Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Belle

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

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1915

Peak rank proxy

407

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19152024

Peak year

1915

Decline from peak

37.6%

2024

254

All-time

18,976

Belle 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 1915, when 407 girls were named Belle.

In 2024, only 254 girls were given the name.

Down 37.6% from its peak.

All told, about 18,976 Americans have been named Belle and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreUncommon

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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