Stella Girl
How popular is Stella?
#52 girl name in 2025
4,136 baby girls were named Stella in the US in 2025, making it the 52nd most popular girl name.
Stella popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #52 for girls (▼ 3 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 4,136 girls |
| 10-year trend | Steady (-14% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #51 in 2015, #42 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2018 (5,164 girls) |
| Highest rank | #38 in 2018 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 3% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Stella counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Stella family of names ranked #72 for girls in 2025 (#68 the year before), with 4,144 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Stella | 4,136 | 100% |
| Stela | 8 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Stella is most popular
Babies named Stella per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- North Dakota: 6.8 per 1,000 (90 girls)
- Alaska: 6.6 per 1,000 (57 girls)
- New Hampshire: 5.8 per 1,000 (108 girls)
- Rhode Island: 5.8 per 1,000 (72 girls)
- Delaware: 5.7 per 1,000 (65 girls)
Stella by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 6,130 | #55 |
| 1890s | 9,807 | #56 |
| 1900s | 11,014 | #63 |
| 1910s | 28,526 | #62 |
| 1920s | 25,899 | #82 |
| 1930s | 11,206 | #140 |
| 1940s | 11,363 | #184 |
| 1950s | 8,591 | #226 |
| 1960s | 4,957 | #380 |
| 1970s | 2,563 | #543 |
| 1980s | 1,867 | #730 |
| 1990s | 1,798 | #722 |
| 2000s | 11,843 | #126 |
| 2010s | 44,225 | #38 |
| 2020s | 27,117 | #40 |
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Questions
- Is Stella a boy or girl name?
- Stella is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Stella were girls.
- How popular is the name Stella?
- 4,136 baby girls were named Stella in the US in 2025, making it the 52nd most popular girl name.
- When was Stella most popular?
- Stella peaked in 2018, when 5,164 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #38 in 2018.
- How many people are named Stella?
- 207,288 babies have been named Stella in the US since 1880. We estimate about 111,254 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 12.
- Where is Stella most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Stella was most common in North Dakota, at 6.8 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.