Bella

Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

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 1880 and has been recorded in 145 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2010 with 5,135 babies (rank #48 that year). In 2024 it was given to 2,469 girls (rank #109). The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Bella

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

5Destiny numberThe free spiritCurious, restless, energised by change.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
6Soul urgeThe carerNurturing, responsible, family at the centre.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
8PersonalityThe achieverDriven, capable, comfortable wielding influence.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

81,582

Total babies (all years)

145

Years in the data

5,135

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

Also a character in

In Twilight: Bella Swan — protagonist

Famous people named Bella

Bella Abzugfeminist · b. 1920
Bella PoarchTikToker · b. 1997
Bella Swanhigh school student · b. 1987
Bella Darvifilm actor · b. 1928

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1880	13	#469
1881	24	#325
1882	16	#459
1883	17	#465
1884	31	#358
1885	25	#414
1886	22	#460
1887	26	#436
1888	31	#443
1889	37	#398
1890	42	#385
1891	37	#405
1892	53	#365
1893	46	#395
1894	35	#476
1895	39	#465
1896	43	#441
1897	44	#443
1898	39	#493
1899	53	#398
1900	73	#389
1901	36	#509
1902	53	#426
1903	44	#482
1904	43	#500
1905	52	#473
1906	54	#463
1907	60	#463
1908	65	#449
1909	75	#427
1910	73	#467
1911	82	#450
1912	113	#442
1913	125	#442
1914	152	#443
1915	160	#485
1916	207	#438
1917	215	#439
1918	238	#428
1919	211	#458
1920	188	#506
1921	192	#509
1922	178	#528
1923	172	#549
1924	134	#648
1925	133	#635
1926	106	#703
1927	90	#762
1928	73	#846
1929	83	#766
1930	64	#909
1931	50	#985
1932	47	#1,032
1933	37	#1,161
1934	45	#1,035
1935	28	#1,382
1936	29	#1,347
1937	19	#1,788
1938	19	#1,815
1939	25	#1,515
1940	19	#1,851
1941	27	#1,505
1942	22	#1,810
1943	16	#2,263
1944	16	#2,212
1945	13	#2,476
1946	23	#1,923
1947	43	#1,414
1948	26	#1,862
1949	30	#1,739
1950	21	#2,126
1951	29	#1,806
1952	36	#1,613
1953	43	#1,493
1954	28	#1,990
1955	41	#1,599
1956	25	#2,197
1957	24	#2,281
1958	34	#1,875
1959	24	#2,347
1960	30	#2,104
1961	22	#2,613
1962	24	#2,469
1963	22	#2,630
1964	21	#2,754
1965	34	#1,997
1966	16	#3,156
1967	16	#3,215
1968	24	#2,545
1969	18	#3,206
1970	32	#2,358
1971	21	#3,175
1972	19	#3,288
1973	28	#2,568
1974	19	#3,440
1975	29	#2,619
1976	18	#3,689
1977	26	#3,007
1978	19	#3,789
1979	25	#3,250
1980	17	#4,341
1981	19	#4,019
1982	22	#3,661
1983	22	#3,562
1984	19	#4,009
1985	23	#3,631
1986	16	#4,747
1987	19	#4,301
1988	20	#4,331
1989	17	#5,070
1990	28	#3,723
1991	47	#2,596
1992	39	#2,983
1993	49	#2,537
1994	76	#1,866
1995	107	#1,483
1996	72	#1,966
1997	95	#1,658
1998	156	#1,191
1999	185	#1,085
2000	307	#749
2001	413	#609
2002	683	#426
2003	974	#317
2004	1,240	#260
2005	1,664	#208
2006	1,959	#181
2007	2,260	#157
2008	2,789	#122
2009	4,539	#58
2010	5,135	#48
2011	4,278	#60
2012	4,361	#54
2013	4,189	#58
2014	4,102	#70
2015	3,812	#74
2016	3,681	#78
2017	4,664	#50
2018	4,573	#48
2019	4,396	#50
2020	3,645	#63
2021	3,366	#73
2022	2,912	#85
2023	2,559	#106
2024	2,469	#109