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 1996 and has been recorded in 21 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 2011 with 159 babies (rank #308 that year). It was not in the 2024 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.

2,277
Total babies (all years)
21
Years in the data
159
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
199642#592
199744#597
199854#513
199985#381
200093#360
200197#351
200293#371
2003107#352
2004114#338
2005119#340
2006131#332
2007122#358
2008134#335
2009105#406
2010122#375
2011159#308
2012132#365
2013131#349
2014134#343
2015118#392
2016141#344