Bella Girl
How popular is Bella?
#136 girl name in 2025
2,129 baby girls were named Bella in the US in 2025, making it the 136th most popular girl name.
Bella popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #136 for girls (▼ 27 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 2,129 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-44% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #74 in 2015, #63 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2010 (5,136 girls) |
| Highest rank | #48 in 2010 (2 years at that rank) |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Bella 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 Bella is most popular
Babies named Bella per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Hawaii: 4.3 per 1,000 (49 girls)
- Nevada: 3.7 per 1,000 (171 girls)
- New Mexico: 3.1 per 1,000 (76 girls)
- Delaware: 3.1 per 1,000 (35 girls)
- Florida: 2.8 per 1,000 (1,216 girls)
Bella by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 242 | #325 |
| 1890s | 431 | #365 |
| 1900s | 555 | #388 |
| 1910s | 1,576 | #428 |
| 1920s | 1,349 | #504 |
| 1930s | 363 | #909 |
| 1940s | 235 | #1,412 |
| 1950s | 305 | #1,490 |
| 1960s | 227 | #1,993 |
| 1970s | 236 | #2,354 |
| 1980s | 195 | #3,554 |
| 1990s | 854 | #1,083 |
| 2000s | 16,828 | #58 |
| 2010s | 43,218 | #48 |
| 2020s | 17,107 | #63 |
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Questions
- Is Bella a boy or girl name?
- Bella is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Bella were girls.
- How popular is the name Bella?
- 2,129 baby girls were named Bella in the US in 2025, making it the 136th most popular girl name.
- When was Bella most popular?
- Bella peaked in 2010, when 5,136 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #48, held for 2 years starting in 2010.
- How many people are named Bella?
- 83,766 babies have been named Bella in the US since 1880. We estimate about 78,752 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 12.
- Where is Bella most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Bella was most common in Hawaii, at 4.3 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.