Belva was the #14,942 girls' name in the US in 2025 (5 babies).
Belva as a girl’s name
US
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
2025
#14,942 (5)
2007
#17,636 (5)
2006
#17,168 (5)
1996
#13,518 (5)
1989
#10,847 (6)
1983
#8,047 (7)
1982
#10,517 (5)
1981
#10,411 (5)
1980
#5,544 (12)
1979
#5,751 (11)
1978
#6,948 (8)
1977
#5,532 (11)
1976
#5,601 (10)
1975
#5,516 (10)
1974
#5,360 (10)
The tide so far
Peaked in the US in 1884 at #234.
First recorded in the US in 1881.
How common is it?
about 1 in 330,000 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.