Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Bella

#433 most common girls' name of all time · #788 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among girls
#433
Rank overall
#788 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
83,766
Since 2016
34,447
Peak year
2010 #48
Best rank
#48 2010
Girls Boys peak 5,144/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Bella 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 2,129 — 2,129 #136
2024 2,479 — 2,479 #109
2023 2,566 — 2,566 #104
2022 2,915 — 2,915 #85
2021 3,369 — 3,369 #73
2020 3,649 — 3,649 #63
2019 4,399 5 4,404 #50
2018 4,578 — 4,578 #48
2017 4,667 6 4,673 #50
2016 3,685 — 3,685 #78
2015 3,814 — 3,814 #74
2014 4,107 7 4,114 #70
2013 4,190 — 4,190 #58
2012 4,362 — 4,362 #54
2011 4,280 9 4,289 #60
2010 5,136 8 5,144 #48
2009 4,540 5 4,545 #58
2008 2,788 5 2,793 #122
2007 2,260 — 2,260 #157
2006 1,959 — 1,959 #181
2005 1,664 — 1,664 #208
2004 1,240 — 1,240 #260
2003 974 — 974 #317
2002 683 — 683 #426
2001 413 — 413 #609
2000 307 — 307 #750
1999 185 — 185 #1,085
1998 156 — 156 #1,190
1997 95 — 95 #1,658
1996 72 — 72 #1,964
1995 107 — 107 #1,483
1994 76 — 76 #1,867
1993 49 — 49 #2,534
1992 39 — 39 #2,974
1991 47 — 47 #2,594
1990 28 — 28 #3,720
1989 17 — 17 #5,053
1988 20 — 20 #4,315
1987 19 — 19 #4,288
1986 17 — 17 #4,545
1985 23 — 23 #3,623
1984 19 — 19 #3,998
1983 22 — 22 #3,557
1982 22 — 22 #3,652
1981 19 — 19 #4,011
1980 17 — 17 #4,330
1979 25 — 25 #3,240
1978 19 — 19 #3,782
1977 26 — 26 #3,006
1976 18 — 18 #3,681
1975 29 — 29 #2,614
1974 19 — 19 #3,428
1973 28 — 28 #2,565
1972 19 — 19 #3,280
1971 21 — 21 #3,168
1970 32 — 32 #2,355
1969 18 — 18 #3,202
1968 24 — 24 #2,539
1967 16 — 16 #3,216
1966 16 — 16 #3,151
1965 34 — 34 #1,995
1964 21 — 21 #2,754
1963 22 — 22 #2,626
1962 24 — 24 #2,469
1961 22 — 22 #2,610
1960 30 — 30 #2,100
1959 24 — 24 #2,342
1958 34 — 34 #1,873
1957 24 — 24 #2,279
1956 25 — 25 #2,198
1955 41 — 41 #1,597
1954 28 — 28 #1,988
1953 43 — 43 #1,491
1952 36 — 36 #1,612
1951 29 — 29 #1,808
1950 21 — 21 #2,122
1949 30 — 30 #1,736
1948 26 — 26 #1,859
1947 43 — 43 #1,415
1946 23 — 23 #1,919
1945 13 — 13 #2,459
1944 16 — 16 #2,202
1943 16 — 16 #2,253
1942 22 — 22 #1,808
1941 27 — 27 #1,502
1940 19 — 19 #1,848
1939 25 — 25 #1,515
1938 19 — 19 #1,806
1937 19 — 19 #1,785
1936 29 — 29 #1,346
1935 28 — 28 #1,382
1934 45 — 45 #1,036
1933 37 — 37 #1,159
1932 47 — 47 #1,035
1931 50 — 50 #985
1930 64 — 64 #910
1929 83 — 83 #764
1928 73 — 73 #845
1927 90 — 90 #762
1926 106 — 106 #704
1925 133 — 133 #635
1924 134 — 134 #648
1923 172 — 172 #549
1922 178 — 178 #528
1921 192 — 192 #509
1920 188 — 188 #506
1919 211 — 211 #458
1918 238 — 238 #429
1917 215 — 215 #439
1916 207 — 207 #438
1915 160 — 160 #487
1914 152 — 152 #443
1913 125 — 125 #442
1912 113 — 113 #442
1911 82 — 82 #453
1910 73 — 73 #468
1909 75 — 75 #428
1908 65 — 65 #449
1907 60 — 60 #464
1906 54 — 54 #463
1905 52 — 52 #473
1904 43 — 43 #504
1903 44 — 44 #484
1902 53 — 53 #427
1901 36 — 36 #509
1900 73 — 73 #388
1899 53 — 53 #398
1898 39 — 39 #494
1897 44 — 44 #443
1896 43 — 43 #441
1895 39 — 39 #466
1894 35 — 35 #479
1893 46 — 46 #397
1892 53 — 53 #369
1891 37 — 37 #409
1890 42 — 42 #392
1889 37 — 37 #402
1888 31 — 31 #448
1887 26 — 26 #442
1886 22 — 22 #468
1885 25 — 25 #421
1884 31 — 31 #365
1883 17 — 17 #472
1882 16 — 16 #465
1881 24 — 24 #336
1880 13 — 13 #469