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Belton

Recorded 1881–2002 · United States

Belton was most popular in 1923, when 33 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,517 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,178 people named Belton.

Most popular in1923
Rank that year#2,517
Births that year33
Total since 18801,178
Given to100% boys
Alive today~346
Median age70
OriginOld English

Belton over time

18802025
Births per year. The dot marks Belton’s peak in 1923. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

How old is the name Belton?

Belton first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1881, which makes it about 144 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 84 of the 145 years since. It was last recorded in 2002.

How many people are named Belton?

The Social Security Administration has recorded 1,178 American births named Belton between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 346 are estimated to be alive today.

How many babies were named Belton in 2025?

Belton was not recorded in 2025. The SSA withholds any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so fewer than five American babies were given it.

Is Belton a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Belton is a boy’s name — 0.0% of the 1,178 Americans given it were girls and 100.0% were boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

How old is someone named Belton?

Roughly 346 Americans named Belton are alive today — 29% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 70 years old, and half are between 60 and 78.

An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.

Where Belton is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org