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 1941 and has been recorded in 64 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2013 with 101 babies (rank #133 that year). It was not in the 2017 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

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.

2,328
Total babies (all years)
64
Years in the data
101
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
19413#6
19423#62
195331#355
195435#324
195532#350
195619#466
195723#431
195836#340
195955#272
196033#377
196150#306
196239#357
196344#334
196455#289
196543#345
196656#281
196746#339
196824#492
196949#336
197053#321
197150#311
197238#358
197325#435
197423#454
197518#503
197622#447
197727#399
19789#729
197917#511
198010#718
198116#551
198221#463
198310#741
19848#835
198521#513
198617#578
198713#687
198814#656
198919#550
199016#641
199118#621
199230#446
199325#495
199436#385
199529#429
199632#411
199724#496
199836#387
199933#402
200038#367
200138#356
200238#354
200342#326
200451#275
200555#241
200649#264
200755#232
200851#243
200978#173
201067#191
201190#150
201292#147
2013101#133
201497#135