Stella
Girl · STEL-a · Latin
Stella is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “star”. In 2025 it ranked 335th for girls in the UK (144 babies) and 52nd for girls in the US (4,136 babies).
What does Stella mean?
Latin
“star”
Latin for star; Sir Philip Sidney's sonnet sequence Astrophel and Stella helped make it an English name.
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- STEL-a
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Is Stella a girl's or a boy's name?
Stella is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 144 girls in the UK and 4,136 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Stella in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #335among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 144about 1 in 1,900 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 8% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 144 girls in the UK were named Stella, making it the 335th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 280th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 190 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Stella than any year since 2015.
Half of all the girls named Stella in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 333rd in England and Wales and 256th in Scotland.
In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1924 (#81).
Stella in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 144 | #335 |
| 2024 | 158 | #310 |
| 2023 | 157 | #308 |
| 2022 | 185 | #273 |
| 2021 | 174 | #304 |
| 2020 | 183 | #280 |
| 2019 | 150 | #338 |
| 2018 | 168 | #311 |
| 2017 | 168 | #318 |
| 2016 | 158 | #337 |
| 2015 | 140 | #367 |
| 2014 | 156 | #323 |
| 2013 | 147 | #352 |
| 2012 | 157 | #343 |
| 2011 | 190 | #285 |
| 2010 | 150 | #340 |
| 2009 | 121 | #397 |
| 2008 | 159 | #323 |
| 2007 | 144 | #344 |
| 2006 | 162 | #310 |
| 2005 | 140 | #326 |
| 2004 | 133 | #333 |
| 2003 | 120 | #342 |
| 2002 | 102 | #370 |
| 2001 | 110 | #342 |
| 2000 | 104 | #361 |
| 1999 | 94 | #383 |
| 1998 | 63 | #511 |
| 1997 | 47 | #618 |
| 1996 | 44 | #610 |
How popular is Stella in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #52among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4,136about 1 in 390 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 14% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 3.5%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4,136 girls in the US were named Stella, making it the 52nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 42nd. Its busiest year was 2018, with 5,164 girls.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Stella than any year since 2013.
Half of all the girls named Stella in the US since 1880 were born between 1918 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Stella in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | 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 |
| 2019 | 4,997 | #40 |
| 2018 | 5,164 | #38 |
| 2017 | 5,070 | #42 |
| 2016 | 4,933 | #45 |
| 2015 | 4,798 | #51 |
| 2014 | 4,203 | #66 |
| 2013 | 3,916 | #70 |
| 2012 | 4,006 | #62 |
| 2011 | 3,698 | #74 |
| 2010 | 3,440 | #85 |
| 2009 | 2,560 | #126 |
| 2008 | 1,824 | #184 |
| 2007 | 1,463 | #243 |
| 2006 | 1,413 | #241 |
| 2005 | 1,308 | #250 |
| 2004 | 1,123 | #291 |
| 2003 | 797 | #380 |
| 2002 | 557 | #498 |
| 2001 | 422 | #598 |
| 2000 | 376 | #656 |
| 1999 | 312 | #722 |
| 1998 | 233 | #904 |
| 1997 | 190 | #1,012 |
| 1996 | 149 | #1,202 |
| 1995 | 125 | #1,319 |
| 1994 | 131 | #1,290 |
| 1993 | 167 | #1,083 |
| 1992 | 169 | #1,070 |
| 1991 | 151 | #1,157 |
| 1990 | 171 | #1,044 |
| 1989 | 169 | #1,011 |
| 1988 | 154 | #1,043 |
| 1987 | 165 | #965 |
| 1986 | 151 | #1,013 |
| 1985 | 154 | #987 |
| 1984 | 191 | #821 |
| 1983 | 208 | #766 |
| 1982 | 220 | #753 |
| 1981 | 227 | #730 |
| 1980 | 228 | #730 |
| 1979 | 216 | #748 |
| 1978 | 244 | #660 |
| 1977 | 235 | #669 |
| 1976 | 202 | #723 |
| 1975 | 251 | #628 |
| 1974 | 250 | #623 |
| 1973 | 234 | #642 |
| 1972 | 285 | #576 |
| 1971 | 299 | #584 |
| 1970 | 347 | #543 |
| 1969 | 320 | #551 |
| 1968 | 356 | #513 |
| 1967 | 411 | #467 |
| 1966 | 429 | #456 |
| 1965 | 511 | #411 |
| 1964 | 561 | #412 |
| 1963 | 541 | #413 |
| 1962 | 614 | #380 |
| 1961 | 597 | #394 |
| 1960 | 617 | #383 |
| 1959 | 639 | #378 |
| 1958 | 683 | #352 |
| 1957 | 731 | #337 |
| 1956 | 766 | #316 |
| 1955 | 794 | #305 |
| 1954 | 852 | #292 |
| 1953 | 957 | #262 |
| 1952 | 996 | #248 |
| 1951 | 1,060 | #239 |
| 1950 | 1,113 | #226 |
| 1949 | 1,220 | #215 |
| 1948 | 1,344 | #201 |
| 1947 | 1,334 | #200 |
| 1946 | 1,162 | #209 |
| 1945 | 993 | #198 |
| 1944 | 1,017 | #198 |
| 1943 | 1,182 | #188 |
| 1942 | 1,126 | #188 |
| 1941 | 1,023 | #184 |
| 1940 | 962 | #192 |
| 1939 | 954 | #188 |
| 1938 | 877 | #200 |
| 1937 | 916 | #195 |
| 1936 | 967 | #186 |
| 1935 | 945 | #187 |
| 1934 | 1,095 | #169 |
| 1933 | 1,123 | #163 |
| 1932 | 1,340 | #150 |
| 1931 | 1,419 | #142 |
| 1930 | 1,570 | #140 |
| 1929 | 1,690 | #136 |
| 1928 | 1,803 | #131 |
| 1927 | 2,112 | #123 |
| 1926 | 2,191 | #121 |
| 1925 | 2,402 | #114 |
| 1924 | 2,752 | #105 |
| 1923 | 2,956 | #96 |
| 1922 | 3,166 | #88 |
| 1921 | 3,335 | #86 |
| 1920 | 3,492 | #82 |
| 1919 | 3,700 | #70 |
| 1918 | 3,928 | #67 |
| 1917 | 3,872 | #62 |
| 1916 | 3,818 | #63 |
| 1915 | 3,657 | #64 |
| 1914 | 2,771 | #65 |
| 1913 | 2,205 | #69 |
| 1912 | 1,834 | #73 |
| 1911 | 1,422 | #72 |
| 1910 | 1,319 | #72 |
| 1909 | 1,188 | #70 |
| 1908 | 1,216 | #67 |
| 1907 | 1,150 | #70 |
| 1906 | 1,141 | #65 |
| 1905 | 1,097 | #67 |
| 1904 | 1,026 | #68 |
| 1903 | 1,016 | #64 |
| 1902 | 1,075 | #63 |
| 1901 | 928 | #65 |
| 1900 | 1,177 | #68 |
| 1899 | 975 | #62 |
| 1898 | 1,062 | #65 |
| 1897 | 966 | #64 |
| 1896 | 1,054 | #60 |
| 1895 | 1,026 | #60 |
| 1894 | 1,035 | #61 |
| 1893 | 926 | #63 |
| 1892 | 972 | #59 |
| 1891 | 867 | #59 |
| 1890 | 924 | #56 |
| 1889 | 891 | #55 |
| 1888 | 775 | #64 |
| 1887 | 664 | #59 |
| 1886 | 702 | #57 |
| 1885 | 649 | #57 |
| 1884 | 584 | #60 |
| 1883 | 529 | #59 |
| 1882 | 506 | #61 |
| 1881 | 416 | #63 |
| 1880 | 414 | #60 |
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