Belma
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- BEL-mah
- Origin
- Turkish
Belma is a girls' name of Turkish origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Belma come from?
Turkish
Is Belma a girl's or a boy's name?
Belma is a girls' name.
How popular is Belma in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1918, with 18 girls. It first appears in the records in 1895.
Half of all the girls named Belma in the US since 1880 were born between 1922 and 1976, the years shaded on the chart below.
Belma in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 5 | #15,532 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 11 | #9,719 |
| 2010 | 12 | #9,227 |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
| 2007 | 14 | #8,516 |
| 2006 | 13 | #8,711 |
| 2005 | 13 | #8,325 |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 18 | #6,294 |
| 2002 | 11 | #8,831 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 13 | #7,233 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 8 | #7,745 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 6 | #8,154 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 7 | #6,664 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 8 | #6,004 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 10 | #4,488 |
| 1967 | 5 | #6,803 |
| 1966 | 7 | #5,272 |
| 1965 | 6 | #5,816 |
| 1964 | 6 | #6,008 |
| 1963 | 8 | #4,895 |
| 1962 | 10 | #4,262 |
| 1961 | 5 | #6,566 |
| 1960 | 8 | #4,772 |
| 1959 | 6 | #5,565 |
| 1958 | 7 | #4,889 |
| 1957 | 11 | #3,695 |
| 1956 | 10 | #3,909 |
| 1955 | 9 | #4,068 |
| 1954 | 14 | #3,018 |
| 1953 | 6 | #5,039 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 7 | #4,384 |
| 1950 | 8 | #3,960 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 5 | #5,293 |
| 1946 | 6 | #4,416 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 6 | #4,052 |
| 1943 | 9 | #3,248 |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 7 | #3,427 |
| 1938 | 6 | #3,845 |
| 1937 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 7 | #3,447 |
| 1933 | 8 | #3,108 |
| 1932 | 9 | #3,045 |
| 1931 | 9 | #2,970 |
| 1930 | 5 | #4,548 |
| 1929 | 9 | #3,135 |
| 1928 | 14 | #2,380 |
| 1927 | 12 | #2,698 |
| 1926 | 9 | #3,268 |
| 1925 | 7 | #4,027 |
| 1924 | 13 | #2,660 |
| 1923 | 7 | #3,970 |
| 1922 | 13 | #2,611 |
| 1921 | 8 | #3,665 |
| 1920 | 9 | #3,339 |
| 1919 | 13 | #2,515 |
| 1918 | 18 | #2,028 |
| 1917 | 14 | #2,315 |
| 1916 | 10 | #2,832 |
| 1915 | 17 | #1,882 |
| 1914 | 11 | #2,125 |
| 1913 | 6 | #2,825 |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 7 | #1,956 |
| 1910 | 8 | #1,773 |
| 1909 | 7 | #1,763 |
| 1908 | 5 | #2,101 |
| 1907 | 6 | #1,820 |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 5 | #1,930 |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 5 | #1,592 |
Names like Belma
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Stella, Ella, Vera, Ada, Emma, Alma, Eva, Anna, Lola, Lena, Nina, Clara
Names related to Belma
More Turkish names
Ayla, Aylin, Alara, Ayda, Orhan, Ayzel, Kaya, Aydin, Aslan, Eren, Evren, Ayaz, Ela, Aylah, Aleyna, Deniz
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, “Belma: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/belma, updated 20 October 2026.