Stella
#52 for girls in 2025, 4,136 births · Last seen for boys in 2020 at #12,022
Given to girls 99.8% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2018 · 5,164 births
- Debut · girls
- 414 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 60 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 206,906since 1880
Stella over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #52 | 4,136 | — | |
| 2024 | #49 | 4,274 | — | |
| 2023 | #46 | 4,371 | — | |
| 2022 | #40 | 4,849 | — | |
| 2021 | #41 | 4,820 | — | |
| 2020 | #42 | 4,667 | #12,022 | 5 |
| 2019 | #40 | 4,997 | — | |
| 2018 | #38 | 5,164 | — | |
| 2017 | #42 | 5,070 | — | |
| 2016 | #45 | 4,933 | — | |
| 2015 | #51 | 4,798 | #9,568 | 7 |
| 2014 | #66 | 4,203 | #10,717 | 6 |
| 2013 | #70 | 3,916 | — | |
| 2012 | #62 | 4,006 | #9,709 | 7 |
| 2011 | #74 | 3,698 | #10,808 | 6 |
| 2010 | #85 | 3,440 | #9,693 | 7 |
| 2009 | #126 | 2,560 | — | |
| 2008 | #184 | 1,824 | — | |
| 2007 | #243 | 1,463 | — | |
| 2006 | #241 | 1,413 | — | |
| 2005 | #250 | 1,308 | — | |
| 2004 | #291 | 1,123 | — | |
| 2003 | #380 | 797 | — | |
| 2002 | #498 | 557 | — | |
| 2001 | #598 | 422 | — | |
| 2000 | #656 | 376 | — | |
| 1999 | #723 | 312 | — | |
| 1998 | #905 | 233 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,013 | 190 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,204 | 149 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,322 | 125 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,293 | 131 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,085 | 167 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,072 | 169 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,160 | 151 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,046 | 171 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,014 | 169 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,044 | 154 | — | |
| 1987 | #965 | 165 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,013 | 151 | — | |
| 1985 | #987 | 154 | — | |
| 1984 | #821 | 191 | — | |
| 1983 | #766 | 208 | — | |
| 1982 | #753 | 220 | — | |
| 1981 | #730 | 227 | — | |
| 1980 | #730 | 228 | — | |
| 1979 | #748 | 216 | — | |
| 1978 | #660 | 244 | — | |
| 1977 | #669 | 235 | #5,845 | 5 |
| 1976 | #723 | 202 | — | |
| 1975 | #628 | 251 | — | |
| 1974 | #623 | 250 | — | |
| 1973 | #642 | 234 | — | |
| 1972 | #576 | 285 | — | |
| 1971 | #584 | 299 | — | |
| 1970 | #543 | 347 | — | |
| 1969 | #551 | 320 | — | |
| 1968 | #513 | 356 | — | |
| 1967 | #467 | 411 | — | |
| 1966 | #456 | 429 | — | |
| 1965 | #411 | 511 | — | |
| 1964 | #412 | 561 | — | |
| 1963 | #413 | 541 | — | |
| 1962 | #380 | 614 | — | |
| 1961 | #394 | 597 | — | |
| 1960 | #383 | 617 | — | |
| 1959 | #378 | 639 | #3,988 | 5 |
| 1958 | #352 | 683 | — | |
| 1957 | #337 | 731 | #3,552 | 6 |
| 1956 | #316 | 766 | — | |
| 1955 | #305 | 794 | — | |
| 1954 | #292 | 852 | — | |
| 1953 | #262 | 957 | — | |
| 1952 | #248 | 996 | — | |
| 1951 | #239 | 1,060 | — | |
| 1950 | #226 | 1,113 | — | |
| 1949 | #215 | 1,220 | — | |
| 1948 | #201 | 1,344 | #2,788 | 8 |
| 1947 | #200 | 1,334 | #3,733 | 5 |
| 1946 | #209 | 1,162 | — | |
| 1945 | #198 | 993 | — | |
| 1944 | #198 | 1,017 | — | |
| 1943 | #188 | 1,182 | — | |
| 1942 | #188 | 1,126 | #2,940 | 7 |
| 1941 | #184 | 1,023 | — | |
| 1940 | #192 | 962 | — | |
| 1939 | #188 | 954 | #2,829 | 7 |
| 1938 | #200 | 877 | #2,479 | 9 |
| 1937 | #195 | 916 | #2,905 | 7 |
| 1936 | #186 | 967 | #2,854 | 7 |
| 1935 | #187 | 945 | #2,529 | 9 |
| 1934 | #169 | 1,095 | #2,393 | 10 |
| 1933 | #163 | 1,123 | #3,004 | 7 |
| 1932 | #150 | 1,340 | #2,638 | 9 |
| 1931 | #142 | 1,419 | #2,651 | 9 |
| 1930 | #140 | 1,570 | #3,022 | 8 |
| 1929 | #136 | 1,690 | #3,247 | 7 |
| 1928 | #131 | 1,803 | #3,076 | 8 |
| 1927 | #123 | 2,112 | #2,523 | 11 |
| 1926 | #121 | 2,191 | #2,302 | 13 |
| 1925 | #114 | 2,402 | #2,936 | 9 |
| 1924 | #105 | 2,752 | #3,867 | 6 |
| 1923 | #96 | 2,956 | #2,950 | 9 |
| 1922 | #88 | 3,166 | #3,014 | 9 |
| 1921 | #86 | 3,335 | #2,986 | 9 |
| 1920 | #82 | 3,492 | #2,336 | 13 |
| 1919 | #70 | 3,700 | #3,115 | 8 |
| 1918 | #67 | 3,928 | #3,096 | 8 |
| 1917 | #62 | 3,872 | #2,956 | 8 |
| 1916 | #63 | 3,818 | #2,389 | 11 |
| 1915 | #64 | 3,657 | — | |
| 1914 | #65 | 2,771 | #2,915 | 6 |
| 1913 | #69 | 2,205 | #1,945 | 9 |
| 1912 | #73 | 1,834 | #1,619 | 10 |
| 1911 | #72 | 1,422 | — | |
| 1910 | #72 | 1,319 | — | |
| 1909 | #70 | 1,188 | #1,155 | 7 |
| 1908 | #67 | 1,216 | #1,217 | 6 |
| 1907 | #70 | 1,150 | #1,200 | 6 |
| 1906 | #65 | 1,141 | — | |
| 1905 | #67 | 1,097 | — | |
| 1904 | #68 | 1,026 | #1,205 | 5 |
| 1903 | #64 | 1,016 | #1,130 | 5 |
| 1902 | #63 | 1,075 | — | |
| 1901 | #65 | 928 | #943 | 6 |
| 1900 | #68 | 1,177 | #1,162 | 6 |
| 1899 | #62 | 975 | — | |
| 1898 | #65 | 1,062 | — | |
| 1897 | #64 | 966 | #1,057 | 5 |
| 1896 | #60 | 1,054 | #1,101 | 5 |
| 1895 | #60 | 1,026 | — | |
| 1894 | #61 | 1,035 | — | |
| 1893 | #63 | 926 | #907 | 6 |
| 1892 | #59 | 972 | — | |
| 1891 | #59 | 867 | #963 | 5 |
| 1890 | #56 | 924 | #994 | 5 |
| 1889 | #55 | 891 | — | |
| 1888 | #64 | 775 | — | |
| 1887 | #59 | 664 | — | |
| 1886 | #57 | 702 | — | |
| 1885 | #57 | 649 | #936 | 5 |
| 1884 | #60 | 584 | — | |
| 1883 | #59 | 529 | — | |
| 1882 | #61 | 506 | — | |
| 1881 | #63 | 416 | — | |
| 1880 | #60 | 414 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Stella was already there! It came in at #60, and was given to 414 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1985–1996, when fewer than 180 girls a year got the name.
Where Stella is popular in 1893
The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.
See more about Stella
- 3 spots since 2024 (#49 → #52)
- 10 spots since 2020 (#42 → #52)
- 1 spot since 2015 (#51 → #52)
- Biggest jump: 182 spots in 1999 (#905 → #723)
- Biggest drop: 166 spots in 1985 (#821 → #987)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 2018 at #38 (5,164 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 60 yrs · run 1880–1923
- Top 1,000: 135 yrs · run 1880–1985
- Highest: 1 in 200 girls born in 1889 were named Stella (0.50%)
- Latest: 1 in 389 girls born in 2025 (0.26%)
- Its best rank, #38 in 2018, was only 1 in 329 (0.30%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 21.4% of all girls named Stella (44,225) were born in this decade
- Comeback: #55 (1889) → #1,322 (1995) → #38 (2018)
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 6,130 | #55 (1889) | #60 |
| 1890s | 9,807 | #56 (1890) | #61 |
| 1900s | 11,014 | #63 (1902) | #67 |
| 1910s | 28,526 | #62 (1917) | #68 |
| 1920s | 25,899 | #82 (1920) | #108 |
| 1930s | 11,206 | #140 (1930) | #172 |
| 1940s | 11,363 | #184 (1941) | #197 |
| 1950s | 8,591 | #226 (1950) | #296 |
| 1960s | 4,957 | #380 (1962) | #438 |
| 1970s | 2,563 | #543 (1970) | #640 |
| 1980s | 1,867 | #730 (1980) | #882 |
| 1990s | 1,798 | #723 (1999) | #1,082 |
| 2000s | 11,843 | #126 (2009) | #347 |
| 2010s | 44,225 | #38 (2018) | #57 |
| 2020s | 27,117 | #40 (2022) | #45 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Stella in 1893
Top girls' names in 1893
Top boys' names in 1893
More about 1893
girls
212,905 girls got a published name in 1893; 1 in 230 of them was named Stella, which outranked 96.2% of the 1,652 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
112,318 boys got a published name in 1893; 1 in 18,720 of them was named Stella, which outranked 23.1% of the 1,179 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 36.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).