Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Belem isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1951. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Belem through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 296
- 0 boys · 296 girls
- Most popular year
- 1999
- 19 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 7 in 2019. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 19 in 1999. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,279 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Belem’s family of names
Belem may belong to the same name family as BELEMM. This is a tentative spelling connection.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
Similar names
If you love Belem, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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1% boys · 99% girls
Baylee
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1% boys · 99% girls
Essence
“a perfumed woman”
1% boys · 99% girls
Bailey
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6% boys · 94% girls
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>99% girls
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>99% girls
Devyn
“from the beautiful farmland; of the divine”
24% boys · 76% girls
Emilie
“rival”
>99% girls