# Belen (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/belen/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 12,366 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 79 / 12,287 (99% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 20, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 286 | 913 |
| 2012 | 273 | 936 |
| 2013 | 283 | 902 |
| 2014 | 266 | 998 |
| 2015 | 296 | 927 |
| 2016 | 374 | 762 |
| 2017 | 368 | 756 |
| 2018 | 341 | 798 |
| 2019 | 316 | 849 |
| 2020 | 303 | 881 |
| 2021 | 336 | 826 |
| 2022 | 390 | 743 |
| 2023 | 323 | 842 |
| 2024 | 431 | 671 |
| 2025 | 345 | 785 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 8 | 4,638 |
| 1990 | 7 | 6,471 |
| 1991 | 6 | 7,358 |
| 1992 | 6 | 7,512 |
| 1993 | 5 | 8,829 |
| 1994 | 6 | 7,869 |
| 1997 | 5 | 9,415 |
| 2005 | 6 | 10,261 |
| 2006 | 7 | 9,688 |
| 2007 | 7 | 9,884 |
| 2017 | 5 | 12,501 |
| 2020 | 5 | 12,258 |
| 2022 | 6 | 11,047 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 3 | 3,824 |
| 1998 | 3 | 3,848 |
| 2002 | 3 | 4,137 |
| 2004 | 3 | 4,598 |
| 2014 | 4 | 4,684 |
| 2021 | 4 | 4,634 |

## People named Belen

- Belén Rodríguez, Argentinian television personality, actress and model (born 1984)
- Belén Succi, Argentine field hockey player
- Belén Casetta, Argentine female steeplechase runner
- María Belén Pérez Maurice, Argentine fencer
- Candela Belén Francisco Guecamburu, Argentine chess player

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.