UK girl's name
Bluebell
For 2026, the newest official UK baby-name figures on this page are from 2024. That release is the current official benchmark rather than a forecast.
Bluebell is a girl's name in the UK records. People looking for Bluebell popularity in 2026 should use the latest official release, which is 2024 in this profile. In that release it ranked #1353, with 24 babies registered with the name. Its strongest year in the published records was 2017, with 46 births.
This profile covers 559 England and Wales registrations across 24 recorded years from 1998 to 2024. The figures come from ONS England and Wales and NRS Scotland, so the page is a view of published baby-name registrations rather than a forecast or a live count of people using the name today.
The latest count is about 52% of the recorded peak, which gives a quick read on how the name has moved since its high point.
We estimate that about 559 living people in the UK are called Bluebell. This uses published birth registrations from England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, then applies ONS national life tables to estimate how many are likely still alive. It does not forecast extra births for 2025 or 2026.
Key insights
- • Bluebell ranked #1353 for girls in England and Wales in 2024, with 24 registrations.
- • The name peaked in 2017, when 46 girls were registered as Bluebell.
- • Bluebell ranks best in Scotland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #760 in 2022.
- • About 559 living people in the UK are estimated to have Bluebell as a first name, after adjusting past birth registrations with ONS life tables.
Latest rank (E&W)
#1353
2024
Births in 2024
24
Latest year
Peak year
2017
46 births
Estimated living
559
2026
Popularity
Bluebell over time
The chart below shows babies named Bluebell registered in England and Wales in the years where the name appears in the published records, from 1998 to 2024. Empty years are left out so rare names are not stretched across long periods where the published files do not show any registrations.
For Bluebell, the clearest high point is 2017. The latest England and Wales figure is 24 births in 2024, compared with 46 at the peak.
Babies born per year
Decades
Bluebell by decade
Decade totals smooth out the yearly jumps and make it easier to see whether Bluebell was a short-lived spike or a name that stayed in regular use. Average rank is calculated only from years where a published rank exists.
| Decade | Average rank | Total births | Years covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020s | #1151 | 146 | 5 |
| 2010s | #1125 | 322 | 10 |
| 2000s | #2196 | 87 | 8 |
| 1990s | #3142 | 4 | 1 |
Geography
Where Bluebell is most common
The bars show the latest published local birth counts for Bluebell. They are useful for spotting where the name is showing up in real numbers, while the rank beside each bar shows how strongly it performs inside that region.
Bluebell ranks best in Scotland in the latest published regional snapshot for that area, where it placed #760 in 2022.
Across the UK
Bluebell in Scotland and Northern Ireland
Scotland (NRS)
#760 in 2022
1 years of NRS records, 3 total registered
Notable bearers
Famous people named Bluebell
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Bluebell Trafelet
(born 2020); daughter of Remy W. Trafelet and Lady Melissa Percy
2020-
Related
Names similar to Bluebell
- Bethany 43,226
- Brooke 18,370
- Bella 14,112
- Bonnie 12,149
- Beatrice 11,306
- Bethan 7,968
- Beth 6,440
- Betsy 5,065
- Beatrix 4,317
- Billie 4,220
- Beau 3,231
- Bryony 3,167
FAQ
Bluebell: questions and answers
How popular is the name Bluebell in the UK right now?
In 2024, Bluebell was ranked #1353 for girls in England and Wales, with 24 births registered.
When was Bluebell most popular?
The peak year on record was 2017, with 46 babies registered as Bluebell in England and Wales.
How many people are called Bluebell in the UK?
A total of 559 babies have been registered as Bluebell across the 24 years of ONS England & Wales records shown here, plus 3 more in Scotland.
Where is Bluebell most common?
In the latest published local rankings, Bluebell ranks best in Scotland, where it placed #760 in 2022. The regional bars on this page use birth counts, so they also reflect the size of each region.
Which records is this page based on?
The England and Wales timeline uses ONS baby-name records. Scotland figures come from NRS and Northern Ireland figures come from NISRA. Counts are registrations in published baby-name files. The living estimate uses those birth registrations with ONS national life tables.