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How popular is the name Bela?
Births per year, rank history and how many Belas are alive today.
Bela (female) is a rare spelling of the girls' name Bella in England and Wales, ranked 3035th in 2025 and given to 8 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 2011, when 13 babies were given the name, the 2025th most popular that year.
Across all spellings of the name, the Bella you are most likely to meet is around 13 years old. Half of all Bellas born in England and Wales are between 6 and 14, and there are at least 14,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 4.3% chance that at least one of them will be called Bella.
How many babies are named Bela each year?
Includes all spellings: Bela, Bella. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Bela spelling rank?
Where does the Bella spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Bela most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Bella, peaked in 2014, when 1,154 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Bela spelling itself peaked in 2011, with 13 babies.
How many people are called Bela?
At least 14,000 people named Bela in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Bela?
Most living Belas are between 6 and 14; the most common age is about 13.
Is Bela becoming more or less popular?
Rising: numbers have been climbing in recent years.