A FIELD REPORT ON THE NAME
Belinda
melodic · lacquered · cordial
Origin & Meaning
AI-WrittenLikely formed from the Germanic element lind, meaning soft or linden tree, and later influenced by Italian and Spanish words for pretty. Alexander Pope popularized it in his 1712 mock-epic The Rape of the Lock. American parents picked it up gradually before adopting it in earnest during the mid-twentieth century.
Also answers toLinda, Belle, Lindy, Bee
Fig. 1 — Births per annum, 1889–2025
SSA Data 1889 peak: 3,125 souls, A.D. 1961 2025
2025: 110 born, falling ↘
Estimated Age
56 yrs
Most Belindas were born around 1961 — taped songs off the radio and timed it well.
Peak Reign
1961
№141 that year
Generation
Boomer, 48%
then Gen X 32% · Millennial 10%
Rarity
Top 2000 all-time
≈73K ever born · now falling
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Belinda grew up with
SSA DataG.I. Joe and Barbie·slot cars·the moon landing on a living-room TV
Data vs. Humans
What the data says
SSA Data
SSA: Belinda peaked in 1961.
Estimated average age: 56.
What people think
Opinion LedgerAwaiting human data — cast the first votes.
Belinda sounds like someone born in —
Fig. 2 — Style Coordinates
AI Seed · Votes Override at n=30 Vintage Modern
Formal Casual
Soft Strong
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In your mind, Belinda sounds more like a —
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Public Opinion Ledger
Ledger Opens Soon
The public has not yet weighed in on Belinda. Early ballots carry the most weight.
* Early ballots — fewer than 30 cast so far. The ledger settles at 30.
First Impressions
AI-WrittenA Belinda belongs comfortably to the late-fifties and early-sixties suburban boom. The name brings to mind transistor radios, neat cursive penmanship, and station wagons with polished chrome. Today, the average Belinda is fifty-six years old. She almost certainly owns a recipe box with handwritten index cards.
Field Notes
AI-WrittenField Note 01
The name hit its apex in 1961, when around three thousand American baby girls received it.
Field Note 02
Baby Boomers and Generation X account for fully eighty percent of living bearers.
Field Note 03
Registrations have cooled to barely one hundred births a year, turning a once-frequent classroom name into an archival snapshot.
Notable Belindas
AI-WrittenBelinda Carlislelead vocalist of the Go-Go's, b. 1958
Belinda Montgomerytelevision and film actress, b. 1950
Ephemera — If Belinda were a…
AI-WrittenCity
Pasadena
Color
Seafoam green
Job
High school registrar
Artifact
Spiral memo pad by the wall phone
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