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 1926
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- New Mexico#20 · 1 in 116
- Arizona#43 · 1 in 185
- Colorado#66 · 1 in 251
- Connecticut#68 · 1 in 283
- New Hampshire#70 · 1 in 219
Best ever in a state: #13 in Nevada, 1914.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | #20 | 34 | 1 in 116 |
| Arizona | #43 | 21 | 1 in 185 |
| Colorado | #66 | 33 | 1 in 251 |
| Connecticut | #68 | 43 | 1 in 283 |
| New Hampshire | #70 | 15 | 1 in 219 |
| Vermont | #70 | 11 | 1 in 227 |
| Pennsylvania | #77 | 259 | 1 in 353 |
| Kentucky | #78 | 85 | 1 in 335 |
| New Jersey | #82 | 93 | 1 in 328 |
| Wyoming | #87 | 5 | 1 in 303 |
| Massachusetts | #88 | 83 | 1 in 418 |
| Michigan | #88 | 108 | 1 in 379 |
| West Virginia | #98 | 50 | 1 in 399 |
| New York | #103 | 223 | 1 in 442 |
| Ohio | #106 | 105 | 1 in 517 |
| Idaho | #108 | 10 | 1 in 351 |
| Louisiana | #113 | 52 | 1 in 458 |
| California | #114 | 73 | 1 in 495 |
| Maine | #114 | 14 | 1 in 464 |
| Virginia | #115 | 54 | 1 in 482 |
| Wisconsin | #117 | 35 | 1 in 678 |
| Oklahoma | #118 | 49 | 1 in 510 |
| Tennessee | #118 | 57 | 1 in 476 |
| Illinois | #126 | 91 | 1 in 654 |
| Hawaii | #128 | 9 | 1 in 393 |
| Missouri | #131 | 53 | 1 in 571 |
| North Carolina | #133 | 64 | 1 in 600 |
| Rhode Island | #135 | 8 | 1 in 680 |
| Minnesota | #138 | 27 | 1 in 803 |
| Kansas | #139 | 23 | 1 in 665 |
| Georgia | #140 | 48 | 1 in 661 |
| Indiana | #140 | 34 | 1 in 769 |
| Alabama | #142 | 53 | 1 in 614 |
| North Dakota | #142 | 10 | 1 in 628 |
| Texas | #148 | 94 | 1 in 636 |
| Utah | #148 | 8 | 1 in 603 |
| South Dakota | #151 | 8 | 1 in 737 |
| Arkansas | #168 | 30 | 1 in 688 |
| Maryland | #168 | 12 | 1 in 1,128 |
| Washington | #168 | 9 | 1 in 1,061 |
| Mississippi | #169 | 31 | 1 in 765 |
| South Carolina | #186 | 19 | 1 in 1,155 |
| Oregon | #192 | 5 | 1 in 1,125 |
| Florida | #204 | 16 | 1 in 1,046 |
| Nebraska | #259 | 6 | 1 in 1,886 |
| Iowa | #265 | 9 | 1 in 2,208 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Montana | — | — | — |
| Nevada | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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 1926
Top girls' names in 1926
Top boys' names in 1926
More about 1926
girls
1,185,401 girls got a published name in 1926; 1 in 541 of them was named Stella, which outranked 97.8% of the 5,622 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- ↑ 1,047Janell#1,795 → #748
- ↑ 389Madalyn#1,225 → #836
- ↑ 382Evangelina#1,324 → #942
- ↑ 379Carla#1,252 → #873
- ↑ 351Vilma#1,020 → #669
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,110,505 boys got a published name in 1926; 1 in 85,423 of them was named Stella, which outranked 52.4% of the 4,837 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,186Watt14
- #2,186Waylon14
- #2,186Wilmot14
- #2,302Stella13
- #2,302Alexis13
- #2,302Alston13
- #2,302Alto13
- #2,436Abbott12
- #2,436Albertus12
- #2,436Alven12
Tied with 133 names at #2,302; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 531Okey#984 → #1,515
- ↓ 459Florentino#973 → #1,432
- ↓ 407Rexford#924 → #1,331
- ↓ 380Marshal#973 → #1,353
- ↓ 378Coolidge#746 → #1,124
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.