Belkis
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- BEL-kees
- Origin
- Arabic
- US rank, 2025
- #8,858 for girls
Belkis is a girls' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 8,858th for girls in the US (11 babies).
What does Belkis mean?
Arabic: Turkish and Spanish form of Bilqis
From Bilqis, the name given to the Queen of Sheba in Islamic tradition.
Is Belkis a girl's or a boy's name?
Belkis is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Belkis in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,858among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 150,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the US were named Belkis, making it the 8,858th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,137th. Its busiest year was 1989, with 19 girls. It first appears in the records in 1965.
Half of all the girls named Belkis in the US since 1880 were born between 1983 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
Belkis in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #8,858 |
| 2024 | 10 | #9,551 |
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 8 | #11,225 |
| 2021 | 11 | #8,973 |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 10 | #10,143 |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 9 | #11,454 |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 10 | #10,606 |
| 2005 | 9 | #10,915 |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
| 2000 | 8 | #10,738 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
| 1998 | 12 | #7,527 |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,065 |
| 1996 | 13 | #6,718 |
| 1995 | 9 | #8,761 |
| 1994 | 6 | #11,771 |
| 1993 | 9 | #8,712 |
| 1992 | 11 | #7,504 |
| 1991 | 16 | #5,653 |
| 1990 | 11 | #7,297 |
| 1989 | 19 | #4,664 |
| 1988 | 15 | #5,316 |
| 1987 | 8 | #7,982 |
| 1986 | 14 | #5,185 |
| 1985 | 9 | #6,952 |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,149 |
| 1983 | 6 | #9,013 |
| 1982 | 9 | #6,886 |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,108 |
| 1980 | 9 | #6,788 |
| 1979 | 7 | #8,059 |
| 1978 | 10 | #5,957 |
| 1977 | 9 | #6,338 |
| 1976 | 8 | #6,609 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 9 | #5,775 |
| 1973 | 9 | #5,578 |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,290 |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,322 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 6 | #6,615 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 6 | #6,041 |
| 1966 | 6 | #5,808 |
| 1965 | 5 | #6,538 |
Names like Belkis
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Paris Genesis Bailey Hannah Alexis Jordan Jasmine Taylor Chloe Mia Amaris Alia
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amir Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra
Sources
Figures from 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, “Belkis: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/belkis, updated 20 October 2026.