Gender
Origin
- French
- Fair: lovely one.
Beautiful, fair, lovely one; an abbreviation of Isabelle; In the fairy tale, "Beauty and the Beast," Belle is a young woman who teaches the enchanted Beast how to love and is rewarded handsomely for learning herself to see beyond appearances and trust her heart.
Syllables
1
Alternate Spellings and Variants of Belle
Pronunciation
b(el)-le
Celebrity Babies
Daughter of Donna Dixon and Dan Ackroyd
Popularity in the USA
- Girls: peak in 1915 (rank #288, 407 births); most recent 2025 (rank #1013, 247 births)
| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 247 |
| 2024 | 254 |
| 2023 | 250 |
| 2022 | 274 |
| 2021 | 240 |
| 2020 | 255 |
| 2019 | 307 |
| 2018 | 312 |
| 2017 | 339 |
| 2016 | 293 |
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
Popularity in England and Wales
- Girls: peak in 2018 (rank #229, 218 births); most recent 2025 (rank #396, 105 births)
| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 105 |
| 2024 | 139 |
| 2023 | 126 |
| 2022 | 124 |
| 2021 | 147 |
| 2020 | 186 |
| 2019 | 181 |
| 2018 | 218 |
| 2017 | 209 |
| 2016 | 194 |
Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)
Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence
Popularity in France
- Girls: peak in 2022 (rank #4084, 5 births); most recent 2023 (rank #4422, 4 births)
| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 4 |
| 2022 | 5 |
| 2021 | 5 |
| 2020 | 3 |
| 2019 | 4 |
| 2018 | – |
| 2017 | – |
| 2016 | 4 |
| 2015 | 4 |
| 2014 | – |
Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)
Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence
Popularity in Ireland
- Girls: peak in 2020 (rank #222, 20 births); most recent 2025 (rank #329, 12 births)
| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 |
| 2024 | 16 |
| 2023 | 11 |
| 2022 | 11 |
| 2021 | 12 |
| 2020 | 20 |
| 2019 | 18 |
| 2018 | 11 |
| 2017 | 15 |
| 2016 | 8 |
Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)
Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence
Popularity in Scotland
- Girls: peak in 2018 (rank #156, 30 births); most recent 2025 (rank #301, 11 births)
| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 |
| 2024 | 12 |
| 2023 | 14 |
| 2022 | 14 |
| 2021 | 14 |
| 2020 | 18 |
| 2019 | 21 |
| 2018 | 30 |
| 2017 | 16 |
| 2016 | 17 |
Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)
Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence
Popularity in Northern Ireland
- Girls: peak in 2018 (rank #179, 11 births); most recent 2025 (rank #334, 4 births)
| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 |
| 2024 | 3 |
| 2023 | 4 |
| 2022 | 8 |
| 2021 | 7 |
| 2020 | 7 |
| 2019 | 8 |
| 2018 | 11 |
| 2017 | – |
| 2016 | – |
Top girl names · Top boy names in Northern Ireland (2025)
Source: Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA), Baby Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1997 to 2025. Original data · Licence
Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)
- Girls: peak in 2019 (rank #457, 8 births)
| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 2023 | – |
| 2022 | – |
| 2021 | – |
| 2020 | – |
| 2019 | 8 |
| 2018 | – |
| 2017 | 6 |
| 2016 | – |
| 2015 | 5 |
| 2014 | – |
Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)
Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence