Bellamy

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⭐ Famous Bellamy

Bellamy Young

American actress

Choose Bellamy and your child shares a first name with Bellamy Young, an American actress. A ready-made answer when someone asks “Bellamy, like who?” Bellamy Young's Wikipedia article is available in 27 languages, a good sign of just how widely known they are.

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• 👶How commonAbout 1 in every 4,566 baby boys born in the US in 2025 was named Bellamy, 374 babies in all. In a typical school of 500 kids, your Bellamy would very likely be the only one.
• 📜HistoryBellamy first shows up in US birth records in 1993, the first year at least 5 babies got it. It has been in use for 32 years since.
• 🏆Best yearIts best year was 2021, when it reached #621.
• ✨New on the sceneBellamy wasn't given to enough babies to be counted in 2000. It only took off after 2014.
• 📍Where it's lovedBellamy is most popular in Oregon, where it ranks #312, followed by West Virginia (#330) and Ohio (#363). It's in the top 1,000 in 28 states.
• ⚖️Boy or girlBellamy is given to both boys and girls: 52% of the 715 babies named Bellamy in 2025 were boys. That makes it one of the names that truly works for either.
• 💬MeaningIn French, Bellamy means “handsome friend”. Our records link it to French, Latin and Old French roots.
• 🌍OriginBellamy is the #5 most popular Old French boy name in the US. That's out of 21 Old French boy and unisex names in our list.

About the name Bellamy

Bellamy is a gender-neutral name of French, Latin and Old French origin meaning “handsome friend”. It has 7 letters and 3 syllables, starting with B and ending in “-amy”. US birth records list Bellamy for boys from 2014 to 2025, in 12 of those 12 years. Its best year was 2021, when it ranked #621 among boy names. In 2025 it ranked #721, with 374 babies. Of the 715 US babies named Bellamy in 2025, 48% were girls and 52% were boys.

Origin:French namesLatin namesOld French names