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How popular is the name Stella?
Births per year, rank history and how many Stellas are alive today.
Stella (female), once a common girls' name, is now an uncommon choice for new babies in England and Wales, ranked 333rd in 2025 with 130 given the name. The name peaked in 1924, when around 520 babies were given the name, the 81st most popular that year. It has declined since 1924; the 2025 figure is roughly 25% of its peak. Numbers have been stable in recent years. At least 24,000 babies have been named Stella in England and Wales since 1924. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
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 16,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 5% chance that at least one of them will be called Stella.
How many babies are named Stella each year?
Where does Stella rank among girls' names?
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 Stella most popular?
Stella peaked in 1924, when around 520 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Stella?
At least 16,000 people named Stella born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Stella?
Most living Stellas are between 40 and 79; the most common age is about 79. There is a second cluster around 5.
Is Stella becoming more or less popular?
Well past its peak: today's figures are a fraction of the 1924 peak, though numbers have levelled off in recent years.