How Many People Are Named Belle?
An estimated 6,465 people in the United States have the first name Belle. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 24 years old, and Belle peaked in popularity in 1915 with 407 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Belle 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 Belle paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
6,465
About 1 in 53,017 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
24
years old
Peak Year
1915
407 births
Total Registered
18,976
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Belle
Belle is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 18,976 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Belle as a female name
Ranked #1,005 in 2024
254 female births in 2024
Peak: 1915 (407 births)
Belle: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Belle span from the 1880s to the 2020s, covering 15 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1910s, when 2,901 babies were registered. While Belle is less common than at its peak in the 1910s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Belle by Decade
How has Belle 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.
Belle by State
Birth registrations for Belle span all 40 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in New York, California, Texas. The lowest are in Montana, Maine, New Mexico. On average, about 184 Belles were registered per state.
Belle + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Belle as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Belle
Other first names starting with B with a similar number of bearers.
Belle: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Belle?
We estimate approximately 6,465 people named Belle 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 53,017 Americans share this first name.
Is Belle a common name?
Belle is classified as "Rare" and is more popular than 97% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 18,976 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Belle most popular?
Belle reached peak popularity in 1915, when 407 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Belle is approximately 24 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Belle a female name?
Belle is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Belle Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Belle Smith, Belle Johnson, Belle 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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