Baby Name Popularity Profile

Bellamy

Data-driven SSA statistics, rankings, and historical trends for Bellamy.

✦ Beautiful friend 🌍 French Traditional
National Rank (2025) #797
All-Time Peak Rank #718 Achieved 2022
Total U.S. Births 3,745 since 1880
Unisex Distribution 44.9% Boy / 55.1% Girl Highly Balanced
Boy Rank (2025) #721 ↗ as a Boy name
First Recorded 1993 Data through: 2025
Peak Decade 2020s 408 births in 2022
💡 The Bellamy Vibe: Considered a Rising Star. A high-velocity modern choice demonstrating rapid, sustained growth in recent registries.

🌍 Meaning & Etymology

Primary Meaning Beautiful friend
Language Origin French
Origin Type single
Derived from Old French 'bel ami' meaning 'beautiful friend'.
Common Nicknames
Bell Bella Amy
Pronunciation: BEL-uh-mee
Themes & Categories
Traditional
Etymology confidence: High

📊 Popularity Over Time (1880 – 2025)

Annual registration volume (number of births) for Bellamy across 146 years of SSA data.

Historical Timeline (1880 - 2025)
18801920196020002025
Recent Decade (2015 - 2025)
5-Year Trend (2020–2025) +0.0%
10-Year Trend (2015–2025) +83.3%
2015: 186 births 186 2016: 234 births 2017: 249 births 2018: 275 births 2019: 253 births 2020: 341 births 341 2021: 373 births 2022: 408 births 2023: 330 births 2024: 314 births 2025: 341 births 341
2015 2020 2025

📈 Popularity Milestones

Busiest Year on Record 408 births in 2022
Years in Top 100 0 yrs
Years in Top 500 0 yrs
Longest Streak 23 yrs
Decade-by-Decade Registration Volumes
1880s: 0
1890s: 0
1900s: 0
1910s: 0
1920s: 0
1930s: 0
1940s: 0
1950s: 0
1960s: 0
1970s: 0
1980s: 0
1990s: 10
2000s: 121
2010s: 1,507
2020s: 2,107

📐 Sound & Spelling Structure

Phonetic Syllables Be-ll-amy
Letter Count 7 letters
Spelling Complexity Moderate
Length Percentile Longer than 54.1% of names
Linguistic Profile: Longer than 54.1% of SSA names. Starts with B, a letter used by only 3.6% of SSA names.

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📍 Authentic State & Regional Rankings

Highest Ranking State North Carolina
Top States North Carolina, Florida, Georgia, Oklahoma, Texas
States with Data 36
State 2025 Rank Total Births Peak Year 5-Yr Velocity
North Carolina #493 181 2025 Insufficient historical volume
Florida #773 201 2022 Insufficient historical volume
Georgia #548 164 2020 Insufficient historical volume
Oklahoma #446 79 2022 Insufficient historical volume
Texas #954 417 2022 31.8% Decline
Washington #625 80 2019 Insufficient historical volume
Colorado #463 54 2025 Insufficient historical volume
Arizona #759 55 2022 Insufficient historical volume
Kentucky #310 75 2025 Insufficient historical volume
Tennessee #651 85 2020 Insufficient historical volume
Nevada Unranked 12 2020 Insufficient historical volume
South Carolina Unranked 52 2020 Insufficient historical volume
Virginia #959 81 2022 Insufficient historical volume
Indiana #548 84 2022 Insufficient historical volume
California #881 350 2021 19.5% Decline
Arkansas Unranked 34 2022 Insufficient historical volume
Ohio #507 141 2025 Insufficient historical volume
Missouri #742 64 2022 Insufficient historical volume
Maryland Unranked 40 2019 Insufficient historical volume
Utah Unranked 19 2022 Insufficient historical volume
Alabama Unranked 40 2024 Insufficient historical volume
Michigan #797 68 2024 Insufficient historical volume
Illinois #859 83 2023 Insufficient historical volume
Kansas Unranked 17 2022 Insufficient historical volume
Minnesota #856 28 2015 Insufficient historical volume
New York #1243 106 2020 Insufficient historical volume
Pennsylvania Unranked 72 2021 Insufficient historical volume
Oregon Unranked 12 2020 Insufficient historical volume
West Virginia Unranked 12 2021 Insufficient historical volume
Idaho Unranked 5 2017 Insufficient historical volume
Wisconsin Unranked 20 2023 Insufficient historical volume
Nebraska Unranked 7 2022 Insufficient historical volume
Massachusetts Unranked 16 2022 Insufficient historical volume
New Jersey Unranked 18 2015 Insufficient historical volume
Louisiana Unranked 11 2017 Insufficient historical volume
Iowa Unranked 7 2018 Insufficient historical volume

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