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Bellamy

#797 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Fair + friend

Bellamy has been given to 6,759 babies in the U.S. since 1993. In 2025 it ranked #797 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2022, with 408 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 55% girls, 45% boys all-time.

Babies named Bellamy, 2025

1 in 9,720

Bellamy over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
020040060018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Bellamy over time

In 2025, Bellamy went to 48% girls and 52% boys.

19932025

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.

Bellamy: meaning, origin, and history

Fair + friend

surname transfer

What Bellamy means

Bellamy means “fair + friend”, associated with bel and ami.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

Of Norman origin, from Old French bel (“fair”) + ami (“friend”). Could also be a locational surname from the Norman town of Bêlleme (Belesme).

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Bellamy (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Origin, language, and formation

Bellamy is used in English. Its origins include surname transfer.

Bellamy comes through Old French bel.

Bellamy is recorded as a surname transferred into given-name use.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Bellamy is pronounced /ˈbɛləmi/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 3,745 girls were recorded with the name Bellamy between 1993 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 408 in 2022; its best national rank was #718 in 2022.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #798 in 2020 to #797 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #1,293 in 2015 to #797 in 2025.

In the United States, 3,014 boys were recorded with the name Bellamy between 2014 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 447 in 2021; its best national rank was #621 in 2021.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #734 in 2020 to #721 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #4,189 in 2015 to #721 in 2025.

How common is Bellamy?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 9,720
341 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 4,710
0.02% of girls
Rank, 2025
#797
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
6,740 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Bellamy 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 1001%
School of 5005%

Put another way: gather 6,740 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Bellamy. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Bellamys were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Bellamy was born before 2020 — so the typical Bellamy is around 5 today.

Median birth year
2020
About 5 years old
Biggest decade
2020s
56.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
99.7%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
3,745
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2020s — 56.3% of all recorded uses (2,107).

Is Bellamy 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
+64
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+1
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+496
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.83×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
83.6%
Peak was 2022 (408)
Years since peak
3
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
31.4% average annual change
Best rank ever
#718
2022

Spellings of Bellamy

Bellamy is not the most common spelling — Bella is, with 95.2% against Bellamy's 4.3%.

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 Bellamy is used — girls

Across 2016–2025, Bellamy was most concentrated in Oklahoma — about 1 in 1,923 girls, against 1 in 5,064 across all states with data. It was least common in New Jersey (1 in 33,333).

352 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Oklahoma1 in 1,923
  2. 2Kentucky1 in 2,326
  3. 3North Carolina1 in 2,857
  4. 4Georgia1 in 2,941
  5. 5Arkansas1 in 3,125
  6. 6South Carolina1 in 3,448
  7. 7Indiana1 in 3,704
  8. 8Tennessee1 in 3,704

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.

Geographically, Bellamy is somewhat regional — more concentrated than 53% of the names used widely enough to compare. See the most regional names

Where Bellamy is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Bellamy was most concentrated in Oklahoma — about 1 in 2,041 boys, against 1 in 5,849 across all states with data. It was least common in Maryland (1 in 50,000).

249 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Oklahoma1 in 2,041
  2. 2Missouri1 in 2,703
  3. 3Montana1 in 2,703
  4. 4Indiana1 in 2,778
  5. 5West Virginia1 in 2,778
  6. 6Iowa1 in 2,857
  7. 7Kentucky1 in 3,226
  8. 8Tennessee1 in 3,226

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.

Bellamy around the world

Where Bellamy 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
    2020–2025
    #4,867
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2015–2024
    #1,286
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    2007–2010
    #801
    in 2010

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Bellamy

People whose public names include Bellamy, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Bellamy by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#797
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 1
Best rank ever
#718
2022
Peak year
2022
408 that year
First recorded
1993
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
3,745
Count in 2025
341

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#721
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 13
Best rank ever
#621
2021
Peak year
2021
447 that year
First recorded
2014
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
3,014
Count in 2025
374

Names similar to Bellamy

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

BelvaBellamiBellBelenBellaroseBellahBelyndaBelkisBelindaBellanyBeliciaBellamieBelleBeliaBellinaBelviaBelaBelieveBellatrixJessamyBellanieBellaniBelitaBelladonna

Names with a curve like Bellamy

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Bellamy, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

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Sibling names for Bellamy

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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