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Bela

#5,748 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

English equivalent of Bella

Bela has been given to 1,295 babies in the U.S. since 1913. In 2025 it ranked #5,748 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2010, with 44 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 63% girls, 37% boys all-time.

Babies named Bela, 2025

1 in 158,000

Bela over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
020406018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Bela over time

In 2025, Bela went to 100% girls and 0% boys.

19122025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Bela: meaning, origin, and history

English equivalent of Bella

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Bela means

Bela is a English equivalent of Bella.

Origin, language, and formation

Bela is used in Portuguese.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Bella.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Portuguese, Bela is pronounced /ˈbɛ.lɐ/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 810 girls were recorded with the name Bela between 1913 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 44 in 2010; its best national rank was #3,237 in 1913.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #6,115 in 2020 to #5,748 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #7,331 in 2015 to #5,748 in 2025.

In the United States, 485 boys were recorded with the name Bela between 1912 and 2022. Its highest annual count was 14 in 1918; its best national rank was #2,075 in 1915.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Bela?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 158,000
21 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 76,500
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#5,748
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
109,425 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Bela sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 109,425 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Bela. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Belas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Bela was born before 2011 — so the typical Bela is around 14 today.

Median birth year
2011
About 14 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
35.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
86.5%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
782
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 35.9% of all recorded uses (291).

Is Bela rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−1,172
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
+367
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+1,583
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.31×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
47.7%
Peak was 2010 (44)
Years since peak
15
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
31.8% average annual change
Best rank ever
#3,237
1913

Spellings of Bela

Bela is not the most common spelling — Ella is, with 10.1% against Bela's 0.02%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Bela is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Bela was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 100,000 girls, against 1 in 347,289 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in 100,000
  2. 2Florida1 in —
  3. 3New York1 in —
  4. 4Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Bela has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Bela is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Bela was most concentrated in New York — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 2,664,768 across all states with data.

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1New York1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Bela has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Bela around the world

Where Bela ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2004–2025
    #3,035
    in 2025
  • France
    1937–2022
    #5,385
    in 2022
  • South Australia
    2012–2012
    #871
    in 2012

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Bela by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#5,748
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 367
Best rank ever
#3,237
1913
Peak year
2010
44 that year
First recorded
1913
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
810
Count in 2025
21

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#2,075
1915
Peak year
1918
14 that year
First recorded
1912
Last recorded
2022
All-time count
485
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Bela

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Bela

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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