Bell
#3,745 most common girls' name of all time · #6,410 across all names · 5% male / 95% female · used 1880–2025
Rank among girls
#3,745
Rank overall
#6,410 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
102 of 146
All-time
2,626
Since 2016
67
Peak year
1900 #423
Best rank
#276 1884
Girls
Boys
peak 63/yr
Bell is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | — | 8 | #10,918 |
| 2024 | 6 | — | 6 | #13,480 |
| 2023 | 7 | — | 7 | #12,198 |
| 2022 | 8 | — | 8 | #11,233 |
| 2021 | 7 | — | 7 | #12,209 |
| 2020 | 7 | — | 7 | #12,145 |
| 2018 | 14 | — | 14 | #7,763 |
| 2017 | 10 | — | 10 | #9,946 |
| 2015 | 7 | — | 7 | #13,006 |
| 2014 | 9 | — | 9 | #10,957 |
| 2013 | 5 | — | 5 | #16,549 |
| 2012 | 5 | — | 5 | #16,870 |
| 2011 | 6 | — | 6 | #14,825 |
| 2010 | 8 | — | 8 | #12,277 |
| 2009 | 8 | — | 8 | #12,432 |
| 2008 | 5 | — | 5 | #17,505 |
| 2006 | 7 | — | 7 | #13,610 |
| 1993 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1991 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1973 | 5 | — | 5 | #8,425 |
| 1970 | 6 | — | 6 | #7,070 |
| 1967 | 5 | — | 5 | #6,805 |
| 1962 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1961 | 7 | — | 7 | #5,309 |
| 1960 | 6 | — | 6 | #5,696 |
| 1959 | 7 | — | 7 | #5,032 |
| 1958 | 7 | — | 7 | #4,890 |
| 1956 | 8 | — | 8 | #4,467 |
| 1955 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,828 |
| 1954 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,753 |
| 1952 | 8 | — | 8 | #4,123 |
| 1951 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,833 |
| 1949 | 8 | — | 8 | #3,892 |
| 1948 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,243 |
| 1947 | 8 | — | 8 | #4,007 |
| 1946 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,417 |
| 1945 | 8 | — | 8 | #3,388 |
| 1944 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,574 |
| 1943 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,691 |
| 1942 | 14 | — | 14 | #2,416 |
| 1941 | 12 | — | 12 | #2,532 |
| 1940 | 13 | — | 13 | #2,299 |
| 1939 | 12 | — | 12 | #2,417 |
| 1938 | 15 | — | 15 | #2,114 |
| 1937 | 9 | — | 9 | #2,940 |
| 1936 | 16 | — | 16 | #1,951 |
| 1935 | 7 | 5 | 12 | #3,431 |
| 1934 | 15 | — | 15 | #2,087 |
| 1933 | 7 | — | 7 | #3,406 |
| 1932 | 12 | 5 | 17 | #2,490 |
| 1931 | 10 | — | 10 | #2,750 |
| 1930 | 22 | — | 22 | #1,703 |
| 1929 | 17 | 8 | 25 | #2,011 |
| 1928 | 20 | 9 | 29 | #1,897 |
| 1927 | 21 | 6 | 27 | #1,885 |
| 1926 | 28 | 6 | 34 | #1,541 |
| 1925 | 34 | — | 34 | #1,376 |
| 1924 | 33 | — | 33 | #1,440 |
| 1923 | 31 | — | 31 | #1,464 |
| 1922 | 28 | 10 | 38 | #1,575 |
| 1921 | 36 | 5 | 41 | #1,298 |
| 1920 | 42 | 6 | 48 | #1,171 |
| 1919 | 49 | 5 | 54 | #1,027 |
| 1918 | 50 | 6 | 56 | #1,018 |
| 1917 | 31 | 5 | 36 | #1,307 |
| 1916 | 47 | — | 47 | #1,005 |
| 1915 | 47 | 13 | 60 | #968 |
| 1914 | 35 | 6 | 41 | #1,003 |
| 1913 | 40 | 7 | 47 | #830 |
| 1912 | 58 | — | 58 | #659 |
| 1911 | 43 | — | 43 | #659 |
| 1910 | 50 | — | 50 | #584 |
| 1909 | 29 | — | 29 | #747 |
| 1908 | 31 | — | 31 | #698 |
| 1907 | 33 | 5 | 38 | #650 |
| 1906 | 40 | — | 40 | #555 |
| 1905 | 45 | 8 | 53 | #506 |
| 1904 | 34 | — | 34 | #577 |
| 1903 | 48 | — | 48 | #462 |
| 1902 | 43 | — | 43 | #478 |
| 1901 | 52 | — | 52 | #414 |
| 1900 | 63 | — | 63 | #423 |
| 1899 | 52 | — | 52 | #403 |
| 1898 | 58 | — | 58 | #405 |
| 1897 | 44 | — | 44 | #440 |
| 1896 | 51 | — | 51 | #397 |
| 1895 | 46 | — | 46 | #417 |
| 1894 | 43 | — | 43 | #422 |
| 1893 | 42 | — | 42 | #415 |
| 1892 | 59 | — | 59 | #343 |
| 1891 | 55 | — | 55 | #340 |
| 1890 | 61 | — | 61 | #324 |
| 1889 | 55 | — | 55 | #334 |
| 1888 | 45 | — | 45 | #357 |
| 1887 | 44 | — | 44 | #322 |
| 1886 | 46 | — | 46 | #305 |
| 1885 | 45 | — | 45 | #300 |
| 1884 | 50 | — | 50 | #276 |
| 1883 | 33 | — | 33 | #309 |
| 1882 | 38 | — | 38 | #288 |
| 1881 | 29 | — | 29 | #291 |
| 1880 | 31 | — | 31 | #278 |