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Bella

Bella holds the #136 spot on the 2025 list of the most popular girl names in the U.S. That amounts to 2,129 newborn girls in a single year. The name has been cooling off, slipping from #63 in 2020 to #136 today. Its strongest year on record was 2010 (#48 nationally, 5,136 newborns), in a data series reaching back to 1880. The name's biggest fan base is in New Mexico (#64 there in 2025).

Rankings

2025 rank
#136
among girl names
Trend
Falling
last 5 years
All-time peak
#48
in 2010 (2010s)
Babies in 2025
2,129
girls named Bella

Bella popularity, 1880–2025

0.078%0.16%0.23%0.31%18801900192019401960198020002020#48 in 2010
Girls — share of U.S. female birthsSource: SSA, 1880–2025◆ peak 2010

Where Bella is most popular

Alaska: #112 (6 girls, 0.36% of girls born 2025)AK#112Maine: #209 (5 girls, 0.16% of girls born 2025)ME#209Vermont: fewer than 5 girls named Bella in 2025VT—New Hampshire: #236 (5 girls, 0.13% of girls born 2025)NH#236Washington: #176 (41 girls, 0.14% of girls born 2025)WA#176Idaho: #193 (11 girls, 0.15% of girls born 2025)ID#193Montana: fewer than 5 girls named Bella in 2025MT—North Dakota: #162 (6 girls, 0.22% of girls born 2025)ND#162Minnesota: #250 (22 girls, 0.10% of girls born 2025)MN#250Wisconsin: #253 (21 girls, 0.10% of girls born 2025)WI#253Michigan: #157 (54 girls, 0.15% of girls born 2025)MI#157New York: #104 (142 girls, 0.18% of girls born 2025)NY#104Massachusetts: #142 (39 girls, 0.16% of girls born 2025)MA#142Rhode Island: #150 (6 girls, 0.24% of girls born 2025)RI#150Oregon: #273 (13 girls, 0.10% of girls born 2025)OR#273Nevada: #150 (16 girls, 0.17% of girls born 2025)NV#150Wyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Bella in 2025WY—South Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Bella in 2025SD—Iowa: #165 (19 girls, 0.16% of girls born 2025)IA#165Illinois: #176 (56 girls, 0.13% of girls born 2025)IL#176Indiana: #138 (48 girls, 0.17% of girls born 2025)IN#138Ohio: #205 (55 girls, 0.12% of girls born 2025)OH#205Pennsylvania: #139 (75 girls, 0.16% of girls born 2025)PA#139New Jersey: #85 (82 girls, 0.23% of girls born 2025)NJ#85Connecticut: #137 (22 girls, 0.19% of girls born 2025)CT#137California: #95 (319 girls, 0.20% of girls born 2025)CA#95Utah: #151 (29 girls, 0.17% of girls born 2025)UT#151Colorado: #154 (37 girls, 0.16% of girls born 2025)CO#154Nebraska: #396 (5 girls, 0.07% of girls born 2025)NE#396Missouri: #228 (27 girls, 0.11% of girls born 2025)MO#228Kentucky: #233 (19 girls, 0.11% of girls born 2025)KY#233West Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Bella in 2025WV—Virginia: #186 (44 girls, 0.13% of girls born 2025)VA#186Maryland: #114 (38 girls, 0.19% of girls born 2025)MD#114Delaware: #140 (6 girls, 0.27% of girls born 2025)DE#140Arizona: #130 (48 girls, 0.17% of girls born 2025)AZ#130New Mexico: #64 (18 girls, 0.39% of girls born 2025)NM#64Kansas: #445 (7 girls, 0.06% of girls born 2025)KS#445Arkansas: #208 (14 girls, 0.13% of girls born 2025)AR#208Tennessee: #204 (38 girls, 0.12% of girls born 2025)TN#204North Carolina: #159 (64 girls, 0.14% of girls born 2025)NC#159South Carolina: #144 (31 girls, 0.17% of girls born 2025)SC#144District of Columbia: #119 (6 girls, 0.30% of girls born 2025)DC#119Oklahoma: #175 (22 girls, 0.15% of girls born 2025)OK#175Louisiana: #170 (24 girls, 0.15% of girls born 2025)LA#170Mississippi: #143 (17 girls, 0.19% of girls born 2025)MS#143Alabama: #221 (21 girls, 0.11% of girls born 2025)AL#221Georgia: #125 (77 girls, 0.17% of girls born 2025)GA#125Hawaii: #92 (8 girls, 0.37% of girls born 2025)HI#92Texas: #132 (235 girls, 0.15% of girls born 2025)TX#132Florida: #71 (218 girls, 0.25% of girls born 2025)FL#71
Share of girls born in 2025:lowhighno data (< 5 births)
Strongest states: New Mexico (#64), Hawaii (#92), Alaska (#112)

Uniqueness score

25/ 100Very common
everywhereone of a kind

A familiar pick that most people will recognize instantly. Based on how many babies per birth were named Bella in the most recent year of SSA data.

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