Baby name

Bella

Girl

Origin of the name

Bella is a short form of Isabella; in Italian, bella means “beautiful.”

Rising name

Bella peaked in 2010, when 1 baby in 720 was given the name. The name is holding close to its all-time high. Latest ranking, 2025: No. 136. 52% of all babies named Bella since 1880 were born in the 2010s.

83,721births since 1880

2010sgeneration

No. 48rank at its peak, in 2010

Where babies named Bella are born

2010

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The darker the blue, the more common Bella is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Bella is most common in Nevada (3.4 times), Arizona (2) and Florida (1.9), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

One letter apart

Ella 351,313
Della 70,810
Belle 19,227
Zella 13,369
Belva 7,960
Nella 4,374

Names from the same era

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