NameTides

Belen

Belen was the #785 girls' name in the US in 2025 (345 babies), and #3,478 in Canada.

Belen as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Belen as a girl’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.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020USCanada
Belen as a girl’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.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
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#785 (345)—#3,478 (5)
2024#671 (431)—#2,685 (7)
2023#842 (323)—#2,900 (6)
2022#742 (390)—#2,315 (8)
2021#826 (336)#4,634 (4)#2,893 (6)
2020#881 (303)——
2019#849 (316)——
2018#798 (341)—#3,286 (5)
2017#756 (368)—#2,374 (8)
2016#762 (374)—#2,383 (8)
2015#927 (296)—#2,599 (7)
2014#997 (266)#4,684 (4)#1,786 (12)
2013#902 (283)——
2012#936 (273)—#3,334 (5)
2011#913 (286)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2024 at #671.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1909.

How common is it?

about 1 in 4,700 baby girls 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
USGirls2025about 1 in 4,700uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 30,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Belen is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 4,200 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 3,300 to 1 in 5,400.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Belen by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #915WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #1,240ILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,028NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: #429ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #1,271OHPennsylvania: #1,392PANew Jersey: #774NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #432CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #907CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #484VAMaryland: #427MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #388AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #834NCSouth Carolina: #688SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #984GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #539TXFlorida: #674FL
Belen (girls) 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
BelenCanadaGirls#3,4785
BelenEngland & WalesGirls—too few
BelenUSGirls#785345
BelenUSBoys—too few