Bell
Girl · BEL · English
Bell is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “bell”. In 2025 it ranked 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).
What does Bell mean?
English: English word and surname; also short for Isabel or Annabel
“bell”
Traditionally a pet form of Isabel or Isabella, and also an English word and surname.
- Say it
- BEL
More on Wiktionary.
Is Bell a girl's or a boy's name?
Bell is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Bell in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,913among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 200,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the US were named Bell, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,137th. Its busiest year was 1900, with 63 girls.
Half of all the girls named Bell in the US since 1880 were born between 1893 and 1921. It was already well used in 1880, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
In 2025, 255 girls in the US were given Bell or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #920, up from #10,913 for this spelling alone.
- Belle 247
- Bell 8
In 1926, 82% of the babies named Bell in the US were girls.
Bell in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,913 |
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 7 | #12,192 |
| 2022 | 8 | #11,225 |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 14 | #7,758 |
| 2017 | 10 | #9,939 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 9 | #10,949 |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 5 | #8,421 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 6 | #7,069 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 5 | #6,803 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 7 | #5,308 |
| 1960 | 6 | #5,695 |
| 1959 | 7 | #5,030 |
| 1958 | 7 | #4,889 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 8 | #4,466 |
| 1955 | 5 | #5,826 |
| 1954 | 5 | #5,751 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 8 | #4,122 |
| 1951 | 6 | #4,832 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 8 | #3,891 |
| 1948 | 5 | #5,241 |
| 1947 | 8 | #4,005 |
| 1946 | 6 | #4,416 |
| 1945 | 8 | #3,386 |
| 1944 | 5 | #4,572 |
| 1943 | 5 | #4,690 |
| 1942 | 14 | #2,415 |
| 1941 | 12 | #2,531 |
| 1940 | 13 | #2,296 |
| 1939 | 12 | #2,417 |
| 1938 | 15 | #2,113 |
| 1937 | 9 | #2,939 |
| 1936 | 16 | #1,950 |
| 1935 | 7 | #3,429 |
| 1934 | 15 | #2,086 |
| 1933 | 7 | #3,405 |
| 1932 | 12 | #2,488 |
| 1931 | 10 | #2,748 |
| 1930 | 22 | #1,702 |
| 1929 | 17 | #2,010 |
| 1928 | 20 | #1,896 |
| 1927 | 21 | #1,884 |
| 1926 | 28 | #1,540 |
| 1925 | 34 | #1,376 |
| 1924 | 33 | #1,440 |
| 1923 | 31 | #1,464 |
| 1922 | 28 | #1,575 |
| 1921 | 36 | #1,298 |
| 1920 | 42 | #1,171 |
| 1919 | 49 | #1,026 |
| 1918 | 50 | #1,018 |
| 1917 | 31 | #1,307 |
| 1916 | 47 | #1,005 |
| 1915 | 47 | #968 |
| 1914 | 35 | #1,003 |
| 1913 | 40 | #830 |
| 1912 | 58 | #659 |
| 1911 | 43 | #659 |
| 1910 | 50 | #584 |
| 1909 | 29 | #747 |
| 1908 | 31 | #698 |
| 1907 | 33 | #649 |
| 1906 | 40 | #555 |
| 1905 | 45 | #506 |
| 1904 | 34 | #576 |
| 1903 | 48 | #461 |
| 1902 | 43 | #478 |
| 1901 | 52 | #414 |
| 1900 | 63 | #423 |
| 1899 | 52 | #402 |
| 1898 | 58 | #405 |
| 1897 | 44 | #440 |
| 1896 | 51 | #396 |
| 1895 | 46 | #417 |
| 1894 | 43 | #422 |
| 1893 | 42 | #414 |
| 1892 | 59 | #343 |
| 1891 | 55 | #340 |
| 1890 | 61 | #324 |
| 1889 | 55 | #334 |
| 1888 | 45 | #356 |
| 1887 | 44 | #322 |
| 1886 | 46 | #305 |
| 1885 | 45 | #296 |
| 1884 | 50 | #275 |
| 1883 | 33 | #306 |
| 1882 | 38 | #287 |
| 1881 | 29 | #290 |
| 1880 | 31 | #278 |
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