Stella
The 2025 national count puts Stella at #52, sitting where it has sat for years. It has been on the books since 1880 and never mattered more than it does today; 206,906 bearers and counting.
What Stella carries
Stella · Latin
“star”
Source: Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), see our sources.
Stella’s free Name Kit
Five printables for Stella, drawn in your browser at print size the moment you ask: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet, and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Letter size, 300 dpi, in the site’s own hand.
- Name print Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
- Nursery sign The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
- Tracing sheet The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
- Shortlist sheet A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
- Sibling names sheet Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Name print
Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
Nursery sign
The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
Tracing sheet
The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
Shortlist sheet
A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
Sibling names sheet
Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Print on plain letter paper or heavier card; the sign and the print look best on matte stock.
Stella since 1880
Stella peaked in 2018 at #38; #52 in 2025.
United States national data, Social Security Administration, through 2025, how we use it.
Where Stella is most common
Stella is most common in Rhode Island: 0.61% of the state's recorded girls' names in 2025. Connecticut (0.56%) and Alaska (0.54%) follow.
Share of the state's recorded names for that sex, from the Social Security Administration's state file; a name is listed in a state only when five or more babies received it there that year.
Names that sit near Stella
Same shelf of the library: origin, era and shape, scored deterministically.
Silas
#71 in 2025 · Latin
Claire
#68 in 2025 · Latin
Grace
#38 in 2025 · Latin
Adrian
#74 in 2025 · Latin
August
#81 in 2025 · Latin
Luke
#33 in 2025 · Latin
Lucia
#83 in 2025 · Latin
Luka
#85 in 2025 · Latin
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About Stella
Where does Stella rank right now?
The 2025 national count puts Stella at #52, sitting where it has sat for years. Every point on the chart is the SSA's own count, back to 1880.
What is the recorded meaning of Stella?
In our cited reference the recorded gloss is “star”, of Latin origin (Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884)).
What names go with Stella?
On origin, era, syllables and first letter, Silas sits closest, with Claire and Grace just behind. Give the matcher the names already in the house and it scores the whole top thousand against them.
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