Bella
Girl · BEL-a · Italian
Bella is a girls' name of Italian origin, meaning “beautiful”. In 2025 it ranked 90th for girls in the UK (567 babies) and 136th for girls in the US (2,129 babies).
What does Bella mean?
Italian
“beautiful”
Also a short form of Isabella and Arabella.
- Say it
- BEL-a
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Is Bella a girl's or a boy's name?
Bella is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 567 girls in the UK and 2,129 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Bella in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #90among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 567about 1 in 490 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 33% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 2.8%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 567 girls in the UK were named Bella, making it the 90th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 65th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 1,250 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Bella than any year since 2009.
Half of all the girls named Bella in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 91st in England and Wales, 111th in Scotland and 161st in Northern Ireland.
In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 2014 (#52) and 2024 (#76).
Bella in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 567 | #90 |
| 2024 | 695 | #75 |
| 2023 | 763 | #70 |
| 2022 | 720 | #75 |
| 2021 | 836 | #73 |
| 2020 | 883 | #65 |
| 2019 | 1,088 | #53 |
| 2018 | 1,053 | #59 |
| 2017 | 1,084 | #58 |
| 2016 | 1,058 | #65 |
| 2015 | 1,137 | #60 |
| 2014 | 1,250 | #50 |
| 2013 | 1,127 | #58 |
| 2012 | 1,123 | #63 |
| 2011 | 872 | #80 |
| 2010 | 622 | #105 |
| 2009 | 334 | #180 |
| 2008 | 193 | #275 |
| 2007 | 164 | #312 |
| 2006 | 111 | #406 |
| 2005 | 86 | #471 |
| 2004 | 65 | #541 |
| 2003 | 50 | #632 |
| 2002 | 35 | #786 |
| 2001 | 36 | #751 |
| 2000 | 33 | #772 |
| 1999 | 33 | #766 |
| 1998 | 28 | #866 |
| 1997 | 20 | #1,087 |
| 1996 | 25 | #905 |
How popular is Bella in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #136among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 2,129about 1 in 750 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 43% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 1.8%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 2,129 girls in the US were named Bella, making it the 136th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 63rd. Its busiest year was 2010, with 5,136 girls.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 8 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Bella than any year since 2006.
Half of all the girls named Bella in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Bella in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,129 | #136 |
| 2024 | 2,479 | #109 |
| 2023 | 2,566 | #104 |
| 2022 | 2,915 | #85 |
| 2021 | 3,369 | #73 |
| 2020 | 3,649 | #63 |
| 2019 | 4,399 | #50 |
| 2018 | 4,578 | #48 |
| 2017 | 4,667 | #50 |
| 2016 | 3,685 | #78 |
| 2015 | 3,814 | #74 |
| 2014 | 4,107 | #70 |
| 2013 | 4,190 | #58 |
| 2012 | 4,362 | #54 |
| 2011 | 4,280 | #60 |
| 2010 | 5,136 | #48 |
| 2009 | 4,540 | #58 |
| 2008 | 2,788 | #122 |
| 2007 | 2,260 | #157 |
| 2006 | 1,959 | #181 |
| 2005 | 1,664 | #208 |
| 2004 | 1,240 | #260 |
| 2003 | 974 | #317 |
| 2002 | 683 | #426 |
| 2001 | 413 | #609 |
| 2000 | 307 | #749 |
| 1999 | 185 | #1,083 |
| 1998 | 156 | #1,188 |
| 1997 | 95 | #1,654 |
| 1996 | 72 | #1,962 |
| 1995 | 107 | #1,479 |
| 1994 | 76 | #1,857 |
| 1993 | 49 | #2,528 |
| 1992 | 39 | #2,969 |
| 1991 | 47 | #2,587 |
| 1990 | 28 | #3,709 |
| 1989 | 17 | #5,043 |
| 1988 | 20 | #4,303 |
| 1987 | 19 | #4,280 |
| 1986 | 17 | #4,536 |
| 1985 | 23 | #3,620 |
| 1984 | 19 | #3,989 |
| 1983 | 22 | #3,554 |
| 1982 | 22 | #3,646 |
| 1981 | 19 | #4,004 |
| 1980 | 17 | #4,326 |
| 1979 | 25 | #3,236 |
| 1978 | 19 | #3,777 |
| 1977 | 26 | #3,001 |
| 1976 | 18 | #3,677 |
| 1975 | 29 | #2,612 |
| 1974 | 19 | #3,426 |
| 1973 | 28 | #2,565 |
| 1972 | 19 | #3,276 |
| 1971 | 21 | #3,166 |
| 1970 | 32 | #2,354 |
| 1969 | 18 | #3,198 |
| 1968 | 24 | #2,538 |
| 1967 | 16 | #3,210 |
| 1966 | 16 | #3,147 |
| 1965 | 34 | #1,993 |
| 1964 | 21 | #2,751 |
| 1963 | 22 | #2,618 |
| 1962 | 24 | #2,462 |
| 1961 | 22 | #2,607 |
| 1960 | 30 | #2,096 |
| 1959 | 24 | #2,338 |
| 1958 | 34 | #1,871 |
| 1957 | 24 | #2,275 |
| 1956 | 25 | #2,193 |
| 1955 | 41 | #1,596 |
| 1954 | 28 | #1,986 |
| 1953 | 43 | #1,490 |
| 1952 | 36 | #1,610 |
| 1951 | 29 | #1,804 |
| 1950 | 21 | #2,120 |
| 1949 | 30 | #1,735 |
| 1948 | 26 | #1,857 |
| 1947 | 43 | #1,412 |
| 1946 | 23 | #1,918 |
| 1945 | 13 | #2,457 |
| 1944 | 16 | #2,198 |
| 1943 | 16 | #2,250 |
| 1942 | 22 | #1,803 |
| 1941 | 27 | #1,501 |
| 1940 | 19 | #1,845 |
| 1939 | 25 | #1,514 |
| 1938 | 19 | #1,805 |
| 1937 | 19 | #1,784 |
| 1936 | 29 | #1,345 |
| 1935 | 28 | #1,381 |
| 1934 | 45 | #1,035 |
| 1933 | 37 | #1,158 |
| 1932 | 47 | #1,032 |
| 1931 | 50 | #984 |
| 1930 | 64 | #909 |
| 1929 | 83 | #764 |
| 1928 | 73 | #845 |
| 1927 | 90 | #761 |
| 1926 | 106 | #702 |
| 1925 | 133 | #635 |
| 1924 | 134 | #648 |
| 1923 | 172 | #549 |
| 1922 | 178 | #527 |
| 1921 | 192 | #509 |
| 1920 | 188 | #504 |
| 1919 | 211 | #458 |
| 1918 | 238 | #428 |
| 1917 | 215 | #439 |
| 1916 | 207 | #438 |
| 1915 | 160 | #485 |
| 1914 | 152 | #443 |
| 1913 | 125 | #441 |
| 1912 | 113 | #442 |
| 1911 | 82 | #450 |
| 1910 | 73 | #466 |
| 1909 | 75 | #426 |
| 1908 | 65 | #448 |
| 1907 | 60 | #462 |
| 1906 | 54 | #463 |
| 1905 | 52 | #473 |
| 1904 | 43 | #500 |
| 1903 | 44 | #482 |
| 1902 | 53 | #425 |
| 1901 | 36 | #509 |
| 1900 | 73 | #388 |
| 1899 | 53 | #396 |
| 1898 | 39 | #491 |
| 1897 | 44 | #440 |
| 1896 | 43 | #440 |
| 1895 | 39 | #465 |
| 1894 | 35 | #475 |
| 1893 | 46 | #394 |
| 1892 | 53 | #365 |
| 1891 | 37 | #404 |
| 1890 | 42 | #384 |
| 1889 | 37 | #398 |
| 1888 | 31 | #443 |
| 1887 | 26 | #435 |
| 1886 | 22 | #459 |
| 1885 | 25 | #413 |
| 1884 | 31 | #358 |
| 1883 | 17 | #465 |
| 1882 | 16 | #458 |
| 1881 | 24 | #325 |
| 1880 | 13 | #466 |
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