Meaning not yet researched.
Stella: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 4,136 in 2025. Its best rank was #38 in 2018.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #38 in 2018; #52 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Stella in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#52 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 2018, at #38.
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Stella: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 4,136 girls in 2025. Peak: #38 in 2018 · most girls in one year: 5,164 (2018).
In 2025, 4,136 US girls were named Stella, making it the 52nd most common girls’ name of the year, down 3 places from #49 in 2024. That is 138 fewer than the 4,274 girls named Stella in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #38, reached in 2018. That year also had the most girls given the name: 5,164. For comparison, it was #51 in 2015 and #226 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Stella in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 414 babies with the name. In all, 207,288 US babies have been given the name, 99.8% of them girls and 0.2% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 44,258 babies named Stella.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 47,281 US girls were named Stella; the busiest of those years was 2018, with 5,164. In 2025 that was about 1 in 389 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Stella ranked highest in Kansas in 2025, at #32 for girls there. It was in the top 100 in 47 states (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Estella (42,975 babies since 1880), Estrella (16,799 babies since 1880), Estela (9,147 babies since 1880) and Sidra (1,883 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Astoria, Asteria and Stela are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
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Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Dutch, Italian, Latin, Latvian and Polish. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Astoria (727), Asteria (211), Stela (204), Stellah (168), Csilla (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Stella in the open dataset we use.
Stella is listed as a nickname for Estella, Estelle.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 2 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas | 58 | #32 | #29 |
| Kentucky | 80 | #34 | #57 |
| Connecticut | 64 | #35 | #51 |
| Massachusetts | 118 | #36 | #42 |
| Minnesota | 86 | #41 | #23 |
| Nevada | 41 | #41 | #87 |
| Arkansas | 46 | #41 | #71 |
| Washington | 110 | #42 | #29 |
| Michigan | 136 | #43 | #37 |
| Wisconsin | 82 | #43 | #30 |
| Missouri | 87 | #44 | #38 |
| Pennsylvania | 172 | #46 | #58 |
| Ohio | 163 | #47 | #48 |
| New Jersey | 145 | #47 | #58 |
| Oregon | 52 | #48 | #45 |
| Utah | 69 | #50 | #62 |
| Iowa | 48 | #50 | #31 |
| Indiana | 98 | #51 | #41 |
| Rhode Island | 15 | #52 | #121 |
| New York | 241 | #52 | #51 |
| Florida | 256 | #55 | #54 |
| Colorado | 81 | #56 | #56 |
| Maine | 16 | #56 | #67 |
| New Mexico | 20 | #57 | #149 |
| South Carolina | 62 | #57 | #67 |
| Alabama | 60 | #58 | #66 |
| Tennessee | 103 | #58 | #57 |
| Illinois | 131 | #59 | #46 |
| Mississippi | 32 | #60 | #56 |
| Maryland | 57 | #62 | #124 |
| Arizona | 81 | #64 | #80 |
| North Carolina | 134 | #64 | #65 |
| Virginia | 93 | #65 | #78 |
| Nebraska | 27 | #65 | #25 |
| West Virginia | 20 | #66 | #59 |
| South Dakota | 14 | #67 | #17 |
| Idaho | 27 | #67 | #70 |
| Texas | 358 | #69 | #91 |
| Alaska | 9 | #69 | #29 |
| California | 389 | #69 | #58 |
| Montana | 13 | #70 | #53 |
| North Dakota | 13 | #71 | #41 |
| Louisiana | 50 | #72 | #42 |
| Georgia | 97 | #85 | #85 |
| Oklahoma | 39 | #89 | #60 |
| New Hampshire | 13 | #94 | #126 |
| Delaware | 9 | #95 | #93 |
| Hawaii | 7 | #133 | #42 |
| District of Columbia | 5 | #193 | #87 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4,136 | #52 | — | — |
| 2024 | 4,274 | #49 | — | — |
| 2023 | 4,371 | #46 | — | — |
| 2022 | 4,849 | #40 | — | — |
| 2021 | 4,820 | #41 | — | — |
| 2020 | 4,667 | #42 | 5 | #13,786 |
| 2019 | 4,997 | #40 | — | — |
| 2018 | 5,164 | #38 | — | — |
| 2017 | 5,070 | #42 | — | — |
| 2016 | 4,933 | #45 | — | — |
| 2015 | 4,798 | #51 | 7 | #10,477 |
| 2014 | 4,203 | #66 | 6 | #11,919 |
| 2013 | 3,916 | #70 | — | — |
| 2012 | 4,006 | #62 | 7 | #10,609 |
| 2011 | 3,698 | #74 | 6 | #12,069 |
| 2010 | 3,440 | #85 | 7 | #10,600 |
| 2009 | 2,560 | #126 | — | — |
| 2008 | 1,824 | #186 | — | — |
| 2007 | 1,463 | #243 | — | — |
| 2006 | 1,413 | #242 | — | — |
| 2005 | 1,308 | #250 | — | — |
| 2004 | 1,123 | #291 | — | — |
| 2003 | 797 | #380 | — | — |
| 2002 | 557 | #499 | — | — |
| 2001 | 422 | #598 | — | — |
| 2000 | 376 | #656 | — | — |
| 1999 | 312 | #725 | — | — |
| 1998 | 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 | 235 | #670 | 5 | #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 | 639 | #378 | 5 | #4,505 |
| 1958 | 683 | #353 | — | — |
| 1957 | 731 | #338 | 6 | #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 | 1,344 | #201 | 8 | #2,982 |
| 1947 | 1,334 | #200 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 1946 | 1,162 | #209 | — | — |
| 1945 | 993 | #198 | — | — |
| 1944 | 1,017 | #198 | — | — |
| 1943 | 1,182 | #188 | — | — |
| 1942 | 1,126 | #188 | 7 | #3,185 |
| 1941 | 1,023 | #184 | — | — |
| 1940 | 962 | #192 | — | — |
| 1939 | 954 | #188 | 7 | #3,077 |
| 1938 | 877 | #200 | 9 | #2,629 |
| 1937 | 916 | #195 | 7 | #3,144 |
| 1936 | 967 | #186 | 7 | #3,115 |
| 1935 | 945 | #187 | 9 | #2,690 |
| 1934 | 1,095 | #169 | 10 | #2,542 |
| 1933 | 1,123 | #164 | 7 | #3,248 |
| 1932 | 1,340 | #150 | 9 | #2,819 |
| 1931 | 1,419 | #142 | 9 | #2,848 |
| 1930 | 1,570 | #140 | 8 | #3,260 |
| 1929 | 1,690 | #137 | 7 | #3,518 |
| 1928 | 1,803 | #132 | 8 | #3,325 |
| 1927 | 2,112 | #123 | 11 | #2,683 |
| 1926 | 2,191 | #121 | 13 | #2,416 |
| 1925 | 2,402 | #114 | 9 | #3,124 |
| 1924 | 2,752 | #105 | 6 | #4,286 |
| 1923 | 2,956 | #96 | 9 | #3,147 |
| 1922 | 3,166 | #88 | 9 | #3,218 |
| 1921 | 3,335 | #86 | 9 | #3,185 |
| 1920 | 3,492 | #82 | 13 | #2,440 |
| 1919 | 3,700 | #70 | 8 | #3,355 |
| 1918 | 3,928 | #67 | 8 | #3,336 |
| 1917 | 3,872 | #62 | 8 | #3,175 |
| 1916 | 3,818 | #63 | 11 | #2,517 |
| 1915 | 3,657 | #64 | — | — |
| 1914 | 2,771 | #65 | 6 | #3,222 |
| 1913 | 2,205 | #69 | 9 | #2,072 |
| 1912 | 1,834 | #73 | 10 | #1,728 |
| 1911 | 1,422 | #72 | — | — |
| 1910 | 1,319 | #72 | — | — |
| 1909 | 1,188 | #70 | 7 | #1,260 |
| 1908 | 1,216 | #67 | 6 | #1,356 |
| 1907 | 1,150 | #70 | 6 | #1,327 |
| 1906 | 1,141 | #65 | — | — |
| 1905 | 1,097 | #67 | — | — |
| 1904 | 1,026 | #68 | 5 | #1,380 |
| 1903 | 1,016 | #65 | 5 | #1,288 |
| 1902 | 1,075 | #63 | — | — |
| 1901 | 928 | #65 | 6 | #1,046 |
| 1900 | 1,177 | #68 | 6 | #1,288 |
| 1899 | 975 | #62 | — | — |
| 1898 | 1,062 | #65 | — | — |
| 1897 | 966 | #64 | 5 | #1,211 |
| 1896 | 1,054 | #60 | 5 | #1,254 |
| 1895 | 1,026 | #60 | — | — |
| 1894 | 1,035 | #61 | — | — |
| 1893 | 926 | #63 | 6 | #1,018 |
| 1892 | 972 | #59 | — | — |
| 1891 | 867 | #59 | 5 | #1,108 |
| 1890 | 924 | #56 | 5 | #1,145 |
| 1889 | 891 | #55 | — | — |
| 1888 | 775 | #64 | — | — |
| 1887 | 664 | #59 | — | — |
| 1886 | 702 | #57 | — | — |
| 1885 | 649 | #57 | 5 | #1,084 |
| 1884 | 584 | #60 | — | — |
| 1883 | 529 | #59 | — | — |
| 1882 | 506 | #61 | — | — |
| 1881 | 416 | #64 | — | — |
| 1880 | 414 | #60 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).