Bell
#10,917 for girls in 2025, 8 births · Last seen for boys in 1993 at #8,700
Given to girls 95.0% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1884 · 50 births
- Debut · girls
- 31 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,496since 1880
Bell over time
Rank among girls' names. Bell has never cracked the top 200 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #10,917 | 8 | — | |
| 2024 | #13,477 | 6 | — | |
| 2023 | #12,197 | 7 | — | |
| 2022 | #11,231 | 8 | — | |
| 2021 | #12,206 | 7 | — | |
| 2020 | #12,142 | 7 | — | |
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | #7,762 | 14 | — | |
| 2017 | #9,943 | 10 | — | |
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | #13,006 | 7 | — | |
| 2014 | #10,955 | 9 | — | |
| 2013 | #16,547 | 5 | — | |
| 2012 | #16,869 | 5 | — | |
| 2011 | #14,824 | 6 | — | |
| 2010 | #12,276 | 8 | — | |
| 2009 | #12,429 | 8 | — | |
| 2008 | #17,504 | 5 | — | |
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | #13,606 | 7 | — | |
| 2005 | — | — | ||
| 2004 | — | — | ||
| 2003 | — | — | ||
| 2002 | — | — | ||
| 2001 | — | — | ||
| 2000 | — | — | ||
| 1999 | — | — | ||
| 1998 | — | — | ||
| 1997 | — | — | ||
| 1996 | — | — | ||
| 1995 | — | — | ||
| 1994 | — | — | ||
| 1993 | — | #8,700 | 5 | |
| 1992 | — | — | ||
| 1991 | — | #8,236 | 5 | |
| 1990 | — | — | ||
| 1989 | — | — | ||
| 1988 | — | — | ||
| 1987 | — | — | ||
| 1986 | — | — | ||
| 1985 | — | — | ||
| 1984 | — | — | ||
| 1983 | — | — | ||
| 1982 | — | — | ||
| 1981 | — | — | ||
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| 1979 | — | — | ||
| 1978 | — | — | ||
| 1977 | — | — | ||
| 1976 | — | — | ||
| 1975 | — | — | ||
| 1974 | — | — | ||
| 1973 | #8,423 | 5 | — | |
| 1972 | — | — | ||
| 1971 | — | — | ||
| 1970 | #7,070 | 6 | — | |
| 1969 | — | — | ||
| 1968 | — | — | ||
| 1967 | #6,804 | 5 | — | |
| 1966 | — | — | ||
| 1965 | — | — | ||
| 1964 | — | — | ||
| 1963 | — | — | ||
| 1962 | — | #4,033 | 5 | |
| 1961 | #5,309 | 7 | — | |
| 1960 | #5,696 | 6 | — | |
| 1959 | #5,031 | 7 | — | |
| 1958 | #4,890 | 7 | — | |
| 1957 | — | — | ||
| 1956 | #4,467 | 8 | — | |
| 1955 | #5,828 | 5 | — | |
| 1954 | #5,753 | 5 | — | |
| 1953 | — | — | ||
| 1952 | #4,123 | 8 | — | |
| 1951 | #4,833 | 6 | — | |
| 1950 | — | — | ||
| 1949 | #3,892 | 8 | — | |
| 1948 | #5,243 | 5 | — | |
| 1947 | #4,007 | 8 | — | |
| 1946 | #4,417 | 6 | — | |
| 1945 | #3,388 | 8 | — | |
| 1944 | #4,574 | 5 | — | |
| 1943 | #4,691 | 5 | — | |
| 1942 | #2,416 | 14 | — | |
| 1941 | #2,532 | 12 | — | |
| 1940 | #2,297 | 13 | — | |
| 1939 | #2,417 | 12 | — | |
| 1938 | #2,113 | 15 | — | |
| 1937 | #2,940 | 9 | — | |
| 1936 | #1,950 | 16 | — | |
| 1935 | #3,431 | 7 | #3,645 | 5 |
| 1934 | #2,087 | 15 | — | |
| 1933 | #3,406 | 7 | — | |
| 1932 | #2,490 | 12 | #3,776 | 5 |
| 1931 | #2,750 | 10 | — | |
| 1930 | #1,703 | 22 | — | |
| 1929 | #2,011 | 17 | #2,980 | 8 |
| 1928 | #1,897 | 20 | #2,843 | 9 |
| 1927 | #1,885 | 21 | #3,780 | 6 |
| 1926 | #1,541 | 28 | #3,708 | 6 |
| 1925 | #1,376 | 34 | — | |
| 1924 | #1,440 | 33 | — | |
| 1923 | #1,464 | 31 | — | |
| 1922 | #1,575 | 28 | #2,801 | 10 |
| 1921 | #1,298 | 36 | #4,322 | 5 |
| 1920 | #1,171 | 42 | #3,815 | 6 |
| 1919 | #1,026 | 49 | #4,168 | 5 |
| 1918 | #1,018 | 50 | #3,728 | 6 |
| 1917 | #1,307 | 31 | #3,981 | 5 |
| 1916 | #1,005 | 47 | — | |
| 1915 | #968 | 47 | #2,070 | 13 |
| 1914 | #1,003 | 35 | #2,915 | 6 |
| 1913 | #830 | 40 | #2,273 | 7 |
| 1912 | #659 | 58 | — | |
| 1911 | #659 | 43 | — | |
| 1910 | #584 | 50 | — | |
| 1909 | #747 | 29 | — | |
| 1908 | #698 | 31 | — | |
| 1907 | #649 | 33 | #1,345 | 5 |
| 1906 | #555 | 40 | — | |
| 1905 | #506 | 45 | #919 | 8 |
| 1904 | #576 | 34 | — | |
| 1903 | #461 | 48 | — | |
| 1902 | #478 | 43 | — | |
| 1901 | #414 | 52 | — | |
| 1900 | #423 | 63 | — | |
| 1899 | #402 | 52 | — | |
| 1898 | #405 | 58 | — | |
| 1897 | #440 | 44 | — | |
| 1896 | #396 | 51 | — | |
| 1895 | #417 | 46 | — | |
| 1894 | #422 | 43 | — | |
| 1893 | #414 | 42 | — | |
| 1892 | #343 | 59 | — | |
| 1891 | #340 | 55 | — | |
| 1890 | #324 | 61 | — | |
| 1889 | #334 | 55 | — | |
| 1888 | #356 | 45 | — | |
| 1887 | #322 | 44 | — | |
| 1886 | #305 | 46 | — | |
| 1885 | #296 | 45 | — | |
| 1884 | #275 | 50 | — | |
| 1883 | #306 | 33 | — | |
| 1882 | #287 | 38 | — | |
| 1881 | #290 | 29 | — | |
| 1880 | #278 | 31 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Bell was already there! It came in at #278, and was given to 31 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1950, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
See more about Bell
- 2,560 spots since 2024 (#13,477 → #10,917)
- 1,225 spots since 2020 (#12,142 → #10,917)
- 2,089 spots since 2015 (#13,006 → #10,917)
- Biggest jump: 163 spots in 1910 (#747 → #584)
- Biggest drop: 173 spots in 1914 (#830 → #1,003)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1884 at #275 (50 births)
- Births halved by 1927, 43 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 35 yrs · run 1880–1913
- Highest: 1 in 2,580 girls born in 1884 were named Bell (0.04%)
- Latest: 1 in 200,908 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 20.5% of all girls named Bell (511) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 416 | #275 (1884) | #305 |
| 1890s | 511 | #324 (1890) | #390 |
| 1900s | 418 | #414 (1901) | #551 |
| 1910s | 450 | #584 (1910) | #906 |
| 1920s | 290 | #1,171 (1920) | #1,566 |
| 1930s | 125 | #1,703 (1930) | #2,529 |
| 1940s | 84 | #2,297 (1940) | #3,746 |
| 1950s | 46 | #4,123 (1952) | #4,989 |
| 1960s | 18 | #5,309 (1961) | #5,936 |
| 1970s | 11 | #7,070 (1970) | #7,747 |
| 1980s | 0 | — | — |
| 1990s | 0 | — | — |
| 2000s | 20 | #12,429 (2009) | #14,513 |
| 2010s | 64 | #7,762 (2018) | #12,773 |
| 2020s | 43 | #10,917 (2025) | #12,028 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Bell in 1915
Top girls' names in 1915
Top boys' names in 1915
More about 1915
girls
983,852 girls got a published name in 1915; 1 in 20,933 of them was named Bell, which outranked 80.5% of the 4,967 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
848,575 boys got a published name in 1915; 1 in 65,275 of them was named Bell, which outranked 52.8% of the 4,390 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,968Ysidro14
- #1,968Zachary14
- #1,968Zoltan14
- #2,070Bell13
- #2,070Alferd13
- #2,070Amil13
- #2,070Arlee13
- #2,184Adalbert12
- #2,184Albion12
- #2,184Aldon12
Tied with 113 names at #2,070; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.