Bela
- #5,722 for girls in 2025, 21 births
- Last seen for boys in 2022 at #8,990
- Given to girls 62.5% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1913 · 5 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 810since 1913
Bela over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
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 | #5,722 | 21 | — | |
| 2024 | #4,560 | 30 | — | |
| 2023 | #3,984 | 37 | — | |
| 2022 | #4,582 | 30 | #8,990 | 8 |
| 2021 | #4,413 | 31 | — | |
| 2020 | #6,083 | 19 | — | |
| 2019 | #4,909 | 27 | — | |
| 2018 | #7,100 | 16 | #12,156 | 5 |
| 2017 | #5,661 | 22 | #10,775 | 6 |
| 2016 | #5,284 | 25 | #10,744 | 6 |
| 2015 | #7,266 | 16 | #9,568 | 7 |
| 2014 | #3,925 | 38 | #10,717 | 6 |
| 2013 | #4,887 | 28 | — | |
| 2012 | #3,782 | 41 | — | |
| 2011 | #4,244 | 34 | — | |
| 2010 | #3,572 | 44 | — | |
| 2009 | #4,805 | 30 | — | |
| 2008 | #3,710 | 43 | #11,037 | 6 |
| 2007 | #4,380 | 34 | #7,094 | 11 |
| 2006 | #4,265 | 34 | #12,055 | 5 |
| 2005 | #4,958 | 26 | #6,226 | 12 |
| 2004 | #5,377 | 23 | #5,813 | 13 |
| 2003 | #5,586 | 21 | #8,643 | 7 |
| 2002 | #7,045 | 15 | #6,522 | 10 |
| 2001 | #6,619 | 16 | #10,556 | 5 |
| 2000 | #6,487 | 16 | #6,839 | 9 |
| 1999 | #8,805 | 10 | — | |
| 1998 | #8,016 | 11 | #9,631 | 5 |
| 1997 | #7,742 | 11 | — | |
| 1996 | #13,518 | 5 | — | |
| 1995 | #13,386 | 5 | #7,792 | 6 |
| 1994 | — | — | ||
| 1993 | — | #8,700 | 5 | |
| 1992 | — | #7,422 | 6 | |
| 1991 | — | — | ||
| 1990 | — | — | ||
| 1989 | #10,847 | 6 | #7,905 | 5 |
| 1988 | — | — | ||
| 1987 | — | — | ||
| 1986 | — | — | ||
| 1985 | — | #5,147 | 7 | |
| 1984 | — | — | ||
| 1983 | — | #6,238 | 5 | |
| 1982 | — | — | ||
| 1981 | — | — | ||
| 1980 | — | #4,495 | 8 | |
| 1979 | #9,010 | 6 | #6,056 | 5 |
| 1978 | — | — | ||
| 1977 | — | — | ||
| 1976 | — | — | ||
| 1975 | — | — | ||
| 1974 | #8,775 | 5 | #5,227 | 5 |
| 1973 | #7,435 | 6 | #3,694 | 8 |
| 1972 | — | #4,986 | 5 | |
| 1971 | — | — | ||
| 1970 | — | #3,071 | 10 | |
| 1969 | — | — | ||
| 1968 | — | — | ||
| 1967 | — | #2,760 | 9 | |
| 1966 | — | #3,537 | 6 | |
| 1965 | — | #2,617 | 10 | |
| 1964 | — | #2,854 | 9 | |
| 1963 | — | #2,673 | 10 | |
| 1962 | — | #2,279 | 13 | |
| 1961 | — | #2,706 | 10 | |
| 1960 | — | #2,871 | 9 | |
| 1959 | — | #2,663 | 10 | |
| 1958 | — | #2,370 | 12 | |
| 1957 | — | #3,993 | 5 | |
| 1956 | — | — | ||
| 1955 | — | #3,201 | 7 | |
| 1954 | — | — | ||
| 1953 | — | #3,425 | 6 | |
| 1952 | — | #3,095 | 7 | |
| 1951 | — | — | ||
| 1950 | — | — | ||
| 1949 | — | — | ||
| 1948 | — | — | ||
| 1947 | — | #2,862 | 8 | |
| 1946 | — | #3,173 | 6 | |
| 1945 | — | — | ||
| 1944 | — | — | ||
| 1943 | — | #3,231 | 6 | |
| 1942 | — | — | ||
| 1941 | — | — | ||
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| 1939 | — | — | ||
| 1938 | — | — | ||
| 1937 | — | — | ||
| 1936 | — | — | ||
| 1935 | — | — | ||
| 1934 | — | #3,679 | 5 | |
| 1933 | — | — | ||
| 1932 | — | #3,776 | 5 | |
| 1931 | — | — | ||
| 1930 | — | — | ||
| 1929 | — | #3,959 | 5 | |
| 1928 | — | #3,357 | 7 | |
| 1927 | — | #3,151 | 8 | |
| 1926 | — | #3,385 | 7 | |
| 1925 | — | #2,435 | 12 | |
| 1924 | #4,002 | 7 | — | |
| 1923 | #4,967 | 5 | #3,467 | 7 |
| 1922 | — | #2,630 | 11 | |
| 1921 | #4,464 | 6 | #3,869 | 6 |
| 1920 | #4,975 | 5 | #4,286 | 5 |
| 1919 | — | #3,391 | 7 | |
| 1918 | — | #2,165 | 14 | |
| 1917 | — | #2,732 | 9 | |
| 1916 | — | #2,152 | 13 | |
| 1915 | — | #2,070 | 13 | |
| 1914 | — | #2,651 | 7 | |
| 1913 | #3,187 | 5 | — | |
| 1912 | — | #2,544 | 5 | |
| 1911 | — | — | ||
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| 1883 | — | — | ||
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| 1880 | — | — | ||
First appearance
1913
The first year at least five girls were named Bela! It came in at #3,187, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1913–1920, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Bela is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Bela in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Bela
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 1,162 spots since 2024 (#4,560 → #5,722)
- 361 spots since 2020 (#6,083 → #5,722)
- 1,544 spots since 2015 (#7,266 → #5,722)
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1913
- Peaked 1913 at #3,187 (5 births)
- Births halved by 1914, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 40,400
- Highest: 1 in 40,400 girls born in 2010 were named Bela (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 76,537 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #3,187 in 1913, was only 1 in 124,909 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2010s
- 35.9% of all girls named Bela (291) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1996
- Mostly boys until 1995, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 5 | #3,187 (1913) | #3,187 |
| 1920s | 23 | #4,002 (1924) | #4,602 |
| 1930s | 0 | — | — |
| 1940s | 0 | — | — |
| 1950s | 0 | — | — |
| 1960s | 0 | — | — |
| 1970s | 17 | #7,435 (1973) | #8,407 |
| 1980s | 6 | #10,847 (1989) | #10,847 |
| 1990s | 42 | #7,742 (1997) | #10,293 |
| 2000s | 258 | #3,710 (2008) | #5,323 |
| 2010s | 291 | #3,572 (2010) | #5,063 |
| 2020s | 168 | #3,984 (2023) | #4,891 |
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.
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