Stella

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Origin: Greek

Meaning

Stella is a female given name. It is derived from the Latin word for star. It has been in use in English-speaking countries since it was first used by Philip Sidney in Astrophel and Stella, his 1580s sonnet sequence.

From Wikipedia

Stella first appears in the data in 1991 and has been recorded in 34 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2016 with 502 babies (rank #49 that year). In 2024 it was given to 384 girls (rank #58). Its popularity has been fairly steady recently.

Numerology of Stella

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Stella yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

8,098
Total babies (all years)
34
Years in the data
502
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
199122#882
199215#1,196
199322#897
199412#1,298
199525#844
199615#1,219
199718#1,042
199817#1,090
199935#660
200043#565
200145#556
200240#617
200391#322
2004133#211
2005146#194
2006182#162
2007202#151
2008216#136
2009296#96
2010377#72
2011398#63
2012432#56
2013406#65
2014399#65
2015501#49
2016502#49
2017493#49
2018447#54
2019494#46
2020430#56
2021460#57
2022409#57
2023391#53
2024384#58