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.

Belle

#1,075 most common girls' name of all time · #1,908 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among girls
#1,075
Rank overall
#1,908 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
19,227
Since 2016
2,773
Peak year
1915 #288
Best rank
#90 1880
Girls Boys peak 407/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Belle 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 247 — 247 #1,013
2024 255 — 255 #1,004
2023 250 — 250 #1,012
2022 274 — 274 #971
2021 241 — 241 #1,045
2020 255 — 255 #1,000
2019 307 — 307 #874
2018 312 — 312 #870
2017 339 — 339 #807
2016 293 — 293 #935
2015 251 — 251 #1,049
2014 251 — 251 #1,032
2013 190 — 190 #1,254
2012 163 — 163 #1,408
2011 144 — 144 #1,524
2010 155 — 155 #1,456
2009 136 — 136 #1,639
2008 170 — 170 #1,395
2007 144 — 144 #1,570
2006 146 — 146 #1,505
2005 152 — 152 #1,406
2004 147 — 147 #1,413
2003 107 — 107 #1,755
2002 113 — 113 #1,632
2001 108 — 108 #1,672
2000 74 — 74 #2,158
1999 56 — 56 #2,527
1998 68 — 68 #2,124
1997 62 — 62 #2,200
1996 55 — 55 #2,372
1995 35 — 35 #3,220
1994 41 — 41 #2,877
1993 35 — 35 #3,221
1992 19 — 19 #5,052
1991 8 — 8 #9,336
1990 13 — 13 #6,465
1989 9 — 9 #8,038
1988 6 — 6 #10,386
1987 12 — 12 #5,923
1986 6 — 6 #9,545
1985 9 — 9 #6,955
1984 13 — 13 #5,222
1983 18 — 18 #4,109
1982 15 — 15 #4,716
1981 13 — 13 #5,254
1980 11 — 11 #5,913
1979 21 — 21 #3,668
1978 14 — 14 #4,679
1977 15 — 15 #4,425
1976 12 — 12 #4,905
1975 15 — 15 #4,141
1974 21 — 21 #3,212
1973 17 — 17 #3,635
1972 18 — 18 #3,404
1971 16 — 16 #3,789
1970 22 — 22 #3,030
1969 26 — 26 #2,585
1968 18 — 18 #3,058
1967 16 — 16 #3,211
1966 18 — 18 #2,937
1965 24 — 24 #2,464
1964 33 — 33 #2,071
1963 28 — 28 #2,252
1962 30 — 30 #2,163
1961 33 — 33 #2,036
1960 35 — 35 #1,925
1959 33 — 33 #1,951
1958 39 — 39 #1,733
1957 41 — 41 #1,681
1956 30 — 30 #1,968
1955 30 — 30 #1,940
1954 43 — 43 #1,540
1953 48 — 48 #1,410
1952 45 — 45 #1,439
1951 50 — 50 #1,314
1950 39 — 39 #1,474
1949 56 — 56 #1,210
1948 47 — 47 #1,345
1947 46 — 46 #1,357
1946 42 — 42 #1,337
1945 40 — 40 #1,261
1944 25 — 25 #1,661
1943 51 — 51 #1,124
1942 45 — 45 #1,180
1941 45 — 45 #1,101
1940 32 — 32 #1,313
1939 42 — 42 #1,102
1938 44 — 44 #1,079
1937 46 — 46 #1,048
1936 42 — 42 #1,081
1935 47 — 47 #1,004
1934 50 — 50 #973
1933 55 — 55 #915
1932 68 — 68 #830
1931 62 — 62 #871
1930 82 — 82 #775
1929 96 — 96 #715
1928 93 — 93 #736
1927 120 — 120 #657
1926 116 — 116 #674
1925 140 — 140 #619
1924 162 — 162 #574
1923 177 — 177 #533
1922 187 — 187 #509
1921 219 — 219 #464
1920 235 — 235 #436
1919 252 — 252 #407
1918 285 — 285 #387
1917 314 — 314 #352
1916 334 — 334 #335
1915 407 — 407 #288
1914 353 — 353 #276
1913 273 — 273 #287
1912 279 — 279 #267
1911 211 — 211 #267
1910 193 — 193 #281
1909 201 — 201 #251
1908 187 — 187 #255
1907 196 — 196 #239
1906 191 — 191 #229
1905 205 — 205 #216
1904 205 — 205 #211
1903 200 — 200 #210
1902 212 — 212 #201
1901 208 — 208 #197
1900 291 — 291 #181
1899 180 — 180 #207
1898 257 — 257 #183
1897 212 — 212 #186
1896 238 — 238 #176
1895 283 — 283 #155
1894 249 — 249 #164
1893 284 — 284 #145
1892 265 — 265 #150
1891 240 — 240 #145
1890 304 — 304 #127
1889 265 — 265 #135
1888 317 — 317 #115
1887 272 — 272 #111
1886 270 — 270 #115
1885 255 — 255 #108
1884 286 — 286 #100
1883 262 — 262 #97
1882 264 — 264 #98
1881 219 — 219 #97
1880 238 — 238 #90