Bela
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
About Bela
Since this is strictly a male name in Slavic cultures, better to stick with the "Bella" spelling here.
Bela for boys
Despite the light, pretty sound of Bella for a girl, the boys' name Bela has dark and mysterious undertones, thanks to Dracula actor Bela Lugosi. Béla is also the first name of composer Bartók.
Pronounced BAY-luh.
As of October 2026, Bela ranked #5749 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #3239 in 1913.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · girls | Births · girls | US rank · boys | Births · boys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #3,933 | 38 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #4,928 | 27 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #4,424 | 31 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | #4,602 | 30 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | #3,991 | 37 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | #4,561 | 30 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
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Famous Belas
- Běla KolářováGirl
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- Běla HlaváčkováGirl
Czech Paralympic swimmer
- BelaBoy
king of Edom and son of Beor (1 Chr. 1:43)
- BelaBoy
son of Benjamin, grandson of Jacob (1 Chr. 8:1)
- BelaBoy
son of Azaz, of the tribe of Reuben (1 Chr. 5:8)
- Bela IBoy
V, Kings of Hungary
- Béla Viktor János BartókBoy
Hungarian composer
- Bela Lugosi (born Béla Ferenc Dezső Blaskó)Boy
Hungarian,American actor
- Béla Anton Leoš FleckBoy
American bluegrass musician
- Bela KarolyiBoy
Romanian,American gymnastics coach
- Bela of Saint OmerBoy
French knight
- Caleb Bela CaballeroBoy
son of skateboarder Steve Caballero
Bela in pop culture
- Bela TalbotGirl
a character on the television show "Supernatural" played by Lauren Cohan
- BelaGirl
female Czech form of Italian name Bianca and German name Blanka, pronounced byeh,lah