Belton
Belton is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 804th, in 1895.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 192333 births
- Best rank
- #804in 1895
- Since 1881
- 1,178people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,178 boys have been named Belton in the United States since 1881, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1923, with 33 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 33 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1933, and the 1920s alone account for 22%. It has spent 5 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Belton | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 10 | |
| 1890s | 28 | |
| 1900s | 44 | |
| 1910s | 188 | |
| 1920s | 258 | |
| 1930s | 179 | |
| 1940s | 160 | |
| 1950s | 142 | |
| 1960s | 96 | |
| 1970s | 33 | |
| 1980s | 24 | |
| 1990s | 10 | |
| 2000s | 6 |
In 1923, its biggest year
Belton was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1923 were John, Robert, William, James and Charles. See all of 1923.
Names that rose and fell with Belton
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Ruelpeak 1915
- Adolfpeak 1918
- Eligahpeak 1918
- Othapeak 1920
- Colliepeak 1915
- Carletonpeak 1923
- Orvalpeak 1918
- Chalmerspeak 1919
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.