Bela
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- BEL-a
- Origin
- Italian
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,101 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #5,721 for girls
Bela is a girls' name of Italian origin, meaning “beautiful”. In 2025 it ranked 3,101st for girls in the UK (8 babies) and 5,721st for girls in the US (21 babies).
What does Bela mean?
Italian: variant of Bella; also Czech Běla 'white'
“beautiful”
Also a Czech girls' name, Běla, meaning 'white'; the Hungarian Béla is a boys' name.
Is Bela a girl's or a boy's name?
Bela is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the UK and 21 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Bela in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,101among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 35,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 100% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the UK were named Bela, making it the 3,101st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,630th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 14 girls.
Half of all the girls named Bela in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 575 girls in the UK were given Bela or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #104, up from #3,101 for this spelling alone.
- Bella 567
- Bela 8
In 2021, 70% of the babies named Bela in the UK were girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,033rd in England and Wales.
Bela in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #3,101 |
| 2024 | 11 | #2,480 |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,630 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2017 | 10 | #2,652 |
| 2016 | 10 | #2,692 |
| 2015 | 11 | #2,458 |
| 2014 | 14 | #2,076 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,719 |
| 2012 | 10 | #2,666 |
| 2011 | 13 | #2,152 |
| 2010 | 9 | #2,741 |
| 2009 | 6 | #3,603 |
| 2008 | 6 | #3,589 |
| 2007 | 6 | #3,396 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #3,543 |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
How popular is Bela in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,721among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 21about 1 in 77,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 42% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 21 girls in the US were named Bela, making it the 5,721st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,079th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 44 girls. It first appears in the records in 1913.
2025 had fewer girls named Bela than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Bela in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,157 girls in the US were given Bela or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #164, up from #5,721 for this spelling alone.
Girls were 64% of the babies named Bela in the US in 2004, and 79% in 2022.
Bela in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #5,721 |
| 2024 | 30 | #4,558 |
| 2023 | 37 | #3,982 |
| 2022 | 30 | #4,579 |
| 2021 | 31 | #4,409 |
| 2020 | 19 | #6,079 |
| 2019 | 27 | #4,908 |
| 2018 | 16 | #7,096 |
| 2017 | 22 | #5,657 |
| 2016 | 25 | #5,283 |
| 2015 | 16 | #7,263 |
| 2014 | 38 | #3,923 |
| 2013 | 28 | #4,885 |
| 2012 | 41 | #3,781 |
| 2011 | 34 | #4,243 |
| 2010 | 44 | #3,571 |
| 2009 | 30 | #4,804 |
| 2008 | 43 | #3,709 |
| 2007 | 34 | #4,379 |
| 2006 | 34 | #4,264 |
| 2005 | 26 | #4,954 |
| 2004 | 23 | #5,373 |
| 2003 | 21 | #5,581 |
| 2002 | 15 | #7,039 |
| 2001 | 16 | #6,614 |
| 2000 | 16 | #6,481 |
| 1999 | 10 | #8,798 |
| 1998 | 11 | #8,011 |
| 1997 | 11 | #7,737 |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 6 | #10,841 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,008 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 5 | #8,773 |
| 1973 | 6 | #7,433 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 7 | #4,000 |
| 1923 | 5 | #4,966 |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 6 | #4,462 |
| 1920 | 5 | #4,973 |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 5 | #3,185 |
Names like Bela
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Isla Zara Ava Lyra Mila Lyla Myla Luna Sienna Aria Arabella Isabella
Other spellings of Bela
Names related to Bela
More Italian names
Enzo Kiara Gemma Ariyah Milani Ariya Armani Bianca Siena Ariah Capri Kara Emiliana Jemma Alfredo Nella
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Bela: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/bela, updated 20 October 2026.