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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Belva” in the USA?

Number of people named “Belva” by birth year

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

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

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

Bias in sex for “Belva” by birth year

This chart shows how “Belva” 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
1881 6 0.000031138 6 100%
1882 5 0.00002257 5 100%
1883 5 0.000023047 5 100%
1884 66 0.000271091 66 100%
1885 30 0.000124557 30 100%
1886 23 0.000090084 23 100%
1887 27 0.000109139 27 100%
1888 66 0.000220386 66 100%
1889 31 0.000107286 31 100%
1890 42 0.000139349 42 100%
1891 23 0.000080231 23 100%
1892 27 0.000080748 27 100%
1893 24 0.000073796 24 100%
1894 33 0.000097434 33 100%
1895 36 0.000102558 36 100%
1896 34 0.000095109 34 100%
1897 28 0.000080702 28 100%
1898 35 0.000091754 35 100%
1899 37 0.000109069 37 100%
1900 61 0.000135478 61 100%
1901 41 0.000118562 41 100%
1902 52 0.00013446 52 100%
1903 37 0.000097062 37 100%
1904 38 0.000094179 38 100%
1905 59 0.000139177 59 100%
1906 44 0.000102696 44 100%
1907 69 0.000148263 69 100%
1908 55 0.000112555 55 100%
1909 49 0.000095848 49 100%
1910 72 0.000121887 72 100%
1911 61 0.00009468 61 100%
1912 106 0.000107281 106 100%
1913 97 0.000085304 97 100%
1914 130 0.000091786 130 100%
1915 139 0.000075856 139 100%
1916 170 0.000087882 170 100%
1917 156 0.000077738 156 100%
1918 169 0.00007784 169 100%
1919 165 0.00007819 165 100%
1920 165 0.000072924 165 100%
1921 178 0.000076247 178 100%
1922 161 0.000070332 161 100%
1923 172 0.000074702 172 100%
1924 161 0.000067601 161 100%
1925 147 0.000063001 147 100%
1926 170 0.000074045 170 100%
1927 184 0.000079332 184 100%
1928 166 0.000073421 166 100%
1929 146 0.000066601 146 100%
1930 170 0.000076463 170 100%
1931 162 0.000076982 162 100%
1932 160 0.000075783 160 100%
1933 161 0.000080522 161 100%
1934 151 0.000072707 151 100%
1935 145 0.000069381 145 100%
1936 150 0.000072199 150 100%
1937 162 0.000076032 162 100%
1938 162 0.000073218 162 100%
1939 153 0.000069437 153 100%
1940 128 0.000055587 128 100%
1941 159 0.00006526 159 100%
1942 144 0.000052712 144 100%
1943 107 0.000037909 107 100%
1944 90 0.000033456 90 100%
1945 121 0.00004561 121 100%
1946 117 0.000036616 117 100%
1947 99 0.000027482 99 100%
1948 88 0.000025489 88 100%
1949 92 0.000026401 92 100%
1950 97 0.000027688 97 100%
1951 78 0.000021174 78 100%
1952 95 0.000025013 95 100%
1953 97 0.000025171 97 100%
1954 65 0.000016329 65 100%
1955 84 0.000020921 84 100%
1956 64 0.000015523 64 100%
1957 72 0.000017134 72 100%
1958 51 0.000012337 51 100%
1959 63 0.000015152 63 100%
1960 51 0.000012278 51 100%
1961 46 0.000011105 46 100%
1962 37 0.000009169 37 100%
1963 42 0.000010611 42 100%
1964 30 0.000007717 30 100%
1965 23 0.000006344 23 100%
1966 21 0.000006042 21 100%
1967 17 0.000005008 17 100%
1968 24 0.000007104 24 100%
1969 16 0.000004604 16 100%
1970 16 0.000004436 16 100%
1971 13 0.000003787 13 100%
1972 14 0.000004454 14 100%
1973 10 0.000003315 10 100%
1974 10 0.000003289 10 100%
1975 10 0.000003312 10 100%
1976 10 0.000003296 10 100%
1977 11 0.000003463 11 100%
1978 8 0.000002521 8 100%
1979 11 0.000003306 11 100%
1980 12 0.000003484 12 100%
1981 5 0.000001445 5 100%
1982 5 0.000001425 5 100%
1983 7 0.000002021 7 100%
1989 6 0.000001561 6 100%
1996 5 0.000001371 5 100%
2006 5 0.000001264 5 100%
2007 5 0.000001251 5 100%

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