Girl
Bella
Bella means "Also Italian for beautiful" and comes from Italian, giving it real etymological depth as a girl's name. It shows no signs of slowing down, reaching new highs in the 2010s. In the current registry, it is a name plenty of people share. Since 1900, roughly 56,777 babies in the U.S. have been given this name.
EtymologyShort for Isabella – "God is my oath"
ItalianAlso Italian for "beautiful"
Births by decade
1900s
555
1910s
1,576
1920s
1,349
1930s
363
1940s
235
1950s
305
1960s
227
1970s
237
1980s
195
1990s
854
2000s
16,812
2010s
34,069
Peaked in the 2010s · 56,777 total U.S. births since 1900