Girls' name · since 2003
Bellah
Bellah has 502 recorded births since 2003 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2012 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #11,829 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,606 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 502
- born since 2003
- 2010s
- peak decade
Bellah currently ranks #12606 among girls' names in America, with 502 babies recorded since 2003.
Social Security Administration records show Bellah recorded 502 times among girls since 2003, holding rank #12606 nationally today, ahead of 27% of girls, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2003 to 2025.
- #11,829 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #12,606 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 502 born since 2003
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Bellah ranks #11,829 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,606 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 502 born since 2003, peaking in the 2010s.
- #11,829 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,606 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 502
- born since 2003
- 2010s
- peak decade
Bellah's 502 recorded births place it above 83.62% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Bellah compares
502 Top 45% higher than 55% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Bellah's all-time total is 34% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Bellah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 502 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 42 | 21 | 19,840 |
Bellah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Bellah's SSA record in two at 2014 and the more recent half accounts for 49% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 51%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2003, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2012 peak of 42, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Bellah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2003–2025
- Peak year (2012)
- 42
- Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
Bellah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (324 births, 65% of the file).
2010s was Bellah's strongest decade.
324 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 65% of all-time use.
Bellah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 106
2000s
106 births
- 2010s
2010s
324 births
- 2020s 72
2020s
72 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 324 births (65% of all-time use).
How Bellah compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Bellah's total volume
Bellah by state
Where Bellah concentrates geographically, total births since 2003
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 44 | 8.8% |
| #2 | Texas | | 29 | 5.8% |
44 of 502 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Bellah's data
- Bellah's decade-level peak was the 2010s (324 total births); usage has since declined to 72 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Bellahs (44 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Bellah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2012)
Similar record span (~22 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2003–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Bellah draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.