Meaning not yet researched.
Belva: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 5 in 2025. Its best rank was #234 in 1884.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #234 in 1884; #15,304 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Belva in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#15,304 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1884, at #234.
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Belva: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 5 girls in 2025. Peak: #234 in 1884 · most girls in one year: 184 (1927).
In 2025, 5 US girls were named Belva, making it the 15,304th most common girls’ name of the year. Its best rank for girls was #234, reached in 1884. The most girls given the name in a single year was 184, in 1927. For comparison, it was unranked (under five girls) in 2015 and #900 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Belva in 108 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1881 with 6 babies. In all, 7,960 US babies have been given the name, all of them girls. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 1,650 babies named Belva.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 5 US girls were named Belva; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 5. In 2025 that was about 1 in 321,453 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
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Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #15,304 | — | — |
| 2007 | 5 | #18,041 | — | — |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,534 | — | — |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,785 | — | — |
| 1989 | 6 | #10,995 | — | — |
| 1983 | 7 | #8,124 | — | — |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,656 | — | — |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,573 | — | — |
| 1980 | 12 | #5,576 | — | — |
| 1979 | 11 | #5,779 | — | — |
| 1978 | 8 | #7,003 | — | — |
| 1977 | 11 | #5,559 | — | — |
| 1976 | 10 | #5,628 | — | — |
| 1975 | 10 | #5,556 | — | — |
| 1974 | 10 | #5,390 | — | — |
| 1973 | 10 | #5,219 | — | — |
| 1972 | 14 | #4,104 | — | — |
| 1971 | 13 | #4,324 | — | — |
| 1970 | 16 | #3,729 | — | — |
| 1969 | 16 | #3,472 | — | — |
| 1968 | 24 | #2,546 | — | — |
| 1967 | 17 | #3,097 | — | — |
| 1966 | 21 | #2,674 | — | — |
| 1965 | 23 | #2,548 | — | — |
| 1964 | 30 | #2,201 | — | — |
| 1963 | 42 | #1,791 | — | — |
| 1962 | 37 | #1,892 | — | — |
| 1961 | 46 | #1,668 | — | — |
| 1960 | 51 | #1,561 | — | — |
| 1959 | 63 | #1,349 | — | — |
| 1958 | 51 | #1,499 | — | — |
| 1957 | 72 | #1,238 | — | — |
| 1956 | 64 | #1,298 | — | — |
| 1955 | 84 | #1,095 | — | — |
| 1954 | 65 | #1,229 | — | — |
| 1953 | 97 | #968 | — | — |
| 1952 | 95 | #968 | — | — |
| 1951 | 78 | #1,051 | — | — |
| 1950 | 97 | #900 | — | — |
| 1949 | 92 | #927 | — | — |
| 1948 | 88 | #925 | — | — |
| 1947 | 99 | #885 | — | — |
| 1946 | 117 | #756 | — | — |
| 1945 | 121 | #674 | — | — |
| 1944 | 90 | #806 | — | — |
| 1943 | 107 | #752 | — | — |
| 1942 | 144 | #624 | — | — |
| 1941 | 159 | #552 | — | — |
| 1940 | 128 | #618 | — | — |
| 1939 | 153 | #537 | — | — |
| 1938 | 162 | #534 | — | — |
| 1937 | 162 | #516 | — | — |
| 1936 | 150 | #530 | — | — |
| 1935 | 145 | #535 | — | — |
| 1934 | 151 | #526 | — | — |
| 1933 | 161 | #502 | — | — |
| 1932 | 160 | #515 | — | — |
| 1931 | 162 | #510 | — | — |
| 1930 | 170 | #515 | — | — |
| 1929 | 146 | #566 | — | — |
| 1928 | 166 | #540 | — | — |
| 1927 | 184 | #519 | — | — |
| 1926 | 170 | #536 | — | — |
| 1925 | 147 | #598 | — | — |
| 1924 | 161 | #578 | — | — |
| 1923 | 172 | #550 | — | — |
| 1922 | 161 | #564 | — | — |
| 1921 | 178 | #535 | — | — |
| 1920 | 165 | #559 | — | — |
| 1919 | 165 | #532 | — | — |
| 1918 | 169 | #541 | — | — |
| 1917 | 156 | #534 | — | — |
| 1916 | 170 | #494 | — | — |
| 1915 | 139 | #537 | — | — |
| 1914 | 130 | #485 | — | — |
| 1913 | 97 | #516 | — | — |
| 1912 | 106 | #461 | — | — |
| 1911 | 61 | #536 | — | — |
| 1910 | 72 | #473 | — | — |
| 1909 | 49 | #544 | — | — |
| 1908 | 55 | #488 | — | — |
| 1907 | 69 | #431 | — | — |
| 1906 | 44 | #517 | — | — |
| 1905 | 59 | #439 | — | — |
| 1904 | 38 | #537 | — | — |
| 1903 | 37 | #528 | — | — |
| 1902 | 52 | #429 | — | — |
| 1901 | 41 | #467 | — | — |
| 1900 | 61 | #427 | — | — |
| 1899 | 37 | #480 | — | — |
| 1898 | 35 | #528 | — | — |
| 1897 | 28 | #570 | — | — |
| 1896 | 34 | #506 | — | — |
| 1895 | 36 | #488 | — | — |
| 1894 | 33 | #497 | — | — |
| 1893 | 24 | #574 | — | — |
| 1892 | 27 | #526 | — | — |
| 1891 | 23 | #542 | — | — |
| 1890 | 42 | #386 | — | — |
| 1889 | 31 | #431 | — | — |
| 1888 | 66 | #289 | — | — |
| 1887 | 27 | #424 | — | — |
| 1886 | 23 | #455 | — | — |
| 1885 | 30 | #373 | — | — |
| 1884 | 66 | #234 | — | — |
| 1883 | 5 | #937 | — | — |
| 1882 | 5 | #922 | — | — |
| 1881 | 6 | #747 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).