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Belle

Girl's name · #1013 in the US (2025) · Comeback

Popularity over time

Belle was #90 in 1880, slipped to #10507 by 1988, and has climbed back to #1013 today. Roughly 19,000 girls have been named Belle since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 25 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#149 in Sweden (2025) · #301 in Scotland (2025) · #314 in Netherlands (2025) · #325 in Ireland (2025) · #334 in N. Ireland (2025) · #396 in England & Wales (2025) · #856 in Canada (2025) · #3,888 in France (2025) · #8,079 in Italy (2024) · #242 in New Zealand (2024) · #1,170 in Belgium (2024) · #5,750 in Ecuador (2021).

Famous Belles

• Belle Gibson — Australian convicted scammer (born 1991)
• Belle Starr — American outlaw (1848–1889)
• Belle da Costa Greene — American librarian (1879–1950)
• Belle Mariano — Filipino actress and singer (born 2002)
• Belle Boyd — American Confederate spy (1844–1900)

In stories & tradition

• Belle — Beauty and the Beast (film)
• Belle Dingle — Fictional character from Emmerdale
• Belle Taylor — Home and Away (TV series)

What Belles become

Among 141 notable people named Belle:

Entertainers appear 2.7× more often than among typical names — e.g. Belle Perez, Belgian musician and songwriter (born 1976).

Similar names: Cordelia · Bella · Estelle · Luella · Mable · Lettie

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