1684 0.000484559 1676 8 99%
1970 1622 0.000449742 1622 100%
1971 1892 0.000551225 1885 7 99%
1972 1539 0.00048966 1534 5 99%
1973 1499 0.00049687 1499 100%
1974 1199 0.000394408 1199 100%
1975 1139 0.000377228 1139 100%
1976 1047 0.000345055 1047 100%
1977 949 0.000298757 943 6 99%
1978 852 0.000268442 843 9 98%
1979 777 0.000233544 777 100%
1980 686 0.000199158 681 5 99%
1981 640 0.000185005 633 7 98%
1982 671 0.000191279 671 100%
1983 581 0.000167757 581 100%
1984 494 0.000141598 489 5 98%
1985 444 0.000124401 437 7 97%
1986 468 0.000131569 468 100%
1987 469 0.000130075 464 5 98%
1988 504 0.000136399 504 100%
1989 422 0.000109769 422 100%
1990 363 0.000091841 357 6 97%
1991 356 0.000091393 356 100%
1992 289 0.000075235 289 100%
1993 292 0.000077448 292 100%
1994 247 0.00006644 247 100%
1995 191 0.000052155 191 100%
1996 197 0.000054014 197 100%
1997 173 0.000047714 173 100%
1998 151 0.000041053 151 100%
1999 120 0.000032486 120 100%
2000 128 0.000033863 128 100%
2001 124 0.000033125 124 100%
2002 134 0.000035845 134 100%
2003 131 0.000034453 131 100%
2004 220 0.000057578 220 100%
2005 369 0.000095973 369 100%
2006 340 0.000085941 340 100%
2007 472 0.000118068 472 100%
2008 394 0.000100237 394 100%
2009 339 0.000088739 339 100%
2010 308 0.000083339 308 100%
2011 238 0.000065067 238 100%
2012 235 0.000064254 235 100%
2013 265 0.000072689 265 100%
2014 212 0.000057199 212 100%
2015 192 0.000051879 192 100%
2016 182 0.000049609 182 100%
2017 170 0.000047537 170 100%
2018 161 0.000045792 161 100%
2019 164 0.00004725 164 100%
2020 131 0.000039215 131 100%
2021 155 0.00004575 155 100%
2022 119 0.000035174 119 100%
2023 122 0.000036845 122 100%
2024 117 0.000035151 117 100%

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