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 | — | — | ||
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| 1994 | — | — | ||
| 1993 | — | #8,700 | 5 | |
| 1992 | — | — | ||
| 1991 | — | #8,236 | 5 | |
| 1990 | — | — | ||
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| 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.
Where Bell is popular in 1913
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Georgia#370 · 1 in 3,439
Best ever in a state: #227 in South Carolina, 1910.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia | #370 | 6 | 1 in 3,439 |
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| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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 1913
Top girls' names in 1913
Top boys' names in 1913
More about 1913
girls
624,546 girls got a published name in 1913; 1 in 15,614 of them was named Bell, which outranked 77.6% of the 3,707 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
512,566 boys got a published name in 1913; 1 in 73,224 of them was named Bell, which outranked 30.3% of the 3,261 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).