NameTides

Belal

Belal was the #7,194 boys' name in the US in 2025 (11 babies), and #3,684 in England & Wales and #3,153 in Canada.

Belal as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Belal as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesUS
Belal as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#7,194 (11)#3,684 (5)#3,153 (5)
2024#6,199 (14)#4,271 (4)—
2023#6,897 (12)—#2,921 (5)
2022#6,828 (12)#3,450 (5)—
2021#4,936 (19)#4,789 (3)—
2020#7,502 (10)#3,334 (5)#2,013 (8)
2019#5,153 (18)#3,937 (4)#2,756 (5)
2018#4,918 (19)#4,749 (3)—
2017#6,060 (14)#3,996 (4)—
2016#4,624 (21)#3,079 (6)—
2015#5,289 (17)#4,747 (3)#2,387 (6)
2014#8,130 (9)—#2,371 (6)
2013#6,241 (13)#3,822 (4)#2,305 (6)
2012#5,035 (18)#3,987 (4)—
2011#6,578 (12)#2,892 (6)#1,569 (11)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2003 at #3,280.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1977.

How common is it?

about 1 in 170,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 170,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 56,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 32,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Belal is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 180,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 130,000 to 1 in 260,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Belal by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: fewer than 5 babiesCAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,574TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Belal (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
BelalCanadaBoys#3,1535
BelalEngland & WalesBoys#3,6845
BelalNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
BelalUSBoys#7,19411