How Many People Are Named Belem?
An estimated 286 people in the United States have the first name Belem. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 27 years old, and Belem peaked in popularity in 1999 with 19 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Belem as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Belem paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
286
About 1 in 1,198,442 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
27
years old
Peak Year
1999
19 births
Total Registered
296
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Belem
Belem is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 296 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Belem as a female name
Ranked #12,647 in 2019
7 female births in 2019
Peak: 1999 (19 births)
Belem: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Belem span from the 1950s to the 2010s, covering 6 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1990s, when 108 babies were registered. While Belem is less common than at its peak in the 1990s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Belem by Decade
How has Belem tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Belem by State
Belem + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Belem as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Belem
Other first names starting with B with a similar number of bearers.
Belem: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Belem?
We estimate approximately 286 people named Belem are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 1,198,442 Americans share this first name.
Is Belem a common name?
Belem is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 78.7% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 296 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Belem most popular?
Belem reached peak popularity in 1999, when 19 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Belem is approximately 27 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Belem a female name?
Belem is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Belem Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Belem Smith, Belem Johnson, Belem Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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