Girl's name
Stella
Say it STEL-uh
Latin origin star
2 syllables
Where Stella is loved, common and rare
Common across Sweden, Canada, Norway and 14 more places. Rare in Munich, Poland, Ireland and five more places.
1 in 728 girls born in Ireland in 2025
Sweden 13thBritish Columbia 43rdOntario 59th
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Every place
In 27 of the 40 official lists, among them Sweden (13th), British Columbia (43rd) and Ontario (59th).
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| Place | Rank | Girls | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 13th 2025 | 427 | about 1 in 94 |
| British Columbia province | 43rd 2023 | 49 | about 1 in 244 |
| Ontario province | 59th 2024 | 152 | about 1 in 358 |
| New South Wales state | 60th 2025 | 112 | rank only |
| Victoria state | 60th 2025 | 109 | rank only |
| Norway | 65th 2025 | 96 | 1 in 227 |
| South Australia state | 67th 2025 | 25 | rank only |
| Queensland state | 70th 2025 | 73 | rank only |
| Italy | 74th 2024 | 451 | 1 in 397 |
| Berlin city | 80th 2023 | 38 | about 1 in 382 |
| Slovenia | 81st 2025 | 22 | about 1 in 300 |
| Switzerland | 84th 2025 | 85 | 1 in 400 |
| Quebec province | 84th 2025 | 64 | about 1 in 406 |
| New Zealand | 84th 2025 | 45 | rank only |
| Cologne city | 84th 2023 | 15 | about 1 in 410 |
| Austria | 100th 2025 | 71 | 1 in 503 |
| Munich city | 124th 2025 | 10 | about 1 in 419 |
| Poland | 154th 2025 | 65 | 1 in 1,843 |
| Ireland | 160th 2025 | 29 | 1 in 728 |
| The Netherlands | 202nd 2025 | 72 | about 1 in 847 |
| France | 225th 2025 | 250 | 1 in 1,147 |
| Scotland | 256th 2025 | 14 | 1 in 1,278 |
| England and Wales | 333rd 2025 | 130 | 1 in 1,948 |
| Finland | 47th 2025 | 84 | rank only |
| Rostock city | 92nd 2025 | 2 | about 1 in 492 |
| Leipzig city | 95th 2025 | 6 | about 1 in 437 |
| Bonn city | 119th 2025 | 5 | about 1 in 603 |
Rare, below the listed names: Northern Ireland, Spain, Catalonia, Hungary and Israel.
Not in a short top list, so no figure: Nova Scotia (top 21), Denmark (top 50), Iceland (top 10), Estonia (top 25), Moscow (top 61), Turkey (top 30), Argentina (top 20) and Croatia (top 50).
Germany publishes no national statistics on first names. German figures here are city lists (Berlin, Munich, Cologne, Bonn, Leipzig, Rostock), never the country.
Sources: Skatteverket (Swedish Tax Agency) (Sweden); BC Vital Statistics Agency (BC Data Catalogue) (British Columbia); Ontario Office of the Registrar General (Ontario Data Catalogue) (Ontario); NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages (Data.NSW) (New South Wales); Registry of BDM Victoria (DataVic) (Victoria); Statistics Norway (SSB) (Norway); SA Attorney-General's Department, Births, Deaths and Marriages (data.sa.gov.au) (South Australia); Queensland Registry of BDM (Qld Open Data Portal) (Queensland); ISTAT, Contanomi (Italy); BerlinOnline GmbH; Landesamt für Bürger- und Ordnungsangelegenheiten (LABO) / Standesämter (Berlin); Statistični urad Republike Slovenije (SURS), SiStat (Slovenia); Bundesamt für Statistik (BFS) / Office fédéral de la statistique (OFS) (Switzerland); Retraite Québec (Banque de prénoms, Données Québec) (Quebec); Department of Internal Affairs (DIA), SmartStart (New Zealand); Stadt Köln, Standesamt (offenedaten-koeln.de) (Cologne); Statistik Austria (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1) (Austria); Landeshauptstadt München, Statistisches Amt (opendata.muenchen.de) (Munich); Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji, rejestr PESEL (dane.gov.pl) (Poland); Central Statistics Office (CSO) (Ireland); Sociale Verzekeringsbank (SVB) (the Netherlands); INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (édition 2025) (France); National Records of Scotland (Scotland); Office for National Statistics (England and Wales); Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV) (Finland); Hanse- und Universitätsstadt Rostock (opendata-hro.de) (Rostock); Stadt Leipzig, Standesamt (opendata.leipzig.de) (Leipzig); Bundesstadt Bonn, Standesamt (opendata.bonn.de) (Bonn). How we count, and every source
About the name
Latin stēlla means 'star', and Stella takes the word directly as a name.
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Two syllables, STEL-uh, give it a bright, clear sound. Estelle, Estella and Estrella are related forms from other languages, and Stela is a simpler spelling.
Stella ranks high in Sweden and is used in Finland and Norway, and in the English-speaking world it is well known in British Columbia, Ontario and New South Wales. The French records place its peak in 2010, and its trend today is balanced, rising in about as many places as it is falling. Its short form and clear meaning let it travel comfortably between languages.
Meaning, origin, pronunciation
- Pronounced
- STEL-uh, 2 syllables
- Meaning
star
- Origin
- Latin
- Other spellings
- Stela
- Lina
- Estelle
- Astoria
- Sidra
- Asteria
- Estella
- Estrella
- Estela
- Astra
- Zvezda
- Stjarna
- Csilla
- Stiliani
- Stiliana
Over time
Over five years: rising in 6 of 26 regions, falling in 5.
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Rank in each place since 1996; higher on the chart is more popular.
Ten years of ranks
Her rank each year, English-speaking regions first. A blank means no published rank for her that year.
| Region | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England and Wales | 343 | 346 | 330 | 373 | 294 | 318 | 299 | 323 | 305 | 333 |
| Scotland | 311 | 186 | 225 | 175 | 257 | 261 | 156 | 250 | 351 | 256 |
| Northern Ireland | 306 | 263 | 313 | 213 | 178 | 181 | 218 | 302 | 212 | |
| Ireland | 217 | 154 | 169 | 171 | 130 | 125 | 146 | 137 | 103 | 160 |
| Ontario | 51 | 45 | 47 | 45 | 50 | 50 | 54 | 57 | 59 | |
| British Columbia | 40 | 37 | 40 | 39 | 45 | 37 | 48 | 43 | ||
| New South Wales | 41 | 45 | 42 | 53 | 54 | 59 | 66 | 67 | 60 | 60 |
| Victoria | 59 | 45 | 51 | 51 | 59 | 60 | 62 | 66 | 62 | 60 |
| Queensland | 50 | 72 | 46 | 52 | 66 | 59 | 61 | 63 | 83 | 70 |
| South Australia | 61 | 55 | 65 | 66 | 59 | 64 | 90 | 56 | 83 | 67 |
| New Zealand | 41 | 39 | 42 | 60 | 32 | 63 | 57 | 61 | 36 | 84 |
| Quebec | 67 | 67 | 84 | 64 | 78 | 70 | 76 | 70 | 68 | 84 |
| France | 134 | 154 | 157 | 154 | 161 | 147 | 175 | 204 | 201 | 225 |
| The Netherlands | 161 | 143 | 180 | 195 | 184 | 229 | 192 | 170 | 202 | |
| Austria | 82 | 92 | 89 | 112 | 96 | 114 | 106 | 127 | 109 | 100 |
| Switzerland | 88 | 69 | 75 | 85 | 80 | 77 | 79 | 93 | 113 | 84 |
| Berlin | 78 | 77 | 83 | 76 | 77 | 83 | 98 | 80 | ||
| Munich | 61 | 57 | 82 | 69 | 72 | 87 | 91 | 72 | 79 | 124 |
| Cologne | 110 | 87 | 97 | 114 | 102 | 159 | 183 | 84 | ||
| Bonn | 107 | 93 | 134 | 50 | 168 | 264 | 99 | 236 | 115 | 119 |
| Leipzig | 71 | 42 | 79 | 63 | 116 | 98 | 87 | 102 | 117 | 95 |
| Rostock | 105 | 66 | 99 | 53 | 202 | 197 | 82 | 174 | 49 | 92 |
| Norway | 80 | 98 | 78 | 94 | 88 | 68 | 71 | 72 | 75 | 65 |
| Sweden | 14 | 12 | 8 | 15 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 13 |
| Finland | 50 | 37 | 47 | |||||||
| Iceland | 83 | 11 | ||||||||
| Catalonia | 485 | 480 | 425 | |||||||
| Italy | 70 | 78 | 61 | 57 | 56 | 60 | 67 | 70 | 74 | |
| Poland | 165 | 170 | 171 | 181 | 167 | 147 | 184 | 177 | 174 | 154 |
| Slovenia | 96 | 75 | 67 | 83 | 70 | 83 | 101 | 95 | 88 | 81 |
| Estonia | 21 |
England and Wales, 1996 to 2025
| Year | Rank | Girls | per 100,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 333 | 130 | 51.3 |
| 2024 | 305 | 141 | 54.7 |
| 2023 | 323 | 137 | 53.4 |
| 2022 | 299 | 150 | 56.9 |
| 2021 | 318 | 148 | 54.0 |
| 2020 | 294 | 159 | 59.2 |
| 2019 | 373 | 117 | 41.8 |
| 2018 | 330 | 145 | 50.3 |
| 2017 | 346 | 138 | 46.1 |
| 2016 | 343 | 141 | 45.9 |
| 2015 | 388 | 118 | 38.3 |
| 2014 | 341 | 134 | 43.7 |
| 2013 | 345 | 131 | 42.5 |
| 2012 | 364 | 132 | 41.0 |
| 2011 | 307 | 159 | 49.5 |
| 2010 | 372 | 122 | 38.0 |
| 2009 | 403 | 105 | 33.5 |
| 2008 | 333 | 134 | 42.4 |
| 2007 | 357 | 122 | 39.9 |
| 2006 | 331 | 131 | 43.8 |
| 2005 | 340 | 119 | 41.3 |
| 2004 | 337 | 114 | 39.9 |
| 2003 | 351 | 107 | 38.4 |
| 2002 | 367 | 93 | 34.8 |
| 2001 | 350 | 97 | 36.2 |
| 2000 | 357 | 93 | 34.0 |
| 1999 | 379 | 85 | 30.2 |
| 1998 | 508 | 54 | 18.7 |
| 1997 | 585 | 44 | 15.0 |
| 1996 | 582 | 42 | 14.2 |
Sources: Office for National Statistics (1996-2025), OGL v3.
France since 1925
Half of the babies named Stella in France since 1925 were born in or after 2005. First recorded in 1925. Her peak year there: 2010, at 185.9 per 100,000 girls.
Babies named Stella per 100,000 girls born in France, by five-year period. Her 2010 peak is averaged into its five-year period, so the line sits below it.
Sources: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (édition 2025) (1900-2025), Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.
Sister names for Stella
1 in 729 in Northern Ireland
Rose and fell with Stella.
1 in 754 in Ireland
Rose and fell with Stella.
1 in 166 in Northern Ireland
1 in 118 in Ireland
1 in 228 in Northern Ireland
Rose and fell with Stella.
1 in 95 in Northern Ireland
1 in 271 in Ireland
1 in 132 in Scotland
1 in 201 in Scotland
Rose and fell with Stella.
1 in 216 in England and Wales
Rose and fell with Stella.
Middle names for Stella
1 in 57 in Northern Ireland
Stella Grace
2-1 beats · initials SG
Changes the beat after Stella: 2 syllables, then 1 syllable.
1 in 71 in Scotland
Stella Olivia
2-4 beats · initials SO · Stella slides into Olivia: vowel meets vowel.
Changes the beat after Stella: 2 syllables, then 4 syllables. Stella slides into Olivia: vowel meets vowel.
1 in 311 in Ireland
Stella Maria
2-3 beats · initials SM
Changes the beat after Stella: 2 syllables, then 3 syllables.
1 in 99 in Scotland
Stella Sophia
2-3 beats · initials SS
Changes the beat after Stella: 2 syllables, then 3 syllables.
1 in 214 in Northern Ireland
Stella Rose
2-1 beats · initials SR
Changes the beat after Stella: 2 syllables, then 1 syllable.
1 in 78 in Northern Ireland
Stella Emily
2-3 beats · initials SE · Stella slides into Emily: vowel meets vowel.
Changes the beat after Stella: 2 syllables, then 3 syllables. Stella slides into Emily: vowel meets vowel.
1 in 491 in Ireland
Stella Julia
2-3 beats · initials SJ
Changes the beat after Stella: 2 syllables, then 3 syllables.
1 in 1,286 in England and Wales
Stella Miriam
2-3 beats · initials SM
Changes the beat after Stella: 2 syllables, then 3 syllables.
Same style as Stella
Names whose popularity rose and fell with hers across regions and decades.
1 in 228 in Northern Ireland
96% alike: moves with Stella across countries and decades.
1 in 197 in Ireland
95% alike: moves with Stella across countries and decades.
1 in 99 in Scotland
95% alike: moves with Stella across countries and decades.
1 in 88 in Scotland
95% alike: moves with Stella across countries and decades.
1 in 107 in Northern Ireland
95% alike: moves with Stella across countries and decades.
1 in 86 in Ireland
94% alike: moves with Stella across countries and decades.
1 in 271 in Ireland
93% alike: moves with Stella across countries and decades.
1 in 154 in Ireland
93% alike: moves with Stella across countries and decades.
Famous people named Stella
Stella McCartney, Stella Mwangi, Stella Stevens, Stella Adler, Stella Gibbons, Stella Maxwell, Stella Kyriakides and Stella Rimington.
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British fashion designer (born 1971)
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Kenyan-Norwegian singer, rapper and songwriter born 1986
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American actress (1938–2023)
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American actress and acting teacher (1901–1992)
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British writer (1902–1989)
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British model born 1990
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Cypriot politician born 1956
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British director of MI5 (1935–2025)
People: Wikidata (CC0), linked to Wikipedia in this page's language when an article exists.
Questions about Stella
5 questions, on how popular she is, what it means, how to say it, whether she is rising and sister names.
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How popular is Stella?
Her best rank is No. 13 in Sweden in 2025, about 1 in 94 girls. She is in the published lists of 27 of our 40 regions.
What does Stella mean?
Wiktionary glosses Stella as "star".
How do you pronounce Stella?
STEL-uh, with 2 syllables.
Is Stella getting more popular?
Over five years: rising in 6 of 26 regions, falling in 5.
Which sister names go with Stella?
The deck's top five sisters for Stella: Victoria, Helena, Clara, Lucy and Eva. Each is scored on style, era, popularity and origin, with sound clashes flagged.