NameTides

Bella

Bella was the #136 girls' name in the US in 2025 (2,129 babies), and #91 in England & Wales and #170 in Canada.

Bella as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Bella as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020ScotlandEngland & WalesIrelandNorthern IrelandUSCanada
Bella as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.5101880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#136 (2,129)#91 (515)#111 (41)#161 (11)#110 (42)#170 (168)——
2024#109 (2,479)#76 (619)#83 (50)#80 (26)#98 (48)#138 (197)#99 (72)#93 (64)
2023#104 (2,566)#67 (687)#80 (52)#88 (24)#78 (71)#165 (157)#96 (72)#77 (70)
2022#85 (2,915)#77 (642)#69 (61)#127 (17)#81 (67)#150 (183)#69 (103)#86 (68)
2021#73 (3,369)#72 (730)#63 (70)#62 (36)#73 (81)#133 (207)#71 (100)#62 (93)
2020#63 (3,649)#63 (792)#69 (63)#76 (28)#74 (69)#115 (222)#83 (88)#95 (62)
2019#50 (4,399)#53 (958)#61 (76)#37 (54)#75 (78)#134 (206)#69 (101)—
2018#48 (4,578)#54 (969)#69 (62)#112 (22)#85 (72)#116 (228)#87 (81)#92 (59)
2017#50 (4,667)#59 (974)#64 (70)#56 (40)#114 (53)#151 (198)#73 (96)#85 (66)
2016#78 (3,685)#66 (946)#87 (55)#43 (53)#114 (53)#178 (178)#63 (112)#82 (66)
2015#74 (3,814)#58 (1,020)#78 (64)#41 (53)#102 (61)#167 (187)#75 (94)#96 (50)
2014#70 (4,107)#52 (1,141)#83 (62)#48 (47)#112 (53)#163 (201)#56 (121)#81 (62)
2013#58 (4,190)#56 (1,042)#119 (39)#50 (46)#139 (43)#156 (203)#52 (124)#56 (88)
2012#54 (4,362)#58 (1,027)#87 (57)#66 (39)#168 (35)#128 (236)#49 (140)#53 (89)
2011#60 (4,280)#69 (823)#220 (20)#84 (29)#220 (24)#125 (243)#52 (129)#89 (59)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2010 at #48.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 750 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 750common
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 490common
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 440common
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 660common
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 500common
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 890common

Next year

On its recent trend, Bella is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 830 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 780 to 1 in 880.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Bella by state, 2025Alaska: #112AKMaine: #209MEWisconsin: #253WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #236NHWashington: #176WAIdaho: #193IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: #162NDMinnesota: #250MNIllinois: #176ILMichigan: #157MINew York: #104NYMassachusetts: #142MAOregon: #273ORNevada: #150NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #165IAIndiana: #138INOhio: #205OHPennsylvania: #139PANew Jersey: #85NJConnecticut: #137CTRhode Island: #150RICalifornia: #95CAUtah: #151UTColorado: #154CONebraska: #396NEMissouri: #228MOKentucky: #233KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #186VAMaryland: #114MDDelaware: #140DEArizona: #130AZNew Mexico: #64NMKansas: #445KSArkansas: #208ARTennessee: #204TNNorth Carolina: #159NCSouth Carolina: #144SCDistrict of Columbia: #119DCOklahoma: #175OKLouisiana: #170LAMississippi: #143MSAlabama: #221ALGeorgia: #125GAHawaii: #92HITexas: #132TXFlorida: #71FL
Bella (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#14974
Quebec2025#5009

Bella (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
BellaCanadaGirls#170168
BellaEngland & WalesGirls#91515
Bella-England & WalesGirls—too few
BellaIrelandGirls#11042
BellaNorthern IrelandGirls#16111
BellaNSWGirls—too few
BellaScotlandGirls#11141
BellaUSGirls#1362,129
BellaUSBoys—too few
BellaVICGirls—too few