Bela Girl
How popular is Bela?
#5,721 girl name in 2025
21 baby girls were named Bela in the US in 2025, making it the 5721st most popular girl name.
Bela popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #5,721 for girls (▼ 1163 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 21 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising (+31% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #7,263 in 2015, #6,079 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2010 (44 girls) |
| Highest rank | #3,185 in 1913 |
| First recorded | 1913 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 9% boys, 91% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Bela counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Bella family of names ranked #156 for girls in 2025 (#134 the year before), with 2,157 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Bella | 2,129 | 99% |
| Bela | 21 | 1% |
| Bellah | 7 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Bela is most popular
Babies named Bela per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (28 girls)
- New York: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- Florida: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
Bela by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 5 | #3,185 |
| 1920s | 23 | #4,000 |
| 1970s | 17 | #7,433 |
| 1980s | 6 | #10,841 |
| 1990s | 42 | #7,737 |
| 2000s | 258 | #3,709 |
| 2010s | 291 | #3,571 |
| 2020s | 168 | #3,982 |
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Questions
- Is Bela a boy or girl name?
- Bela is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 91% of babies named Bela were girls.
- How popular is the name Bela?
- 21 baby girls were named Bela in the US in 2025, making it the 5721st most popular girl name.
- When was Bela most popular?
- Bela peaked in 2010, when 44 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #3,185 in 1913.
- How many people are named Bela?
- 1,295 babies have been named Bela in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,075 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 18.
- Where is Bela most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Bela was most common in California, at 0.0 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.