Bela**
#5,943 most common girls' name of all time · #10,046 across all names · 37% boys / 63% girls · used 1912–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among girls
#5,943
Rank overall
#10,046 of 105,966
First appeared
1912
Years on the list
79 of 146
All-time
1,295
Since 2016
283
Peak year
2008 #3,716
Best rank
#3,530 1913
Girls
Boys
peak 49/yr
Bela first appears in 1912. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | — | 21 | #5,756 |
| 2024 | 30 | — | 30 | #4,580 |
| 2023 | 37 | — | 37 | #3,995 |
| 2022 | 30 | 8 | 38 | #4,593 |
| 2021 | 31 | — | 31 | #4,428 |
| 2020 | 19 | — | 19 | #6,112 |
| 2019 | 27 | — | 27 | #4,928 |
| 2018 | 16 | 5 | 21 | #7,130 |
| 2017 | 22 | 6 | 28 | #5,682 |
| 2016 | 25 | 6 | 31 | #5,301 |
| 2015 | 16 | 7 | 23 | #7,294 |
| 2014 | 38 | 6 | 44 | #3,934 |
| 2013 | 28 | — | 28 | #4,906 |
| 2012 | 41 | — | 41 | #3,799 |
| 2011 | 34 | — | 34 | #4,263 |
| 2010 | 44 | — | 44 | #3,579 |
| 2009 | 30 | — | 30 | #4,818 |
| 2008 | 43 | 6 | 49 | #3,716 |
| 2007 | 34 | 11 | 45 | #4,392 |
| 2006 | 34 | 5 | 39 | #4,274 |
| 2005 | 26 | 12 | 38 | #4,985 |
| 2004 | 23 | 13 | 36 | #5,404 |
| 2003 | 21 | 7 | 28 | #5,616 |
| 2002 | 15 | 10 | 25 | #7,096 |
| 2001 | 16 | 5 | 21 | #6,659 |
| 2000 | 16 | 9 | 25 | #6,522 |
| 1999 | 10 | — | 10 | #8,879 |
| 1998 | 11 | 5 | 16 | #8,077 |
| 1997 | 11 | — | 11 | #7,795 |
| 1996 | 5 | — | 5 | #13,682 |
| 1995 | 5 | 6 | 11 | #13,568 |
| 1993 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1992 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1989 | 6 | 5 | 11 | #10,989 |
| 1985 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1983 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1980 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 1979 | 6 | 5 | 11 | #9,144 |
| 1974 | 5 | 5 | 10 | #8,954 |
| 1973 | 6 | 8 | 14 | #7,564 |
| 1972 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1970 | — | 10 | 10 | — |
| 1967 | — | 9 | 9 | — |
| 1966 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1965 | — | 10 | 10 | — |
| 1964 | — | 9 | 9 | — |
| 1963 | — | 10 | 10 | — |
| 1962 | — | 13 | 13 | — |
| 1961 | — | 10 | 10 | — |
| 1960 | — | 9 | 9 | — |
| 1959 | — | 10 | 10 | — |
| 1958 | — | 12 | 12 | — |
| 1957 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1955 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1953 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1952 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1947 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 1946 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1943 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1934 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1932 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1929 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1928 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1927 | — | 8 | 8 | — |
| 1926 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1925 | — | 12 | 12 | — |
| 1924 | 7 | — | 7 | #4,201 |
| 1923 | 5 | 7 | 12 | #5,245 |
| 1922 | — | 11 | 11 | — |
| 1921 | 6 | 6 | 12 | #4,732 |
| 1920 | 5 | 5 | 10 | #5,265 |
| 1919 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1918 | — | 14 | 14 | — |
| 1917 | — | 9 | 9 | — |
| 1916 | — | 13 | 13 | — |
| 1915 | — | 13 | 13 | — |
| 1914 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1913 | 5 | — | 5 | #3,530 |
| 1912 | — | 5 | 5 | — |