Belinda

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Belinda: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Belinda: Recorded since 1957, it reached #6 in 1974, and it stood at #3,695 in 2024.

5registrars recorded it
144times a registrar ranked it
68years from first to last
#6highest recorded position
34groupings it qualifies for
15names it appears alongside

What stands out in Belinda's record

Held a top-100 place for 36 years running. Names by top-100 run

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#571
1997	#789
1998	#737
1999	#736
2000	#969
2001	#898
2002	#1530
2003	#909
2004	#1715
2005	#2247
2006	#2781
2007	#2233
2008	#2150
2009	#2535
2010	#3156
2011	#2432
2012	#3285
2013	#2062
2014	#4684
2015	#2945
2016	#5785
2018	#3985
2019	#3541
2021	#4634
2023	#5687
2024	#3695

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Norway in 34 of the 54 years from 1960 to 2013.

In 2013: #563 among girls in Norway, #2062 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 5 national registrars across 5 regions, 1957–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1957
First recorded at #92 among girls in New South Wales, Australia in 1957 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
New South Wales, Australia · Girls
Highest recorded1957–1992
Highest recorded position: #6 among girls in New South Wales, Australia, in 1974 (recorded 1957–1992).
New South Wales, Australia · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3695 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Belinda appears in 5 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is New South Wales, Australia · Girls, which has ranked it in 36 years beginning in 1957, and has registered 11,282 births with the name.

Belinda across 5 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Belinda's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Girls	#458 (1960)	#223 (1976)	#563 (2013)	34 of 54	323 (1960–2013)	20 (1976)
New South Wales, Australia · Girls	#92 (1957)	#6 (1974)	#88 (1992)	36 of 36	11,282 (1957–1992)	729 (1974)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#186 (1964)	#179 (1967)	#498 (1998)	34 of 35	440 (1964–1998)	23 (1976)
England and Wales · Girls	#571 (1996)	#571 (1996)	#3695 (2024)	26 of 29	354 (1996–2024)	43 (1996)
New Zealand · Girls	#97 (1965)	#40 (1975)	#96 (1981)	14 of 17	1,254 (1965–1981)	139 (1975)

Belinda by decade in New South Wales, Australia · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Belinda in New South Wales, Australia · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1950s	281	3 of 10	94
1960s	2,083	10 of 10	208
1970sbusiest	5,587	10 of 10	559
1980s	2,968	10 of 10	297
1990s	363	3 of 10	121

Across New South Wales, Australia · Girls, the 1970s were its busiest decade, averaging 559 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1972 and 1973, when recorded births rose by 179, from 402 to 581.

See the names New South Wales, Australiahas recorded the most births with →

Belinda appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1957 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #6 in New South Wales, Australia in 1976.

Belinda's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#3695	6	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#5687	3	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#4634	4	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#3541	6	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3985	5	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2945	8	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2062	13	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#3285	7	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2432	10	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#3156	7	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2535	9	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2150	11	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2233	10	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2781	7	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2247	9	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1715	12	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#909	27	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1530	12	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#898	25	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#969	22	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#736	31	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#737	31	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#789	29	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#571	43	High	Verified
1992	New South Wales, Australia	female	#88	98	Insufficient	Not yet available
1991	New South Wales, Australia	female	#66	112	Insufficient	Not yet available
1990	New South Wales, Australia	female	#44	153	Insufficient	Not yet available
1989	New South Wales, Australia	female	#45	162	Insufficient	Not yet available
1988	New South Wales, Australia	female	#48	159	Insufficient	Not yet available
1987	New South Wales, Australia	female	#37	187	Insufficient	Not yet available
1986	New South Wales, Australia	female	#30	217	Insufficient	Not yet available
1985	New South Wales, Australia	female	#26	270	Insufficient	Not yet available
1984	New South Wales, Australia	female	#29	263	Insufficient	Not yet available
1983	New South Wales, Australia	female	#16	382	Insufficient	Not yet available
1982	New South Wales, Australia	female	#17	407	Insufficient	Not yet available
1981	New South Wales, Australia	female	#10	468	Insufficient	Not yet available
1980	New South Wales, Australia	female	#12	453	Insufficient	Not yet available
1979	New South Wales, Australia	female	#10	519	Insufficient	Not yet available
1978	New South Wales, Australia	female	#7	593	Insufficient	Not yet available
1977	New South Wales, Australia	female	#8	582	Insufficient	Not yet available
1976	New South Wales, Australia	female	#6	688	Insufficient	Not yet available
1975	New South Wales, Australia	female	#6	653	Insufficient	Not yet available
1974	New South Wales, Australia	female	#6	729	Insufficient	Not yet available
1973	New South Wales, Australia	female	#8	581	Insufficient	Not yet available
1972	New South Wales, Australia	female	#19	402	Insufficient	Not yet available
1971	New South Wales, Australia	female	#16	474	Insufficient	Not yet available
1970	New South Wales, Australia	female	#23	366	Insufficient	Not yet available
1969	New South Wales, Australia	female	#30	301	Insufficient	Not yet available
1968	New South Wales, Australia	female	#36	245	Insufficient	Not yet available
1967	New South Wales, Australia	female	#35	251	Insufficient	Not yet available
1966	New South Wales, Australia	female	#37	237	Insufficient	Not yet available
1965	New South Wales, Australia	female	#48	188	Insufficient	Not yet available
1964	New South Wales, Australia	female	#57	163	Insufficient	Not yet available
1963	New South Wales, Australia	female	#49	208	Insufficient	Not yet available
1962	New South Wales, Australia	female	#53	197	Insufficient	Not yet available
1961	New South Wales, Australia	female	#59	169	Insufficient	Not yet available
1960	New South Wales, Australia	female	#70	124	Insufficient	Not yet available
1959	New South Wales, Australia	female	#86	97	Insufficient	Not yet available
1958	New South Wales, Australia	female	#78	108	Insufficient	Not yet available
1957	New South Wales, Australia	female	#92	76	Insufficient	Not yet available
1981	New Zealand	female	#96	54	High	Verified
1980	New Zealand	female	#90	56	High	Verified
1979	New Zealand	female	#98	54	High	Verified
1978	New Zealand	female	#57	90	High	Verified
1977	New Zealand	female	#56	98	High	Verified
1976	New Zealand	female	#42	122	High	Verified
1975	New Zealand	female	#40	139	High	Verified
1974	New Zealand	female	#53	123	High	Verified
1973	New Zealand	female	#63	104	High	Verified
1972	New Zealand	female	#76	82	High	Verified
1971	New Zealand	female	#65	101	High	Verified
1970	New Zealand	female	#70	93	High	Verified
1969	New Zealand	female	#91	73	High	Verified
1965	New Zealand	female	#97	65	High	Verified
2013	Norway	female	#563	4	High	Verified
2012	Norway	female	#517	5	High	Verified
2011	Norway	female	#533	5	High	Verified
2006	Norway	female	#512	6	High	Verified
2005	Norway	female	#583	4	High	Verified
2002	Norway	female	#597	4	High	Verified
1996	Norway	female	#625	4	High	Verified
1995	Norway	female	#617	4	High	Verified
1994	Norway	female	#400	9	High	Verified
1992	Norway	female	#397	10	High	Verified
1991	Norway	female	#426	9	High	Verified
1990	Norway	female	#468	8	High	Verified
1989	Norway	female	#415	10	High	Verified
1988	Norway	female	#264	20	High	Verified
1986	Norway	female	#383	11	High	Verified
1985	Norway	female	#389	11	High	Verified
1984	Norway	female	#592	5	High	Verified
1982	Norway	female	#415	9	High	Verified
1981	Norway	female	#430	8	High	Verified
1980	Norway	female	#478	7	High	Verified
1979	Norway	female	#312	13	High	Verified
1978	Norway	female	#258	18	High	Verified
1977	Norway	female	#287	15	High	Verified
1976	Norway	female	#223	20	High	Verified
1975	Norway	female	#318	12	High	Verified
1974	Norway	female	#284	15	High	Verified
1973	Norway	female	#323	12	High	Verified
1972	Norway	female	#342	11	High	Verified
1971	Norway	female	#240	19	High	Verified
1970	Norway	female	#288	13	High	Verified
1968	Norway	female	#450	6	High	Verified
1967	Norway	female	#413	7	High	Verified
1966	Norway	female	#463	5	High	Verified
1960	Norway	female	#458	4	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#498	3	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#363	7	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#534	3	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#502	3	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#340	8	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	female	#304	10	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#319	9	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#281	11	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#250	14	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#304	10	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#362	7	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#305	10	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#456	4	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#236	17	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#298	11	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#286	13	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#259	16	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#297	12	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#243	18	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#244	17	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#215	22	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#215	23	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#220	20	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#233	18	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#245	17	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#276	11	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#257	12	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#230	13	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#211	18	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	female	#193	20	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	female	#179	20	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	female	#256	8	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	female	#186	18	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	female	#186	17	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 5 registrars between 1957 and 2024, ranked in 65 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #6, first reached in 1974.

It held a top-100 place in 36 years, 36 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 729 births, registered in New South Wales, Australia in 1974.

1 registrar ranked it inside their own top 10.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1960, and 39 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Belal · #1578, 27y
Bella · #26, 30y
Bella-Grace · #3117, 12y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 5 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Elaine · #6, 69y
Leanne · #6, 68y
Bridget · #7, 62y
Frida · #5, 69y

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1950 and 1959.

Ben · #6, 72y
Craig · #6, 72y
Debra · #6, 57y
Elaine · #6, 69y

Comparisons involving Belinda

Existing comparison pages where Belinda and another name were ranked in the same published list, in the same years, on the same scale. Each has its own evidence; none of them says the names are alike.

Longest shared records

Names ranked alongside Belinda in the same published list across at least 25 years.

Karen vs Belinda
In 1974, Belinda moved ahead of Karen in New South Wales, Australia · Girls — #6 and #8 the year before became #9 and #6.
Karen · Belinda · 30 shared years, 1957–1986 · One moved ahead of the other
See the 1974 New South Wales, Australia ranking
Sarah vs Belinda
In 1977, Sarah moved ahead of Belinda in New South Wales, Australia · Girls — #11 and #6 the year before became #7 and #8.
Sarah · Belinda · 28 shared years, 1965–1992 · One moved ahead of the other
See the 1977 New South Wales, Australia ranking
Angela vs Belinda
Across 36 shared years in New South Wales, Australia · Girls, Angela and Belinda averaged 7.6 places apart, ending at #58 and #88.
Angela · Belinda · 36 shared years, 1957–1992 · Closest over the longest run
See the 1992 New South Wales, Australia ranking

Closest long-running positions

Names that stayed close to Belinda within one registrar's list over many years. A gap measured inside that list, never across registrars.

Kelly vs Belinda
Across 28 shared years in New South Wales, Australia · Girls, Kelly and Belinda averaged 10.8 places apart, ending at #83 and #88.
Kelly · Belinda · 28 shared years, 1964–1992 · Closest over the longest run
See the 1992 New South Wales, Australia ranking
Belinda vs Alison
Across 36 shared years in New South Wales, Australia · Girls, Belinda and Alison averaged 11.5 places apart, ending at #88 and #94.
Belinda · Alison · 36 shared years, 1957–1992 · Closest over the longest run
See the 1992 New South Wales, Australia ranking
Kylie vs Belinda
Across 25 shared years in New South Wales, Australia · Girls, Kylie and Belinda averaged 11.8 places apart, ending at #82 and #45.
Kylie · Belinda · 25 shared years, 1965–1989 · Closest over the longest run
See the 1989 New South Wales, Australia ranking

Order changes

Pairs where Belinda and another name exchanged position in a published list, taken as the final meaningful change.

Jessica vs Belinda
In 1982, Jessica moved ahead of Belinda in New South Wales, Australia · Girls — #21 and #10 the year before became #7 and #17.
Jessica · Belinda · 17 shared years, 1976–1992 · One moved ahead of the other
See the 1982 New South Wales, Australia ranking
Fiona vs Belinda
In 1973, Belinda moved ahead of Fiona in New South Wales, Australia · Girls — #16 and #19 the year before became #15 and #8.
Fiona · Belinda · 31 shared years, 1957–1987 · One moved ahead of the other
See the 1973 New South Wales, Australia ranking
Joanne vs Belinda
In 1973, Belinda moved ahead of Joanne in New South Wales, Australia · Girls — #6 and #19 the year before became #11 and #8.
Joanne · Belinda · 32 shared years, 1957–1988 · One moved ahead of the other
See the 1973 New South Wales, Australia ranking

Compared inside New South Wales, Australia lists

Pairs involving Belinda measured in New South Wales, Australia's own published lists — the registrar that recorded Belinda at its highest position.

Julie vs Belinda
In 1973, Belinda moved ahead of Julie in New South Wales, Australia · Girls — #12 and #19 the year before became #12 and #8.
Julie · Belinda · 31 shared years, 1957–1987 · One moved ahead of the other
See the 1973 New South Wales, Australia ranking
Kim vs Belinda
In 1973, Belinda moved ahead of Kim in New South Wales, Australia · Girls — #13 and #19 the year before became #20 and #8.
Kim · Belinda · 28 shared years, 1957–1984 · One moved ahead of the other
See the 1973 New South Wales, Australia ranking
Rebecca vs Belinda
In 1972, Rebecca moved ahead of Belinda in New South Wales, Australia · Girls — #17 and #16 the year before became #8 and #19.
Rebecca · Belinda · 27 shared years, 1966–1992 · One moved ahead of the other
See the 1972 New South Wales, Australia ranking

New South Wales, Australia overview→

Belinda was ranked #6 in New South Wales, Australia · Girls in 1974. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Belinda and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Belinda without appearing here.

Belinda moved ahead of

Donna Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5687 and #5687 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3695 and #5891.
Kirsten Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5687 and #4056 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3695 and #5891.
Brittany Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4634 and #3519 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3695 and #4843.
Karen Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4634 and #3192 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3695 and #4843.

Moved ahead of Belinda

Meabh Compare
In 2015 they stood at #2945 and #4103 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #5785 and #2233.
Ezra Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2062 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #4684 and #1628.
Mona Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3541 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #4634 and #1628.
Pamela Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3541 and #4001 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #4634 and #1628.

Moved the opposite way to Belinda

Amanda Compare
Between 1971 and 2013 in Norway · Girls, Belinda went from #240 to #563 while Amanda went from #556 to #31.
Tuva Compare
Between 1971 and 2013 in Norway · Girls, Belinda went from #240 to #563 while Tuva went from #549 to #21.
Oda Compare
Between 1972 and 2013 in Norway · Girls, Belinda went from #342 to #563 while Oda went from #619 to #27.
Tara Compare
Between 1973 and 2013 in Norway · Girls, Belinda went from #323 to #563 while Tara went from #613 to #302.

Moved the same way as Belinda

Annie Compare
Between 1964 and 1998 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Belinda went from #186 to #498 and Annie from #112 to #159.
Audrey Compare
Between 1964 and 1998 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Belinda went from #186 to #498 and Audrey from #85 to #345.
Deirdre Compare
Between 1964 and 1998 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Belinda went from #186 to #498 and Deirdre from #14 to #152.
Diane Compare
Between 1964 and 1998 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Belinda went from #186 to #498 and Diane from #215 to #319.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1957 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #6 in New South Wales, Australia in 1976. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Belinda

Belinda at a glance

What stands out in Belinda's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Belinda across 5 official records

Belinda by decade in New South Wales, Australia · Girls

Belinda appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Comparisons involving Belinda

Longest shared records

Closest long-running positions

Order changes

Compared inside New South Wales, Australia lists

Names published alongside Belinda

Belinda and the names beside it

Belinda moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Belinda

Moved the opposite way to Belinda

Moved the same way as Belinda

Belinda at a glance

What stands out in Belinda's record

Belinda across 5 official records

Belinda by decade in New South Wales, Australia · Girls

Belinda appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Comparisons involving Belinda

Longest shared records

Closest long-running positions

Order changes

Compared inside New South Wales, Australia lists

Names published alongside Belinda

Belinda and the names beside it

Belinda moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Belinda

Moved the opposite way to Belinda

Moved the same way as Belinda