Bella is a familiar girls' name that peaked in 2010 and has grown less common since.
Bella is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #136 for girl births in the United States (and #316 across all names), given to 2,129 babies — 2,139 including U.S. territories. Bella was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 2010 (5,136 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,129 | 2,139 | #136 | — |
| 2024 | 2,479 | 2,485 | #109 | — |
| 2023 | 2,566 | 2,575 | #104 | — |
| 2022 | 2,915 | 2,930 | #85 | — |
| 2021 | 3,369 | 3,384 | #73 | — |
| 2020 | 3,649 | 3,656 | #63 | — |
| 2019 | 4,404 | 4,409 | #50 | #12,387 |
| 2018 | 4,578 | 4,578 | #48 | — |
| 2017 | 4,673 | 4,680 | #50 | #10,945 |
| 2016 | 3,685 | 3,685 | #78 | — |
| 2015 | 3,814 | 3,822 | #74 | — |
| 2014 | 4,114 | 4,121 | #70 | #9,757 |
| 2013 | 4,190 | 4,196 | #58 | — |
| 2012 | 4,362 | 4,368 | #54 | — |
| 2011 | 4,289 | 4,289 | #60 | #8,154 |
| 2010 | 5,144 | 5,144 | #48 | #8,898 |
| 2009 | 4,545 | 4,545 | #58 | #12,703 |
| 2008 | 2,793 | 2,793 | #122 | #12,758 |
| 2007 | 2,260 | 2,260 | #157 | — |
| 2006 | 1,959 | 1,959 | #181 | — |
| 2005 | 1,664 | 1,664 | #208 | — |
| 2004 | 1,240 | 1,240 | #260 | — |
| 2003 | 974 | 974 | #317 | — |
| 2002 | 683 | 683 | #426 | — |
| 2001 | 413 | 413 | #609 | — |
| 2000 | 307 | 307 | #749 | — |
| 1999 | 185 | 185 | #1,085 | — |
| 1998 | 156 | 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 | — |