Belen
Girl · beh-LEN · Hebrew
Belen is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “house of bread”. In 2025 it ranked 785th for girls in the US (345 babies).
What does Belen mean?
Hebrew: Spanish form of Bethlehem
“house of bread”
Belen is the Spanish name for Bethlehem, birthplace of Jesus; its Hebrew name means 'house of bread'.
- Say it
- beh-LEN
Is Belen a girl's or a boy's name?
Belen is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 345 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Belen in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2021, with 5 girls.
Belen in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #4,026 |
| 1997 | 3 | #3,991 |
How popular is Belen in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #785among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 345about 1 in 4,700 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 14% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 345 girls in the US were named Belen, making it the 785th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 881st. Its busiest year was 2024, with 431 girls. It first appears in the records in 1909.
Half of all the girls named Belen in the US since 1880 were born between 1992 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Belen in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 345 | #785 |
| 2024 | 431 | #671 |
| 2023 | 323 | #842 |
| 2022 | 390 | #742 |
| 2021 | 336 | #826 |
| 2020 | 303 | #881 |
| 2019 | 316 | #849 |
| 2018 | 341 | #798 |
| 2017 | 368 | #756 |
| 2016 | 374 | #762 |
| 2015 | 296 | #927 |
| 2014 | 266 | #997 |
| 2013 | 283 | #902 |
| 2012 | 273 | #936 |
| 2011 | 286 | #913 |
| 2010 | 305 | #872 |
| 2009 | 312 | #879 |
| 2008 | 321 | #868 |
| 2007 | 331 | #853 |
| 2006 | 288 | #918 |
| 2005 | 247 | #989 |
| 2004 | 276 | #884 |
| 2003 | 267 | #894 |
| 2002 | 292 | #802 |
| 2001 | 214 | #1,000 |
| 2000 | 229 | #935 |
| 1999 | 171 | #1,141 |
| 1998 | 185 | #1,058 |
| 1997 | 183 | #1,039 |
| 1996 | 157 | #1,153 |
| 1995 | 150 | #1,153 |
| 1994 | 113 | #1,413 |
| 1993 | 136 | #1,256 |
| 1992 | 141 | #1,229 |
| 1991 | 108 | #1,459 |
| 1990 | 127 | #1,275 |
| 1989 | 116 | #1,330 |
| 1988 | 109 | #1,319 |
| 1987 | 89 | #1,458 |
| 1986 | 73 | #1,619 |
| 1985 | 81 | #1,504 |
| 1984 | 73 | #1,550 |
| 1983 | 80 | #1,447 |
| 1982 | 92 | #1,345 |
| 1981 | 74 | #1,580 |
| 1980 | 62 | #1,766 |
| 1979 | 46 | #2,147 |
| 1978 | 67 | #1,598 |
| 1977 | 42 | #2,189 |
| 1976 | 66 | #1,535 |
| 1975 | 42 | #2,060 |
| 1974 | 40 | #2,066 |
| 1973 | 55 | #1,647 |
| 1972 | 46 | #1,832 |
| 1971 | 47 | #1,857 |
| 1970 | 40 | #2,043 |
| 1969 | 32 | #2,254 |
| 1968 | 25 | #2,482 |
| 1967 | 34 | #2,012 |
| 1966 | 32 | #2,057 |
| 1965 | 24 | #2,463 |
| 1964 | 37 | #1,946 |
| 1963 | 31 | #2,130 |
| 1962 | 33 | #2,030 |
| 1961 | 37 | #1,892 |
| 1960 | 41 | #1,763 |
| 1959 | 27 | #2,190 |
| 1958 | 23 | #2,375 |
| 1957 | 37 | #1,783 |
| 1956 | 22 | #2,388 |
| 1955 | 36 | #1,732 |
| 1954 | 24 | #2,185 |
| 1953 | 31 | #1,782 |
| 1952 | 25 | #2,022 |
| 1951 | 35 | #1,610 |
| 1950 | 36 | #1,549 |
| 1949 | 32 | #1,665 |
| 1948 | 22 | #2,069 |
| 1947 | 30 | #1,751 |
| 1946 | 26 | #1,770 |
| 1945 | 13 | #2,457 |
| 1944 | 17 | #2,095 |
| 1943 | 23 | #1,790 |
| 1942 | 21 | #1,859 |
| 1941 | 15 | #2,189 |
| 1940 | 22 | #1,682 |
| 1939 | 22 | #1,638 |
| 1938 | 21 | #1,703 |
| 1937 | 23 | #1,580 |
| 1936 | 24 | #1,507 |
| 1935 | 29 | #1,356 |
| 1934 | 19 | #1,771 |
| 1933 | 25 | #1,470 |
| 1932 | 23 | #1,597 |
| 1931 | 25 | #1,501 |
| 1930 | 21 | #1,747 |
| 1929 | 35 | #1,256 |
| 1928 | 29 | #1,468 |
| 1927 | 24 | #1,727 |
| 1926 | 35 | #1,324 |
| 1925 | 29 | #1,534 |
| 1924 | 28 | #1,612 |
| 1923 | 23 | #1,782 |
| 1922 | 20 | #1,957 |
| 1921 | 25 | #1,723 |
| 1920 | 24 | #1,708 |
| 1919 | 22 | #1,745 |
| 1918 | 18 | #2,028 |
| 1917 | 14 | #2,315 |
| 1916 | 15 | #2,133 |
| 1915 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 1914 | 6 | #3,187 |
| 1913 | 11 | #1,883 |
| 1912 | 8 | #2,143 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 7 | #1,935 |
| 1909 | 8 | #1,607 |
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