Girl name#226 of girl names
Stella
Pronounced S T EH1 L AH0 (ARPABET)
- 2 syllables
- Peaked 2018
- 145 years in use
How popular is Stella?
Stella is a girls' name, and has been in the record since the data starts in 1880. It has been given to 203,757 children — the 226th most common girls' name on record.
It is gaining, with the past decade running 72% ahead of the one before it. Its best single year was 2018, when 5,187 children were given it.
Characteristics
- 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- S T EH1 L AH0
- Stress pattern:
- 10
- Syllables:
- 2
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Stella
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Stella
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Stella?
- Stella ranks 226th among girls' names in US records, with 203,757 births since 1880. Over the past decade it accounts for 48,291.
- Is Stella a unisex name?
- No. Stella is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Stella most popular?
- 2018, when 5,187 children were given the name. It has been in use for 145 years and is still recorded as of 2024.