Bella

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Also spelled: Bella- (4)

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 1996 and has been recorded in 29 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2014 with 1,141 babies (rank #52 that year). In 2024 it was given to 619 girls (rank #76). 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 โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

14,108
Total babies (all years)
29
Years in the data
1,141
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
199623#919
199720#1,020
199823#930
199933#705
200032#729
200135#712
200235#741
200347#621
200464#515
200584#440
2006108#389
2007161#293
2008184#261
2009314#165
2010575#104
2011823#69
20121,027#58
20131,042#56
20141,141#52
20151,020#58
2016946#66
2017974#59
2018969#54
2019958#53
2020792#63
2021730#72
2022642#77
2023687#67
2024619#76