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How popular is “Belle” in the USA?

Number of people named “Belle” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Belle” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Belle” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Belle” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Belle” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Belle” by birth year

This chart shows how “Belle” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 238 0.001181235 238 100%
1881 219 0.001136552 219 100%
1882 264 0.001191696 264 100%
1883 262 0.001207674 262 100%
1884 286 0.001174726 286 100%
1885 255 0.001058733 255 100%
1886 270 0.001057513 270 100%
1887 272 0.00109947 272 100%
1888 317 0.001058523 317 100%
1889 265 0.000917126 265 100%
1890 304 0.001008623 304 100%
1891 240 0.000837191 240 100%
1892 265 0.000792526 265 100%
1893 284 0.000873247 284 100%
1894 249 0.000735186 249 100%
1895 283 0.000806222 283 100%
1896 238 0.000665764 238 100%
1897 212 0.000611027 212 100%
1898 257 0.000673736 257 100%
1899 180 0.000530607 180 100%
1900 291 0.000646296 291 100%
1901 208 0.000601483 208 100%
1902 212 0.000548182 212 100%
1903 200 0.000524659 200 100%
1904 205 0.000508073 205 100%
1905 205 0.00048358 205 100%
1906 191 0.000445792 191 100%
1907 196 0.000421152 196 100%
1908 187 0.000382688 187 100%
1909 201 0.000393174 201 100%
1910 193 0.000326725 193 100%
1911 211 0.000327498 211 100%
1912 279 0.000282371 279 100%
1913 273 0.000240082 273 100%
1914 353 0.000249233 353 100%
1915 407 0.00022211 407 100%
1916 334 0.000172662 334 100%
1917 314 0.000156472 314 100%
1918 285 0.000131269 285 100%
1919 252 0.000119417 252 100%
1920 235 0.000103861 235 100%
1921 219 0.00009381 219 100%
1922 187 0.000081689 187 100%
1923 177 0.000076874 177 100%
1924 162 0.000068021 162 100%
1925 140 0.000060001 140 100%
1926 116 0.000050525 116 100%
1927 120 0.000051738 120 100%
1928 93 0.000041133 93 100%
1929 96 0.000043792 96 100%
1930 82 0.000036882 82 100%
1931 62 0.000029462 62 100%
1932 68 0.000032208 68 100%
1933 55 0.000027508 55 100%
1934 50 0.000024075 50 100%
1935 47 0.000022489 47 100%
1936 42 0.000020216 42 100%
1937 46 0.000021589 46 100%
1938 44 0.000019886 44 100%
1939 42 0.000019061 42 100%
1940 32 0.000013897 32 100%
1941 45 0.00001847 45 100%
1942 45 0.000016473 45 100%
1943 51 0.000018069 51 100%
1944 25 0.000009293 25 100%
1945 40 0.000015078 40 100%
1946 42 0.000013144 42 100%
1947 46 0.00001277 46 100%
1948 47 0.000013613 47 100%
1949 56 0.00001607 56 100%
1950 39 0.000011132 39 100%
1951 50 0.000013573 50 100%
1952 45 0.000011848 45 100%
1953 48 0.000012456 48 100%
1954 43 0.000010802 43 100%
1955 30 0.000007472 30 100%
1956 30 0.000007276 30 100%
1957 41 0.000009757 41 100%
1958 39 0.000009434 39 100%
1959 33 0.000007937 33 100%
1960 35 0.000008426 35 100%
1961 33 0.000007967 33 100%
1962 30 0.000007434 30 100%
1963 28 0.000007074 28 100%
1964 33 0.000008489 33 100%
1965 24 0.00000662 24 100%
1966 18 0.000005179 18 100%
1967 16 0.000004713 16 100%
1968 18 0.000005328 18 100%
1969 26 0.000007481 26 100%
1970 22 0.0000061 22 100%
1971 16 0.000004662 16 100%
1972 18 0.000005727 18 100%
1973 17 0.000005635 17 100%
1974 21 0.000006908 21 100%
1975 15 0.000004968 15 100%
1976 12 0.000003955 12 100%
1977 15 0.000004722 15 100%
1978 14 0.000004411 14 100%
1979 21 0.000006312 21 100%
1980 11 0.000003193 11 100%
1981 13 0.000003758 13 100%
1982 15 0.000004276 15 100%
1983 18 0.000005197 18 100%
1984 13 0.000003726 13 100%
1985 9 0.000002522 9 100%
1986 6 0.000001687 6 100%
1987 12 0.000003328 12 100%
1988 6 0.000001624 6 100%
1989 9 0.000002341 9 100%
1990 13 0.000003289 13 100%
1991 8 0.000002054 8 100%
1992 19 0.000004946 19 100%
1993 35 0.000009283 35 100%
1994 41 0.000011028 41 100%
1995 35 0.000009557 35 100%
1996 55 0.00001508 55 100%
1997 62 0.0000171 62 100%
1998 68 0.000018487 68 100%
1999 56 0.00001516 56 100%
2000 74 0.000019577 74 100%
2001 108 0.000028851 108 100%
2002 113 0.000030228 113 100%
2003 107 0.000028141 107 100%
2004 147 0.000038472 147 100%
2005 152 0.000039533 152 100%
2006 146 0.000036904 146 100%
2007 143 0.000035771 143 100%
2008 170 0.00004325 170 100%
2009 135 0.000035339 135 100%
2010 155 0.00004194 155 100%
2011 144 0.000039368 144 100%
2012 163 0.000044568 163 100%
2013 190 0.000052117 190 100%
2014 251 0.000067721 251 100%
2015 251 0.000067821 251 100%
2016 293 0.000079865 293 100%
2017 339 0.000094793 339 100%
2018 312 0.00008874 312 100%
2019 307 0.000088449 307 100%
2020 255 0.000076334 255 100%
2021 240 0.000070839 240 100%
2022 274 0.00008099 274 100%
2023 250 0.000075501 250 100%
2024 254 0.000076311 254 100%

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  2. Bellarosa
  3. Bellarose
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  5. Bellatrix
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  8. Bellen
  9. Bellezza
  10. Bellicia
  11. Bellina