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How popular is the name Bella?
Births per year, rank history and how many Bellas are alive today.
Bella (female) is currently the 76th most popular girls' name in England and Wales, with 619 babies given the name in 2024. The name peaked in 2014, when 1,141 babies were given the name, the 52nd most popular that year. It has risen strongly over the past decade. At least 14,000 babies have been named Bella in England and Wales since 1996. Common short forms of Bella include Belle. Bella is also a common short form of Isabella, so many people called Bella are registered under the longer 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 7 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 Bella each year?
Where does Bella rank among girls' names?
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 Bella most popular?
Bella peaked in 2014, when 1,141 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Bella?
At least 14,000 people named Bella born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Bella?
Most living Bellas are between 7 and 14; the most common age is about 13.
Is Bella becoming more or less popular?
Rising: it has climbed strongly over the past decade.