How Many People Are Named Bellah?
An estimated 489 people in the United States have the first name Bellah. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 12 years old, and Bellah peaked in popularity in 2012 with 42 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Bellah as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Bellah paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
489
About 1 in 700,929 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
12
years old
Peak Year
2012
42 births
Total Registered
493
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Bellah
Bellah is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 493 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Bellah as a female name
Ranked #9,626 in 2024
10 female births in 2024
Peak: 2012 (42 births)
Bellah: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Bellah span from the 2000s to the 2020s, covering 3 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2010s, when 323 babies were registered. Bellah has declined significantly from its peak in the 2010s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Bellah by Decade
How has Bellah tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Bellah by State
Bellah + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Bellah as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Bellah
Other first names starting with B with a similar number of bearers.
Bellah: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Bellah?
We estimate approximately 489 people named Bellah are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 700,929 Americans share this first name.
Is Bellah a common name?
Bellah is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 84.3% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 493 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Bellah most popular?
Bellah reached peak popularity in 2012, when 42 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Bellah is approximately 12 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Bellah a female name?
Bellah is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Bellah Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Bellah Smith, Bellah Johnson, Bellah Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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