How Many People Are Named Bell?
people named Bell are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,190,888 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,626 babies named Bell in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
63 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Bell, 94.7% were girls and 5.3% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1880s: 100% of the babies were girls then and 92.6% in the 1930s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Bell alive today is about 45 years old, and 48% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 10 and 78 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Bell first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1900, to 63 babies. In 2025, 8 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Bell has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #275, in 1884. In 2025 it ranked #11,093.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #11,093 |
| Best rank | #275 (1884) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #387 in the 1890s |
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