Belva is an uncommon girls' name that peaked in 1927 and has since faded.
Belva is a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #15,304 for girl births in the United States (and #25,353 across all names), given to 5 babies. Belva was first reported in SSA data in 1881 and peaked in 1927 (184 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | 5 | #15,304 |
| 2007 | 5 | 5 | #18,041 |
| 2006 | 5 | 5 | #17,534 |
| 1996 | 5 | — | #13,785 |
| 1989 | 6 | — | #10,995 |
| 1983 | 7 | — | #8,124 |
| 1982 | 5 | — | #10,656 |
| 1981 | 5 | — | #10,573 |
| 1980 | 12 | — | #5,576 |
| 1979 | 11 | — | #5,779 |
| 1978 | 8 | — | #7,003 |
| 1977 | 11 | — | #5,559 |
| 1976 | 10 | — | #5,628 |
| 1975 | 10 | — | #5,556 |
| 1974 | 10 | — | #5,390 |
| 1973 | 10 | — | #5,219 |
| 1972 | 14 | — | #4,104 |
| 1971 | 13 | — | #4,324 |
| 1970 | 16 | — | #3,729 |
| 1969 | 16 | — | #3,472 |
| 1968 | 24 | — | #2,546 |
| 1967 | 17 | — | #3,097 |
| 1966 | 21 | — | #2,674 |
| 1965 | 23 | — | #2,548 |
| 1964 | 30 | — | #2,201 |
| 1963 | 42 | — | #1,791 |
| 1962 | 37 | — | #1,892 |
| 1961 | 46 | — | #1,668 |
| 1960 | 51 | — | #1,561 |
| 1959 | 63 | — | #1,349 |
| 1958 | 51 | — | #1,499 |
| 1957 | 72 | — | #1,238 |
| 1956 | 64 | — | #1,298 |
| 1955 | 84 | — | #1,095 |
| 1954 | 65 | — | #1,229 |
| 1953 | 97 | — | #968 |
| 1952 | 95 | — | #968 |
| 1951 | 78 | — | #1,051 |
| 1950 | 97 | — | #900 |
| 1949 | 92 | — | #927 |
| 1948 | 88 | — | #925 |
| 1947 | 99 | — | #885 |
| 1946 | 117 | — | #756 |
| 1945 | 121 | — | #674 |
| 1944 | 90 | — | #806 |
| 1943 | 107 | — | #752 |
| 1942 | 144 | — | #624 |
| 1941 | 159 | — | #552 |
| 1940 | 128 | — | #618 |
| 1939 | 153 | — | #537 |
| 1938 | 162 | — | #534 |
| 1937 | 162 | — | #516 |
| 1936 | 150 | — | #530 |
| 1935 | 145 | — | #535 |
| 1934 | 151 | — | #526 |
| 1933 | 161 | — | #502 |
| 1932 | 160 | — | #515 |
| 1931 | 162 | — | #510 |
| 1930 | 170 | — | #515 |
| 1929 | 146 | — | #566 |
| 1928 | 166 | — | #540 |
| 1927 | 184 | — | #519 |
| 1926 | 170 | — | #536 |
| 1925 | 147 | — | #598 |
| 1924 | 161 | — | #578 |
| 1923 | 172 | — | #550 |
| 1922 | 161 | — | #564 |
| 1921 | 178 | — | #535 |
| 1920 | 165 | — | #559 |
| 1919 | 165 | — | #532 |
| 1918 | 169 | — | #541 |
| 1917 | 156 | — | #534 |
| 1916 | 170 | — | #494 |
| 1915 | 139 | — | #537 |
| 1914 | 130 | — | #485 |
| 1913 | 97 | — | #516 |
| 1912 | 106 | — | #461 |
| 1911 | 61 | — | #536 |
| 1910 | 72 | — | #473 |
| 1909 | 49 | — | #544 |
| 1908 | 55 | — | #488 |
| 1907 | 69 | — | #431 |
| 1906 | 44 | — | #517 |
| 1905 | 59 | — | #439 |
| 1904 | 38 | — | #537 |
| 1903 | 37 | — | #528 |
| 1902 | 52 | — | #429 |
| 1901 | 41 | — | #467 |
| 1900 | 61 | — | #427 |
| 1899 | 37 | — | #480 |
| 1898 | 35 | — | #528 |
| 1897 | 28 | — | #570 |
| 1896 | 34 | — | #506 |
| 1895 | 36 | — | #488 |
| 1894 | 33 | — | #497 |
| 1893 | 24 | — | #574 |
| 1892 | 27 | — | #526 |
| 1891 | 23 | — | #542 |
| 1890 | 42 | — | #386 |
| 1889 | 31 | — | #431 |
| 1888 | 66 | — | #289 |
| 1887 | 27 | — | #424 |
| 1886 | 23 | — | #455 |
| 1885 | 30 | — | #373 |
| 1884 | 66 | — | #234 |
| 1883 | 5 | — | #937 |
| 1882 | 5 | — | #922 |
| 1881 | 6 | — | #747 |