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Belinda

Gender
Girl
UK rank, 2025
#5,990 for girls
US rank, 2025
#1,818 for girls

Belinda is a girls' name, meaning “beautiful”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 1,818th for girls in the US (110 babies).

What does Belinda mean?

“beautiful”

A female given name originating as a coinage.

From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Is Belinda a girl's or a boy's name?

Belinda is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 110 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Belinda in the UK?

Rank in 2025
5,990th among girls
Babies in 2025
3 about 1 in 93,000 girls
Five-year trend
Steady much the same
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Belinda, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 1996, with 44 girls.

Half of all the girls named Belinda in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2008. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 44 in 19962025
Belinda in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20253#5,990
20246#3,758
20233#5,929
20220–
20215#4,148
20200–
20196#3,738
20186#3,702
20170–
20163#6,009
20158#3,114
20144#4,888
201314#2,061
20127#3,471
201110#2,582
20108#2,992
200910#2,478
200811#2,286
200710#2,354
20068#2,657
200511#2,061
200413#1,722
200329#936
200212#1,649
200125#955
200024#987
199934#752
199833#775
199732#797
199644#610

How popular is Belinda in the US?

Rank in 2025
1,818th among girls
Babies in 2025
110 about 1 in 15,000 girls
Five-year trend
Steady down 23% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 110 girls in the US were named Belinda, making it the 1,818th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,593rd. Its busiest year was 1961, with 3,120 girls. It first appears in the records in 1889.

2025 had fewer girls named Belinda than any year since 1945.

Half of all the girls named Belinda in the US since 1880 were born between 1957 and 1974, the years shaded on the chart below.

1889Busiest: 3,120 in 19612025
Belinda in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025110#1,818
2024118#1,719
2023122#1,692
2022119#1,742
2021155#1,405
2020131#1,593
2019164#1,373
2018161#1,391
2017170#1,360
2016182#1,313
2015192#1,266
2014212#1,163
2013265#956
2012235#1,067
2011238#1,042
2010308#865
2009339#830
2008394#751
2007472#631
2006340#806
2005369#733
2004220#1,050
2003131#1,485
2002134#1,424
2001124#1,505
2000128#1,429
1999120#1,449
1998151#1,211
1997173#1,085
1996197#969
1995191#980
1994247#811
1993292#724
1992289#732
1991356#630
1990357#624
1989422#540
1988504#449
1987464#470
1986468#459
1985437#480
1984489#431
1983581#382
1982670#349
1981632#370
1980681#349
1979777#309
1978843#273
1977943#264
19761,047#230
19751,139#216
19741,199#210
19731,499#181
19721,534#188
19711,885#164
19701,622#200
19691,676#193
19681,848#176
19671,809#175
19661,749#188
19652,026#172
19642,382#161
19632,689#150
19622,831#149
19613,120#141
19602,814#150
19592,825#150
19582,822#144
19572,345#164
19562,187#167
19552,036#170
19541,683#188
19531,789#174
19521,832#172
19511,788#171
19501,634#173
19491,510#185
1948432#381
1947241#542
1946187#585
1945108#717
194496#778
194384#849
194273#917
194173#851
194059#935
193941#1,132
193843#1,091
193729#1,355
193627#1,413
193515#2,094
193419#1,771
193310#2,687
193216#2,036
19317#3,495
193012#2,551
192910#2,920
19286#4,193
192717#2,168
192614#2,473
19259#3,361
19247#4,000
19237#3,970
192210#3,150
192117#2,195
192011#2,899
19197#3,815
191818#2,028
19176#4,081
191610#2,832
191513#2,254
191410#2,264
19130–
19125#2,977
19118#1,792
19106#2,140
19090–
19086#1,862
19076#1,820
19060–
19058#1,419
19040–
19036#1,592
19020–
19016#1,466
19000–
18995#1,595
18980–
18975#1,554
18960–
18950–
18946#1,352
18930–
18920–
18910–
18907#1,099
18895#1,278

Names like Belinda

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Jessica, Francesca, Melissa, Holly, Alexandra, Rebecca, Georgina, Joanna, Fatima, Alana, Tara, Robyn

Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Belinda: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/belinda, updated 20 October 2026.