Stella
Rank in 2025
#52
recorded as girls
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
4,136
girls 4,136
Peak year
1889
891 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
207,288
since 1880
Born a Stella? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Stella was most popular in 1889, when 891 babies recorded as girls got the name (5.0 per 1,000). In 2025, 4,136 babies were named Stella, ranking #52 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's about the same.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4,136 | 52 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 4,274 | 49 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 4,371 | 46 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 4,849 | 40 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 4,820 | 41 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 4,667 | 42 | 5 | 12022 |
| 2019 | 4,997 | 40 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 5,164 | 38 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 5,070 | 42 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 4,933 | 45 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 4,798 | 51 | 7 | 9568 |
| 2014 | 4,203 | 66 | 6 | 10717 |
| 2013 | 3,916 | 70 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 4,006 | 62 | 7 | 9709 |
| 2011 | 3,698 | 74 | 6 | 10808 |
| 2010 | 3,440 | 85 | 7 | 9693 |
| 2009 | 2,560 | 126 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 1,824 | 184 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 1,463 | 243 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 1,413 | 241 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 1,308 | 250 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 1,123 | 291 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 797 | 380 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 557 | 498 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 422 | 598 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 376 | 656 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 312 | 723 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 233 | 905 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 190 | 1013 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 149 | 1204 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 125 | 1322 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 131 | 1293 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 167 | 1085 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 169 | 1072 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 151 | 1160 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 171 | 1046 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 169 | 1014 | <5 | — |
| 1988 | 154 | 1044 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | 165 | 965 | <5 | — |
| 1986 | 151 | 1013 | <5 | — |
| 1985 | 154 | 987 | <5 | — |
| 1984 | 191 | 821 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 208 | 766 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 220 | 753 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 227 | 730 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 228 | 730 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 216 | 748 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 244 | 660 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 235 | 669 | 5 | 5845 |
| 1976 | 202 | 723 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 251 | 628 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 250 | 623 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | 234 | 642 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 285 | 576 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 299 | 584 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 347 | 543 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 320 | 551 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 356 | 513 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 411 | 467 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | 429 | 456 | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 511 | 411 | <5 | — |
| 1964 | 561 | 412 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 541 | 413 | <5 | — |
| 1962 | 614 | 380 | <5 | — |
| 1961 | 597 | 394 | <5 | — |
| 1960 | 617 | 383 | <5 | — |
| 1959 | 639 | 378 | 5 | 3988 |
| 1958 | 683 | 352 | <5 | — |
| 1957 | 731 | 337 | 6 | 3552 |
| 1956 | 766 | 316 | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 794 | 305 | <5 | — |
| 1954 | 852 | 292 | <5 | — |
| 1953 | 957 | 262 | <5 | — |
| 1952 | 996 | 248 | <5 | — |
| 1951 | 1,060 | 239 | <5 | — |
| 1950 | 1,113 | 226 | <5 | — |
| 1949 | 1,220 | 215 | <5 | — |
| 1948 | 1,344 | 201 | 8 | 2788 |
| 1947 | 1,334 | 200 | 5 | 3733 |
| 1946 | 1,162 | 209 | <5 | — |
| 1945 | 993 | 198 | <5 | — |
| 1944 | 1,017 | 198 | <5 | — |
| 1943 | 1,182 | 188 | <5 | — |
| 1942 | 1,126 | 188 | 7 | 2940 |
| 1941 | 1,023 | 184 | <5 | — |
| 1940 | 962 | 192 | <5 | — |
| 1939 | 954 | 188 | 7 | 2829 |
| 1938 | 877 | 200 | 9 | 2479 |
| 1937 | 916 | 195 | 7 | 2905 |
| 1936 | 967 | 186 | 7 | 2854 |
| 1935 | 945 | 187 | 9 | 2529 |
| 1934 | 1,095 | 169 | 10 | 2393 |
| 1933 | 1,123 | 163 | 7 | 3004 |
| 1932 | 1,340 | 150 | 9 | 2638 |
| 1931 | 1,419 | 142 | 9 | 2651 |
| 1930 | 1,570 | 140 | 8 | 3022 |
| 1929 | 1,690 | 136 | 7 | 3247 |
| 1928 | 1,803 | 131 | 8 | 3076 |
| 1927 | 2,112 | 123 | 11 | 2523 |
| 1926 | 2,191 | 121 | 13 | 2302 |
| 1925 | 2,402 | 114 | 9 | 2936 |
| 1924 | 2,752 | 105 | 6 | 3867 |
| 1923 | 2,956 | 96 | 9 | 2950 |
| 1922 | 3,166 | 88 | 9 | 3014 |
| 1921 | 3,335 | 86 | 9 | 2986 |
| 1920 | 3,492 | 82 | 13 | 2336 |
| 1919 | 3,700 | 70 | 8 | 3115 |
| 1918 | 3,928 | 67 | 8 | 3096 |
| 1917 | 3,872 | 62 | 8 | 2956 |
| 1916 | 3,818 | 63 | 11 | 2389 |
| 1915 | 3,657 | 64 | <5 | — |
| 1914 | 2,771 | 65 | 6 | 2915 |
| 1913 | 2,205 | 69 | 9 | 1945 |
| 1912 | 1,834 | 73 | 10 | 1619 |
| 1911 | 1,422 | 72 | <5 | — |
| 1910 | 1,319 | 72 | <5 | — |
| 1909 | 1,188 | 70 | 7 | 1155 |
| 1908 | 1,216 | 67 | 6 | 1217 |
| 1907 | 1,150 | 70 | 6 | 1200 |
| 1906 | 1,141 | 65 | <5 | — |
| 1905 | 1,097 | 67 | <5 | — |
| 1904 | 1,026 | 68 | 5 | 1205 |
| 1903 | 1,016 | 64 | 5 | 1130 |
| 1902 | 1,075 | 63 | <5 | — |
| 1901 | 928 | 65 | 6 | 943 |
| 1900 | 1,177 | 68 | 6 | 1162 |
| 1899 | 975 | 62 | <5 | — |
| 1898 | 1,062 | 65 | <5 | — |
| 1897 | 966 | 64 | 5 | 1057 |
| 1896 | 1,054 | 60 | 5 | 1101 |
| 1895 | 1,026 | 60 | <5 | — |
| 1894 | 1,035 | 61 | <5 | — |
| 1893 | 926 | 63 | 6 | 907 |
| 1892 | 972 | 59 | <5 | — |
| 1891 | 867 | 59 | 5 | 963 |
| 1890 | 924 | 56 | 5 | 994 |
| 1889 | 891 | 55 | <5 | — |
| 1888 | 775 | 64 | <5 | — |
| 1887 | 664 | 59 | <5 | — |
| 1886 | 702 | 57 | <5 | — |
| 1885 | 649 | 57 | 5 | 936 |
| 1884 | 584 | 60 | <5 | — |
| 1883 | 529 | 59 | <5 | — |
| 1882 | 506 | 61 | <5 | — |
| 1881 | 416 | 63 | <5 | — |
| 1880 | 414 | 60 | <5 | — |
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Where Stella is most popular
- North Dakota1.7×
- New Hampshire1.7×
- Alaska1.6×
- Rhode Island1.6×
- Vermont1.6×
Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 100% · boys <1% across all years