Bluebell
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- BLOO-bel
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,324 for girls
Bluebell is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “bluebell flower”. In 2025 it ranked 1,324th for girls in the UK (25 babies).
What does Bluebell mean?
English: flower name
“bluebell flower”
The native bluebell is protected in Britain, where digging up wild bulbs is illegal.
Is Bluebell a girl's or a boy's name?
Bluebell is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 25 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Bluebell in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,324th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 25 about 1 in 11,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 20% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 25 girls in the UK were named Bluebell, making it the 1,324th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,121st. Its busiest year was 2017, with 46 girls.
Half of all the girls named Bluebell in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 40 girls in the UK were given Bluebell or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #846, up from #1,324 for this spelling alone.
- Bluebell 25
- Bluebelle 15
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,271st in England and Wales.
Bluebell in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25 | #1,324 |
| 2024 | 24 | #1,397 |
| 2023 | 29 | #1,209 |
| 2022 | 37 | #1,004 |
| 2021 | 28 | #1,264 |
| 2020 | 32 | #1,121 |
| 2019 | 35 | #1,058 |
| 2018 | 31 | #1,180 |
| 2017 | 46 | #897 |
| 2016 | 41 | #956 |
| 2015 | 29 | #1,244 |
| 2014 | 38 | #1,025 |
| 2013 | 35 | #1,096 |
| 2012 | 29 | #1,232 |
| 2011 | 15 | #1,917 |
| 2010 | 25 | #1,344 |
| 2009 | 23 | #1,360 |
| 2008 | 21 | #1,443 |
| 2007 | 10 | #2,354 |
| 2006 | 9 | #2,451 |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,806 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 9 | #2,109 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,928 |
| 2000 | 6 | #2,554 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 4 | #3,310 |
Names like Bluebell
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Willow, Ivy, Harper, Hallie, Bella, Olive, Frankie, Autumn, Violet, Mabel, Gracie, Evie
Other spellings of Bluebell
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Grace, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hazel, Carter, Harrison, River, Ellie
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Bluebell: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/bluebell, updated 20 October 2026.