Stella is one of America's most popular girls' names, ranked #52 in 2025.
Stella is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #52 for girl births in the United States (and #135 across all names), given to 4,136 babies — 4,166 including U.S. territories. Stella was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 2018 (5,164 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4,136 | 4,166 | #52 | — |
| 2024 | 4,274 | 4,312 | #49 | — |
| 2023 | 4,371 | 4,413 | #46 | — |
| 2022 | 4,849 | 4,888 | #40 | — |
| 2021 | 4,820 | 4,861 | #41 | — |
| 2020 | 4,672 | 4,701 | #42 | #13,786 |
| 2019 | 4,997 | 5,043 | #40 | — |
| 2018 | 5,164 | 5,188 | #38 | — |
| 2017 | 5,070 | 5,110 | #42 | — |
| 2016 | 4,933 | 4,962 | #45 | — |
| 2015 | 4,805 | 4,851 | #51 | #10,477 |
| 2014 | 4,209 | 4,240 | #66 | #11,919 |
| 2013 | 3,916 | 3,940 | #70 | — |
| 2012 | 4,013 | 4,049 | #62 | #10,609 |
| 2011 | 3,704 | 3,733 | #74 | #12,069 |
| 2010 | 3,447 | 3,468 | #85 | #10,600 |
| 2009 | 2,560 | 2,577 | #126 | — |
| 2008 | 1,824 | 1,841 | #186 | — |
| 2007 | 1,463 | 1,482 | #243 | — |
| 2006 | 1,413 | 1,422 | #242 | — |
| 2005 | 1,308 | 1,317 | #250 | — |
| 2004 | 1,123 | 1,139 | #291 | — |
| 2003 | 797 | 805 | #380 | — |
| 2002 | 557 | 568 | #499 | — |
| 2001 | 422 | 428 | #598 | — |
| 2000 | 376 | 376 | #656 | — |
| 1999 | 312 | 317 | #725 | — |
| 1998 | 233 | 233 | #909 | — |
| 1997 | 190 | — | #1,018 | — |
| 1996 | 149 | — | #1,208 | — |
| 1995 | 125 | — | #1,328 | — |
| 1994 | 131 | — | #1,303 | — |
| 1993 | 167 | — | #1,088 | — |
| 1992 | 169 | — | #1,075 | — |
| 1991 | 151 | — | #1,165 | — |
| 1990 | 171 | — | #1,051 | — |
| 1989 | 169 | — | #1,018 | — |
| 1988 | 154 | — | #1,047 | — |
| 1987 | 165 | — | #965 | — |
| 1986 | 151 | — | #1,016 | — |
| 1985 | 154 | — | #996 | — |
| 1984 | 191 | — | #828 | — |
| 1983 | 208 | — | #769 | — |
| 1982 | 220 | — | #755 | — |
| 1981 | 227 | — | #731 | — |
| 1980 | 228 | — | #732 | — |
| 1979 | 216 | — | #751 | — |
| 1978 | 244 | — | #661 | — |
| 1977 | 240 | — | #670 | #6,735 |
| 1976 | 202 | — | #731 | — |
| 1975 | 251 | — | #629 | — |
| 1974 | 250 | — | #624 | — |
| 1973 | 234 | — | #644 | — |
| 1972 | 285 | — | #577 | — |
| 1971 | 299 | — | #584 | — |
| 1970 | 347 | — | #543 | — |
| 1969 | 320 | — | #553 | — |
| 1968 | 356 | — | #513 | — |
| 1967 | 411 | — | #467 | — |
| 1966 | 429 | — | #456 | — |
| 1965 | 511 | — | #411 | — |
| 1964 | 561 | — | #412 | — |
| 1963 | 541 | — | #415 | — |
| 1962 | 614 | — | #380 | — |
| 1961 | 597 | — | #394 | — |
| 1960 | 617 | — | #383 | — |
| 1959 | 644 | — | #378 | #4,505 |
| 1958 | 683 | — | #353 | — |
| 1957 | 737 | — | #338 | #3,941 |
| 1956 | 766 | — | #316 | — |
| 1955 | 794 | — | #305 | — |
| 1954 | 852 | — | #292 | — |
| 1953 | 957 | — | #263 | — |
| 1952 | 996 | — | #248 | — |
| 1951 | 1,060 | — | #240 | — |
| 1950 | 1,113 | — | #226 | — |
| 1949 | 1,220 | — | #215 | — |
| 1948 | 1,352 | — | #201 | #2,982 |
| 1947 | 1,339 | — | #200 | #4,204 |
| 1946 | 1,162 | — | #209 | — |
| 1945 | 993 | — | #198 | — |
| 1944 | 1,017 | — | #198 | — |
| 1943 | 1,182 | — | #188 | — |
| 1942 | 1,133 | — | #188 | #3,185 |
| 1941 | 1,023 | — | #184 | — |
| 1940 | 962 | — | #192 | — |
| 1939 | 961 | — | #188 | #3,077 |
| 1938 | 886 | — | #200 | #2,629 |
| 1937 | 923 | — | #195 | #3,144 |
| 1936 | 974 | — | #186 | #3,115 |
| 1935 | 954 | — | #187 | #2,690 |
| 1934 | 1,105 | — | #169 | #2,542 |
| 1933 | 1,130 | — | #164 | #3,248 |
| 1932 | 1,349 | — | #150 | #2,819 |
| 1931 | 1,428 | — | #142 | #2,848 |
| 1930 | 1,578 | — | #140 | #3,260 |
| 1929 | 1,697 | — | #137 | #3,518 |
| 1928 | 1,811 | — | #132 | #3,325 |
| 1927 | 2,123 | — | #123 | #2,683 |
| 1926 | 2,204 | — | #121 | #2,416 |
| 1925 | 2,411 | — | #114 | #3,124 |
| 1924 | 2,758 | — | #105 | #4,286 |
| 1923 | 2,965 | — | #96 | #3,147 |
| 1922 | 3,175 | — | #88 | #3,218 |
| 1921 | 3,344 | — | #86 | #3,185 |
| 1920 | 3,505 | — | #82 | #2,440 |
| 1919 | 3,708 | — | #70 | #3,355 |
| 1918 | 3,936 | — | #67 | #3,336 |
| 1917 | 3,880 | — | #62 | #3,175 |
| 1916 | 3,829 | — | #63 | #2,517 |
| 1915 | 3,657 | — | #64 | — |
| 1914 | 2,777 | — | #65 | #3,222 |
| 1913 | 2,214 | — | #69 | #2,072 |
| 1912 | 1,844 | — | #73 | #1,728 |
| 1911 | 1,422 | — | #72 | — |
| 1910 | 1,319 | — | #72 | — |
| 1909 | 1,195 | — | #70 | #1,260 |
| 1908 | 1,222 | — | #67 | #1,356 |
| 1907 | 1,156 | — | #70 | #1,327 |
| 1906 | 1,141 | — | #65 | — |
| 1905 | 1,097 | — | #67 | — |
| 1904 | 1,031 | — | #68 | #1,380 |
| 1903 | 1,021 | — | #65 | #1,288 |
| 1902 | 1,075 | — | #63 | — |
| 1901 | 934 | — | #65 | #1,046 |
| 1900 | 1,183 | — | #68 | #1,288 |
| 1899 | 975 | — | #62 | — |
| 1898 | 1,062 | — | #65 | — |
| 1897 | 971 | — | #64 | #1,211 |
| 1896 | 1,059 | — | #60 | #1,254 |
| 1895 | 1,026 | — | #60 | — |
| 1894 | 1,035 | — | #61 | — |
| 1893 | 932 | — | #63 | #1,018 |
| 1892 | 972 | — | #59 | — |
| 1891 | 872 | — | #59 | #1,108 |
| 1890 | 929 | — | #56 | #1,145 |
| 1889 | 891 | — | #55 | — |
| 1888 | 775 | — | #64 | — |
| 1887 | 664 | — | #59 | — |
| 1886 | 702 | — | #57 | — |
| 1885 | 654 | — | #57 | #1,084 |
| 1884 | 584 | — | #60 | — |
| 1883 | 529 | — | #59 | — |
| 1882 | 506 | — | #61 | — |
| 1881 | 416 | — | #64 | — |
| 1880 | 414 | — | #60 | — |