Belem
Girl · beh-LEM · Hebrew
Belem is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “house of bread”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Belem mean?
Hebrew: Spanish and Portuguese form of Bethlehem
“house of bread”
Spanish and Portuguese form of Bethlehem, birthplace of Jesus; Belem is also a city in Brazil and a district of Lisbon.
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Is Belem a girl's or a boy's name?
Belem is a girls' name.
How popular is Belem in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1999, with 19 girls. It first appears in the records in 1951.
Half of all the girls named Belem in the US since 1880 were born between 1992 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
Belem in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 7 | #12,442 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 8 | #11,776 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 10 | #10,230 |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 11 | #9,971 |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 15 | #7,865 |
| 2005 | 12 | #8,878 |
| 2004 | 12 | #8,711 |
| 2003 | 12 | #8,500 |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,102 |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,013 |
| 2000 | 11 | #8,527 |
| 1999 | 19 | #5,418 |
| 1998 | 9 | #9,254 |
| 1997 | 13 | #6,839 |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
| 1995 | 11 | #7,509 |
| 1994 | 7 | #10,563 |
| 1993 | 8 | #9,552 |
| 1992 | 11 | #7,504 |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,263 |
| 1990 | 17 | #5,281 |
| 1989 | 9 | #8,031 |
| 1988 | 6 | #10,381 |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,820 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,409 |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,390 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 5 | #9,650 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 6 | #4,832 |
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