Bella
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
About Bella
Everything ella, from Ella to Bella to Arabella, is red hot right now. Bella is one of the most, well, beautiful girl names starting with B. It carried a hint of a nice Old World grandmotherly veneer, until it became attached to Twilight's Bella Swan.
Bella derived as a diminutive of Isabella and other names with the suffix -bella, such as Anabella and Arabella, but has a meaning all its own: beautiful.That's because Bella is related to the word for "beautiful" in languages including Spanish, Italian, Latin, Portuguese, and Greek. Belle means "beautiful" in French.
If you're thinking of naming your daughter Bella, be aware that there are a lot of little girls whose proper names are Isabella, Arabella etc. who are called Bella, so you may hear the name more frequently than you'd guess judging by popularity statistics.
In pre-Twilight literature, Bella Wilfer is the central character in Charles Dickens's Our Mutual Friend.
Mark Ruffalo, Billy Bob Thornton, David Boreanaz and Eddie Murphy are all dads to Bellas. A strong feminist namesake is Bella Abzug. One current Bella is child star turned pop star Bella Thorne, born Annabella.
Bella was in use as far back as the thirteenth century, then disappeared until the eighteenth when it became fashionable.
Today, Bella is among the most popular dog names.
Bella is also given to boys.
Pronounced BEL-ah.
As of October 2026, Bella ranked #136 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #48 in 2010, Nameberry popularity #443.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #70 | 4,102 | 2,296.3 |
| 2015 | #74 | 3,812 | 2,135.5 |
| 2016 | #78 | 3,681 | 2,077.3 |
| 2017 | #50 | 4,664 | 2,701.5 |
| 2018 | #48 | 4,573 | 2,688.3 |
| 2019 | #50 | 4,396 | 2,619.2 |
| 2020 | #63 | 3,645 | 2,254.8 |
| 2021 | #73 | 3,366 | 2,051.4 |
| 2022 | #85 | 2,912 | 1,775.5 |
| 2023 | #106 | 2,559 | 1,594.8 |
| 2024 | #109 | 2,469 | 1,523.9 |
| 2025 | #136 | 2,129 | 1,324.6 |
World rankings
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Bella on lists
Famous Bellas
- Bella MilagroGirl
the daughter of Josiah & Lauren Duggar, from TLC's "Counting On"
- Bella AbzugGirl
U.S. Congresswoman from New York
- Bella FreudGirl
English fashion designer
- Bella PilarGirl
American illustrator
- Isabella Khair "Bella" HadidGirl
American model
- Annabella Avery "Bella" ThorneGirl
American actress
- Arwen Arabella "Bella" HardyGirl
English folk singer
- Isabella "Bella" HeathcoteGirl
Australian actress
- Bella BeckerGirl
birth name of Belle Baker, American singer and actress
- Bella LewitzkyGirl
American choreographer
- Bella Rosenfeld ChagallGirl
Belarusian novelist; wife of painter Marc Chagall
- Bella Cohen SpewackGirl
American playwright and screenwriter
- Isabella "Bella" LogginsGirl
daughter of singer Kenny Loggins
- Isabella Jane "Bella" CruiseGirl
daughter of actors Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman
- Isabella "Bella" GiannulliGirl
daughter of actress Lori Loughlin and designer Mossimo Giannulli
- Isabella 'Bella' WallingtonGirl
daughter of actress Tina Hobley and Steve Wallington
- Bella Ivory Aziza WayansGirl
daughter of actors Keenen Ivory and Daphne Wayans
- Bella Zahra MurphyGirl
daughter of actor Eddie Murphy
- Bella ThorntonGirl
daughter of actor Billy Bob Thornton and Connie Angland
- Bella Noche Ruffalo (b. 2005)Girl
daughter of actor Mark Ruffalo
- Bella Blu Ray (b. 2008)Girl
daughter of bodybuilder Shawn Ray
- Bella Vita Bardot Boreanaz (b. 2009)Girl
daughter of actor David Boreanaz
- Bella Rose Lambert (b. 2013)Girl
daughter of footballer Rickie Lambert
- Bella Monroe James (b. 2012)Girl
daughter of rapper Juelz Santana and model Kimbella
- Bella Tatum Poor (b. 2013)Girl
daughter of skater Naomi Nari Nam and Tyler Poor
- Bella Meskhi (b. 2015)Girl
daughter of actors Ekaterina Klimova and Gela Meskhi
- Bella Raine Jeter (b. 2017)Girl
daughter of baseball player Derek Jeter
- Luca Bella FacinelliGirl
daughter of actors Jennie Garth and Peter Facinelli
- Kaiya Bella Luna Stormare (b. 2009)Girl
daughter of actor Peter Stormare
- Cai Bella Bridges (b. 2011)Girl
daughter of rapper Ludacris
Bella in pop culture
- Isabella Marie "Bella" SwanGirl
main character in the Twilight Saga
- Bellatrix "Bella" LestrangeGirl
character in the Harry Potter series
- Bella MonroeGirl
character in the video game Siren: Blood Curse
- BellaGirl
character in play "Lost in Yonkers" by Neil Simon
- BellaGirl
character on TV's "Young Americans"
- Isabella "Bella" HartleyGirl
mermaid on TV series "H2O: Just Add Water"
- Bella Goth (nee Bachelor)Girl
character in "The Sims" (1,4) video/computer games
- Isabella Jane "Bella" CooperGirl
character on New Zealand soap "Shortland Street"
- Bella of BrockhallGirl
badger character in the Redwall series
- Bella DawsonGirl
main character on TV's "Bella and the Bulldogs"
- Bella SharpeGirl
character on British soap "Hollyoaks"
- Bella Moriarty SpellgroveGirl
character in "Sherlock Holmes: The Musical"
- BellaGirl
minor character in the Game of Thrones series
- Bella Rose KingGirl
character on Australian soap "Home and Away"
- BellaGirl
character in the Warriors series
- Bella CrossleyGirl
character on TV's "Evermoor"
- BellaGirl
character in Erin Hunter's "Survivors" book series
- Bella Donna BoudreauxGirl
character in Marvel's X,Men comics