# Belinda (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/belinda/  
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 | “beautiful”, “soft” |
| Pronunciation | /bəˈlɪndə/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 73,110 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 150 / 72,960 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 357, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Belle + -inda, base from various Romance sources such as French belle, Italian bella (“beautiful”), suffix Latinate form of German linde (“soft”) (English linden, lithe). Popularised by Alexander Pope in his poem The Rape of the Lock (1714). The moon is named after a character in Pope's poem.

## What it means

Belinda is grouped under beauty.

## 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 | 238 | 1,042 |
| 2012 | 235 | 1,068 |
| 2013 | 265 | 956 |
| 2014 | 212 | 1,163 |
| 2015 | 192 | 1,267 |
| 2016 | 182 | 1,315 |
| 2017 | 170 | 1,361 |
| 2018 | 161 | 1,392 |
| 2019 | 164 | 1,373 |
| 2020 | 131 | 1,594 |
| 2021 | 155 | 1,406 |
| 2022 | 119 | 1,743 |
| 2023 | 122 | 1,692 |
| 2024 | 118 | 1,721 |
| 2025 | 110 | 1,819 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1964 | 5 | 4,096 |
| 1965 | 6 | 3,568 |
| 1967 | 5 | 4,012 |
| 1968 | 6 | 3,711 |
| 1969 | 8 | 3,335 |
| 1971 | 7 | 3,999 |
| 1972 | 5 | 5,060 |
| 1977 | 6 | 5,188 |
| 1978 | 9 | 3,883 |
| 1980 | 5 | 6,343 |
| 1981 | 7 | 5,001 |
| 1984 | 5 | 6,418 |
| 1985 | 7 | 5,197 |
| 1987 | 5 | 7,059 |
| 1990 | 6 | 7,268 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 11 | 2,150 |
| 2009 | 9 | 2,535 |
| 2010 | 7 | 3,156 |
| 2011 | 10 | 2,432 |
| 2012 | 7 | 3,285 |
| 2013 | 13 | 2,062 |
| 2014 | 4 | 4,684 |
| 2015 | 8 | 2,945 |
| 2016 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2018 | 5 | 3,985 |
| 2019 | 6 | 3,541 |
| 2021 | 4 | 4,634 |
| 2023 | 3 | 5,687 |
| 2024 | 6 | 3,695 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,927 |

## In other languages

- Japanese: ベリンダ
- Polish: Belinda
- Russian: Бели́нда

## People named Belinda

- Belinda Carlisle, American singer (born 1958)
- Belinda Lee, English actress (1935-1961)
- Belinda Snell, Australian basketball player (born 1981)
- Belinda Green, Australian model, Miss World 1972
- Belinda Stowell, Australian sailor
- Belinda Montgomery, Canadian-American actress
- Belinda Bauer, British writer
- Belinda Bauer, actress
- Belinda Emmett, Australian actress (1974-2006)
- Belinda Hocking, Australian swimmer, Olympic athlete, Commonwealth Games gold medallist
- Belinda Balluku, Albanian politician
- Belinda Clark, Australian cricketer (born 1970)

## 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.