NameTides

Stella

Stella was the #52 girls' name in the US in 2025 (4,136 babies), and #333 in England & Wales and #66 in Canada.

Stella as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Stella as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaIrelandScotlandEngland & Wales
Stella as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.5101880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#52 (4,136)#333 (130)#256 (14)—#160 (29)#66 (355)#60 (112)#60 (109)
2024#49 (4,274)#305 (141)#351 (9)#212 (8)#103 (47)#58 (388)#60 (111)#64 (101)
2023#46 (4,371)#323 (137)#250 (15)#302 (5)#137 (34)#53 (398)#67 (99)#66 (88)
2022#40 (4,849)#299 (150)#156 (27)#218 (8)#146 (36)#57 (413)#66 (107)#63 (101)
2021#41 (4,820)#318 (148)#261 (15)#181 (11)#125 (42)#57 (458)#59 (126)#60 (101)
2020#42 (4,667)#294 (159)#257 (14)#178 (10)#130 (39)#56 (435)#54 (127)#59 (100)
2019#40 (4,997)#373 (117)#175 (25)#213 (8)#171 (30)#47 (497)#53 (121)#52 (119)
2018#38 (5,164)#330 (145)#225 (18)#313 (5)#169 (31)#54 (451)#42 (146)#51 (95)
2017#42 (5,070)#346 (138)#186 (24)#263 (6)#154 (36)#50 (489)#45 (127)#45 (100)
2016#45 (4,933)#343 (141)#311 (12)#306 (5)#217 (22)#49 (504)#41 (156)#59 (83)
2015#51 (4,798)#388 (118)#266 (15)#248 (7)#264 (19)#48 (504)#43 (149)#44 (99)
2014#66 (4,203)#341 (134)#246 (18)#365 (4)#224 (23)#67 (401)#47 (146)#46 (99)
2013#70 (3,916)#345 (131)#254 (16)—#220 (25)#64 (412)#45 (143)#40 (114)
2012#62 (4,006)#364 (132)#254 (18)#268 (7)#264 (19)#58 (433)#53 (132)#40 (123)
2011#74 (3,698)#307 (159)#169 (27)#363 (4)#306 (16)#64 (403)#54 (124)#41 (103)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1889 at #55.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.

How common is it?

about 1 in 390 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 3. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 390common
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 1,900uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 1,300uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 730common
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 420common

Next year

On its recent trend, Stella is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 410 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 390 to 1 in 420.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Stella by state, 2025Alaska: #60AKMaine: #50MEWisconsin: #41WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #90NHWashington: #41WAIdaho: #64IDMontana: #62MTNorth Dakota: #58NDMinnesota: #41MNIllinois: #59ILMichigan: #42MINew York: #52NYMassachusetts: #35MAOregon: #46ORNevada: #39NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #62SDIowa: #46IAIndiana: #50INOhio: #46OHPennsylvania: #45PANew Jersey: #45NJConnecticut: #34CTRhode Island: #48RICalifornia: #69CAUtah: #47UTColorado: #55CONebraska: #61NEMissouri: #43MOKentucky: #34KYWest Virginia: #61WVVirginia: #64VAMaryland: #62MDDelaware: #82DEArizona: #61AZNew Mexico: #52NMKansas: #30KSArkansas: #41ARTennessee: #55TNNorth Carolina: #63NCSouth Carolina: #57SCDistrict of Columbia: #150DCOklahoma: #87OKLouisiana: #68LAMississippi: #57MSAlabama: #56ALGeorgia: #83GAHawaii: #114HITexas: #69TXFlorida: #54FL
Stella (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#59152
Quebec2025#8464

Stella (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
StellaCanadaGirls#66355
StellaEngland & WalesGirls#333130
StellaIrelandGirls#16029
StellaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
StellaNSWGirls#60112
StellaScotlandGirls#25614
StellaUSGirls#524,136
StellaUSBoys—too few
StellaVICGirls#60109