Bella

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Origin: Italian

Meaning

Bella is a feminine given name. It is a diminutive or nickname form of names ending in -bella, including Izabella and Isabella. However, it can also derive, unrelatedly, from the Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and Latin words for "beautiful".

From Wikipedia

Bella first appears in the data in 1991 and has been recorded in 32 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2010 with 261 babies (rank #112 that year). In 2024 it was given to 193 girls (rank #142). Its popularity has been fairly steady recently.

Numerology of Bella

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Bella yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

3,831
Total babies (all years)
32
Years in the data
261
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19918#1,777
19946#2,015
19958#1,849
19967#2,045
19977#2,023
199816#1,099
19999#1,702
200016#1,109
200125#829
200228#783
200340#619
200439#625
200560#462
200662#469
200778#403
2008122#271
2009235#128
2010261#112
2011243#123
2012236#128
2013200#153
2014199#164
2015184#165
2016176#177
2017192#154
2018222#117
2019200#138
2020217#116
2021206#130
2022181#145
2023155#165
2024193#142