Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Bell

Gender

Male

Origin

French
Handsome

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Bell

Pronunciation

b(e)-ll

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 1915 (rank #2071, 13 births); most recent 1993 (rank #8699, 5 births)
  • Girls: peak in 1900 (rank #423, 63 births); most recent 2025 (rank #10917, 8 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
2025–8
2024–6
2023–7
2022–8
2021–7
2020–7
2019––
2018–14
2017–10
2016––

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data