Bella

Girl · recorded 1880–2025

  • #136in 2025
  • 1 in 754girls in 2025
  • −38%last ten years
  • 2.1×in Nevada

Most popular in 2010. Quieter now: down 38% in ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

01,4452,88918801916195319892025

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 146 recorded years as a table
Bella, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
1880143
1881261
1882148
1883151
1884240
1885188
1886152
1887178
1888174
1889207
1890221
1891199
1892250
1893216
1894157
1895167
1896181
1897188
1898151
1899227
1900244
1901150
1902201
1903168
1904156
1905178
1906183
1907188
1908194
1909216
1910184
1911196
1912202
1913200
1914200
1915163
1916198
1917199
1918206
1919187
1920157
1921156
1922148
1923143
1924107
1925109
192689
192775
192863
192974
193057
193147
193244
193337
193443
193527
193628
193718
193817
193923
194017
194122
194216
194311
194412
194510
194615
194724
194815
194918
195012
195116
195219
195323
195414
195521
195612
195712
195817
195912
196015
196111
196212
196311
196411
196519
19669
196710
196815
196911
197018
197113
197212
197319
197413
197520
197612
197717
197812
197916
198010
198111
198213
198313
198411
198513
198610
198711
198811
19899
199015
199125
199221
199327
199443
199561
199641
199755
199888
1999104
2000169
2001229
2002380
2003533
2004675
2005901
20061,030
20071,175
20081,474
20092,471
20102,889
20112,433
20122,477
20132,388
20142,299
20152,137
20162,080
20172,703
20182,691
20192,621
20202,257
20212,053
20221,777
20231,599
20241,530
20251,325

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. Nevada 2.1×
  2. New Mexico 2.0×
  3. Florida 1.8×
  4. New Jersey 1.6×
  5. Massachusetts 1.6×

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More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
2,129
Rank in 2025
#136
How rare
1 in 754 girls
Since 1880
83,721

Most popular in 2010, at 2,889 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 38% per million girls born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Nevada2.1×85
New Mexico2.0×43
Florida1.8×698
New Jersey1.6×260
Massachusetts1.6×165

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.