Meaning not yet researched.
Bella: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 2,129 in 2025. Its best rank was #48 in 2018.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #48 in 2018; #136 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Bella in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#136 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 2018, at #48.
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Bella: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 2,129 girls in 2025. Peak: #48 in 2018 · most girls in one year: 5,136 (2010).
In 2025, 2,129 US girls were named Bella, making it the 136th most common girls’ name of the year, down 27 places from #109 in 2024. That is 350 fewer than the 2,479 girls named Bella in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #48, reached in 2018. The most girls given the name in a single year was 5,136, in 2010. For comparison, it was #74 in 2015 and #2,126 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Bella in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 13 babies with the name. In all, 83,766 US babies have been given the name, 99.9% of them girls and 0.1% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 43,253 babies named Bella.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 34,436 US girls were named Bella; the busiest of those years was 2017, with 4,667. In 2025 that was about 1 in 755 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Bella ranked highest in New Mexico in 2025, at #64 for girls there. It was in the top 100 in 5 states (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Isabella (417,454 babies since 1880), Belle (19,227 babies since 1880), Bell (2,626 babies since 1880) and Abella (1,093 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Bela, Beula and Bellah are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Arabella, Belle and Isabella.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Hungarian, Italian and Latvian. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Bela (1,295), Beula (1,183), Bellah (502), Beyla (246), Bellina (116), Beola (104), Beila (103), Belah (21), Beaula (16), Billa (11).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 5 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 18 | #64 | #114 |
| Florida | 218 | #71 | #52 |
| New Jersey | 82 | #85 | #87 |
| California | 319 | #95 | #48 |
| Hawaii | 8 | #97 | #81 |
| New York | 142 | #104 | #71 |
| Alaska | 6 | #113 | #99 |
| Maryland | 38 | #115 | #84 |
| District of Columbia | 6 | #122 | #100 |
| Georgia | 77 | #126 | #62 |
| Arizona | 48 | #131 | #59 |
| Texas | 235 | #133 | #62 |
| Indiana | 48 | #138 | #87 |
| Connecticut | 22 | #139 | #89 |
| Pennsylvania | 75 | #139 | #92 |
| Massachusetts | 39 | #143 | #98 |
| Delaware | 6 | #144 | #117 |
| Mississippi | 17 | #145 | #51 |
| South Carolina | 31 | #148 | #66 |
| Utah | 29 | #151 | #187 |
| Nevada | 16 | #151 | #38 |
| Rhode Island | 6 | #153 | #41 |
| Colorado | 37 | #155 | #157 |
| Michigan | 54 | #157 | #115 |
| North Carolina | 64 | #159 | #90 |
| North Dakota | 6 | #165 | #98 |
| Iowa | 19 | #166 | #123 |
| Louisiana | 24 | #171 | #63 |
| Oklahoma | 22 | #176 | #100 |
| Illinois | 56 | #176 | #105 |
| Washington | 41 | #177 | #93 |
| Virginia | 44 | #186 | #105 |
| Idaho | 11 | #195 | #146 |
| Tennessee | 38 | #204 | #90 |
| Ohio | 55 | #205 | #99 |
| Arkansas | 14 | #214 | #72 |
| Maine | 5 | #219 | #87 |
| Alabama | 21 | #224 | #73 |
| Missouri | 27 | #231 | #81 |
| Kentucky | 19 | #234 | #76 |
| New Hampshire | 5 | #239 | #231 |
| Minnesota | 22 | #253 | #164 |
| Wisconsin | 21 | #255 | #134 |
| Oregon | 13 | #276 | #131 |
| Nebraska | 5 | #410 | #137 |
| Kansas | 7 | #452 | #119 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,129 | #136 | — | — |
| 2024 | 2,479 | #109 | — | — |
| 2023 | 2,566 | #104 | — | — |
| 2022 | 2,915 | #85 | — | — |
| 2021 | 3,369 | #73 | — | — |
| 2020 | 3,649 | #63 | — | — |
| 2019 | 4,399 | #50 | 5 | #12,387 |
| 2018 | 4,578 | #48 | — | — |
| 2017 | 4,667 | #50 | 6 | #10,945 |
| 2016 | 3,685 | #78 | — | — |
| 2015 | 3,814 | #74 | — | — |
| 2014 | 4,107 | #70 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2013 | 4,190 | #58 | — | — |
| 2012 | 4,362 | #54 | — | — |
| 2011 | 4,280 | #60 | 9 | #8,154 |
| 2010 | 5,136 | #48 | 8 | #8,898 |
| 2009 | 4,540 | #58 | 5 | #12,703 |
| 2008 | 2,788 | #122 | 5 | #12,758 |
| 2007 | 2,260 | #157 | — | — |
| 2006 | 1,959 | #181 | — | — |
| 2005 | 1,664 | #208 | — | — |
| 2004 | 1,240 | #260 | — | — |
| 2003 | 974 | #317 | — | — |
| 2002 | 683 | #426 | — | — |
| 2001 | 413 | #609 | — | — |
| 2000 | 307 | #749 | — | — |
| 1999 | 185 | #1,085 | — | — |
| 1998 | 156 | #1,191 | — | — |
| 1997 | 95 | #1,658 | — | — |
| 1996 | 72 | #1,966 | — | — |
| 1995 | 107 | #1,483 | — | — |
| 1994 | 76 | #1,866 | — | — |
| 1993 | 49 | #2,537 | — | — |
| 1992 | 39 | #2,983 | — | — |
| 1991 | 47 | #2,596 | — | — |
| 1990 | 28 | #3,723 | — | — |
| 1989 | 17 | #5,071 | — | — |
| 1988 | 20 | #4,331 | — | — |
| 1987 | 19 | #4,301 | — | — |
| 1986 | 17 | #4,558 | — | — |
| 1985 | 23 | #3,631 | — | — |
| 1984 | 19 | #4,009 | — | — |
| 1983 | 22 | #3,563 | — | — |
| 1982 | 22 | #3,661 | — | — |
| 1981 | 19 | #4,019 | — | — |
| 1980 | 17 | #4,341 | — | — |
| 1979 | 25 | #3,250 | — | — |
| 1978 | 19 | #3,789 | — | — |
| 1977 | 26 | #3,008 | — | — |
| 1976 | 18 | #3,689 | — | — |
| 1975 | 29 | #2,618 | — | — |
| 1974 | 19 | #3,440 | — | — |
| 1973 | 28 | #2,568 | — | — |
| 1972 | 19 | #3,288 | — | — |
| 1971 | 21 | #3,175 | — | — |
| 1970 | 32 | #2,358 | — | — |
| 1969 | 18 | #3,208 | — | — |
| 1968 | 24 | #2,545 | — | — |
| 1967 | 16 | #3,216 | — | — |
| 1966 | 16 | #3,154 | — | — |
| 1965 | 34 | #1,997 | — | — |
| 1964 | 21 | #2,754 | — | — |
| 1963 | 22 | #2,629 | — | — |
| 1962 | 24 | #2,469 | — | — |
| 1961 | 22 | #2,613 | — | — |
| 1960 | 30 | #2,104 | — | — |
| 1959 | 24 | #2,348 | — | — |
| 1958 | 34 | #1,875 | — | — |
| 1957 | 24 | #2,280 | — | — |
| 1956 | 25 | #2,197 | — | — |
| 1955 | 41 | #1,599 | — | — |
| 1954 | 28 | #1,990 | — | — |
| 1953 | 43 | #1,493 | — | — |
| 1952 | 36 | #1,613 | — | — |
| 1951 | 29 | #1,806 | — | — |
| 1950 | 21 | #2,126 | — | — |
| 1949 | 30 | #1,739 | — | — |
| 1948 | 26 | #1,862 | — | — |
| 1947 | 43 | #1,414 | — | — |
| 1946 | 23 | #1,923 | — | — |
| 1945 | 13 | #2,476 | — | — |
| 1944 | 16 | #2,212 | — | — |
| 1943 | 16 | #2,263 | — | — |
| 1942 | 22 | #1,810 | — | — |
| 1941 | 27 | #1,505 | — | — |
| 1940 | 19 | #1,851 | — | — |
| 1939 | 25 | #1,515 | — | — |
| 1938 | 19 | #1,815 | — | — |
| 1937 | 19 | #1,788 | — | — |
| 1936 | 29 | #1,347 | — | — |
| 1935 | 28 | #1,382 | — | — |
| 1934 | 45 | #1,035 | — | — |
| 1933 | 37 | #1,161 | — | — |
| 1932 | 47 | #1,032 | — | — |
| 1931 | 50 | #985 | — | — |
| 1930 | 64 | #909 | — | — |
| 1929 | 83 | #766 | — | — |
| 1928 | 73 | #846 | — | — |
| 1927 | 90 | #762 | — | — |
| 1926 | 106 | #703 | — | — |
| 1925 | 133 | #635 | — | — |
| 1924 | 134 | #648 | — | — |
| 1923 | 172 | #549 | — | — |
| 1922 | 178 | #528 | — | — |
| 1921 | 192 | #509 | — | — |
| 1920 | 188 | #506 | — | — |
| 1919 | 211 | #458 | — | — |
| 1918 | 238 | #428 | — | — |
| 1917 | 215 | #439 | — | — |
| 1916 | 207 | #438 | — | — |
| 1915 | 160 | #485 | — | — |
| 1914 | 152 | #443 | — | — |
| 1913 | 125 | #442 | — | — |
| 1912 | 113 | #442 | — | — |
| 1911 | 82 | #450 | — | — |
| 1910 | 73 | #467 | — | — |
| 1909 | 75 | #427 | — | — |
| 1908 | 65 | #449 | — | — |
| 1907 | 60 | #463 | — | — |
| 1906 | 54 | #463 | — | — |
| 1905 | 52 | #473 | — | — |
| 1904 | 43 | #500 | — | — |
| 1903 | 44 | #482 | — | — |
| 1902 | 53 | #426 | — | — |
| 1901 | 36 | #509 | — | — |
| 1900 | 73 | #389 | — | — |
| 1899 | 53 | #398 | — | — |
| 1898 | 39 | #493 | — | — |
| 1897 | 44 | #443 | — | — |
| 1896 | 43 | #441 | — | — |
| 1895 | 39 | #465 | — | — |
| 1894 | 35 | #476 | — | — |
| 1893 | 46 | #395 | — | — |
| 1892 | 53 | #365 | — | — |
| 1891 | 37 | #405 | — | — |
| 1890 | 42 | #385 | — | — |
| 1889 | 37 | #398 | — | — |
| 1888 | 31 | #443 | — | — |
| 1887 | 26 | #436 | — | — |
| 1886 | 22 | #460 | — | — |
| 1885 | 25 | #414 | — | — |
| 1884 | 31 | #358 | — | — |
| 1883 | 17 | #465 | — | — |
| 1882 | 16 | #459 | — | — |
| 1881 | 24 | #325 | — | — |
| 1880 | 13 | #469 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).