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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.

See the 99 recorded years as a table

Bell, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1880	341
1881	315
1882	352
1883	294
1884	388
1885	338
1886	318
1887	301
1888	252
1889	308
1890	320
1891	297
1892	278
1893	197
1894	193
1895	197
1896	214
1897	188
1898	224
1899	223
1900	210
1901	217
1902	163
1903	183
1904	123
1905	154
1906	135
1907	104
1908	93
1909	84
1910	126
1911	103
1912	104
1913	64
1914	46
1915	48
1916	45
1917	29
1918	43
1919	43
1920	35
1921	29
1922	23
1923	26
1924	26
1925	28
1926	24
1927	18
1928	17
1929	15
1930	20
1931	9
1932	11
1933	7
1934	14
1935	7
1936	15
1937	8
1938	14
1939	11
1940	11
1941	10
1942	10
1943	4
1944	4
1945	6
1946	4
1947	5
1948	3
1949	5
1951	3
1952	4
1954	3
1955	3
1956	4
1958	3
1959	3
1960	3
1961	3
1967	3
1970	3
1973	3
2006	4
2008	3
2009	4
2010	5
2011	3
2012	3
2013	3
2014	5
2015	4
2017	6
2018	8
2020	4
2021	4
2022	5
2023	4
2024	4
2025	5

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Bell isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025: 8
Rank in 2025: #10,917
How rare: 1 in 200,908 girls
Since 1880: 2,496

Most popular in 1884, at 388 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 27% per million girls born.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.