Belia
Belia is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 974th, in 1931.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 193151 births
- Best rank
- #974in 1931
- Since 1909
- 2,058people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,058 girls have been named Belia in the United States since 1909, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1931, with 51 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 51 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1951, and the 1930s alone account for 17%. It has spent 1 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Belia | |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 5 | |
| 1910s | 53 | |
| 1920s | 281 | |
| 1930s | 360 | |
| 1940s | 294 | |
| 1950s | 331 | |
| 1960s | 246 | |
| 1970s | 185 | |
| 1980s | 101 | |
| 1990s | 56 | |
| 2000s | 49 | |
| 2010s | 73 | |
| 2020s | 24 |
In 1931, its biggest year
Belia was the 974th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1931 were Mary, Betty, Dorothy, Barbara and Joan. See all of 1931.
Names that rose and fell with Belia
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Joyepeak 1932
- Genellpeak 1932
- Ernestinapeak 1947
- Socorropeak 1929
- Armidapeak 1930
- Conchitapeak 1962
- Darlinepeak 1927
- Billiepeak 1930
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.