How popular is “Belma” in the USA?

Number of people named “Belma” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Belma” 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 “Belma” by birth year

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

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

Bias in sex for “Belma” by birth year

This chart shows how “Belma” 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	Bias toward female
1895	5	0.000014244	5	100%
1905	5	0.000011795	5	100%
1907	6	0.000012892	6	100%
1908	5	0.000010232	5	100%
1909	7	0.000013693	7	100%
1910	8	0.000013543	8	100%
1911	7	0.000010865	7	100%
1913	6	0.000005277	6	100%
1914	11	0.000007766	11	100%
1915	17	0.000009277	17	100%
1916	10	0.00000517	10	100%
1917	14	0.000006976	14	100%
1918	18	0.000008291	18	100%
1919	13	0.00000616	13	100%
1920	9	0.000003978	9	100%
1921	8	0.000003427	8	100%
1922	13	0.000005679	13	100%
1923	7	0.00000304	7	100%
1924	13	0.000005458	13	100%
1925	7	0.000003	7	100%
1926	9	0.00000392	9	100%
1927	12	0.000005174	12	100%
1928	14	0.000006192	14	100%
1929	9	0.000004106	9	100%
1930	5	0.000002249	5	100%
1931	9	0.000004277	9	100%
1932	9	0.000004263	9	100%
1933	8	0.000004001	8	100%
1934	7	0.000003371	7	100%
1937	7	0.000003285	7	100%
1938	6	0.000002712	6	100%
1939	7	0.000003177	7	100%
1943	9	0.000003189	9	100%
1944	6	0.00000223	6	100%
1946	6	0.000001878	6	100%
1947	5	0.000001388	5	100%
1950	8	0.000002284	8	100%
1951	7	0.0000019	7	100%
1953	6	0.000001557	6	100%
1954	14	0.000003517	14	100%
1955	9	0.000002242	9	100%
1956	10	0.000002425	10	100%
1957	11	0.000002618	11	100%
1958	7	0.000001693	7	100%
1959	6	0.000001443	6	100%
1960	8	0.000001926	8	100%
1961	5	0.000001207	5	100%
1962	10	0.000002478	10	100%
1963	8	0.000002021	8	100%
1964	6	0.000001543	6	100%
1965	6	0.000001655	6	100%
1966	7	0.000002014	7	100%
1967	5	0.000001473	5	100%
1968	10	0.00000296	10	100%
1971	8	0.000002331	8	100%
1973	7	0.00000232	7	100%
1976	6	0.000001977	6	100%
1986	8	0.000002249	8	100%
1999	13	0.000003519	13	100%
2000	5	0.000001323	5	100%
2002	11	0.000002943	11	100%
2003	18	0.000004734	18	100%
2004	5	0.000001309	5	100%
2005	13	0.000003381	13	100%
2006	13	0.000003286	13	100%
2007	14	0.000003502	14	100%
2008	7	0.000001781	7	100%
2009	6	0.000001571	6	100%
2010	12	0.000003247	12	100%
2011	11	0.000003007	11	100%
2012	7	0.000001914	7	100%
2014	6	0.000001619	6	100%
2019	5	0.000001441	5	100%
2021	5	0.000001476	5	100%

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