How Many People Are Named Belen?
people named Belen are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 29,774 people in the US has this name
Based on 12,366 babies named Belen in Social Security records from 1909 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
π Rare
Peak Year
431 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
π Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Spanish form of Bethlehem, the name of the town in Judah where King David and Jesus were born. The town's name is derived via Greek from Hebrew ΧΦΌΦ΅ΧΧͺ ΧΦΈΧΦΆΧ (beit lachem) meaning "house of bread".
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
β§ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Belen, 99.3% were girls and 0.7% were boys.
π₯ Age Distribution
The average person named Belen alive today is about 21 years old, and 76% are under 30. Half of them were between 8 and 29 in 2025.
π Popularity Over Time
Belen first appears in the records in 1909 and was given most often in 2024, to 431 babies. In 2025, 345 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1909 to 2025
π Rank History
Belen has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #671, in 2024. In 2025 it ranked #785.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #785 |
| Best rank | #671 (2024) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #880 in the 2010s |
π State-Wise Distribution
People named Belen alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Belen were born in California than in any other state: about 4,139 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Belen was given 3.3 times as often in California, 2.6 times in Arizona and 2.3 times in Texas.
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