Bellah — #9965 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Bellah

The Social Security Administration has registered 493 babies named Bellah between 2003 and 2024, spanning 22 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Bellah currently holds the #9965 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2012, when 42 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Bellah performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 323 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Bellah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 44 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Bellah in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Bellah in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 493 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.