Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Bell

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Bell
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1900

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19002024

Peak year

1900

Decline from peak

90.5%

2024

All-time

2,488

Bell has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1900, when 63 girls were named Bell.

In 2024, only 6 girls were given the name.

Down 90.5% from its peak.

All told, about 2,488 Americans have been named Bell and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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