How Many People Are Named Bella?
people named Bella are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 4,348 people in the US has this name
Based on 83,766 babies named Bella in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
5,144 births
Trend
Declining (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Short form of ISABELLA and other names ending in bella. It is also associated with the Italian word bella meaning "beautiful".
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Bella (99.9%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Bella alive today is about 12 years old, and 98% are under 30. Half of them were between 6 and 15 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Bella first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 2010, to 5,144 babies. In 2025, 2,129 babies got the name. Over the last ten years, the number each year has been falling.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Bella never made the top 10 girls' names. Its best rank was #48, in 2010 and 2018, and it was in the top 100 for 14 years, 2009 to 2022. In 2025 it ranked #136.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #136 |
| Best rank | #48 (2010 and 2018) |
| Years in the top 100 | 14 (2009 to 2022) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #53 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Bella alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Bella were born in California than in any other state: about 13,108 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Bella was given 1.7 times as often in Hawaii, 1.7 times in Nevada and 1.5 times in Rhode Island.
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