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How popular is the name Stela?
Births per year, rank history and how many Stelas are alive today.
Stela (female) is a rare spelling of the girls' name Stella in England and Wales, ranked 4193rd in 2024 and given to 5 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 2011, when 7 babies were given the name, the 3185th most popular that year.
Across all spellings of the name, the Stella you are most likely to meet is around 79 years old - or else around 5: the name has two living generations. Half of all Stellas born in England and Wales are between 40 and 79, and there are at least 17,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 5.3% chance that at least one of them will be called Stella.
How many babies are named Stela each year?
Includes all spellings: Stela, Stella. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Stela spelling rank?
Where does the Stella spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Stela most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Stella, peaked in 1924, when around 520 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Stela spelling itself peaked in 2011, with 7 babies.
How many people are called Stela?
At least 17,000 people named Stela in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Stela?
Most living Stelas are between 40 and 79; the most common age is about 79. There is a second cluster around 5.
Is Stela becoming more or less popular?
Broadly steady in recent years.