Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Stella

#204 most common girls' name of all time · #386 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among girls
#204
Rank overall
#386 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
207,288
Since 2016
47,286
Peak year
2018 #38
Best rank
#38 2018
Girls Boys peak 5,164/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Stella is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 4,136 — 4,136 #52
2024 4,274 — 4,274 #49
2023 4,371 — 4,371 #46
2022 4,849 — 4,849 #40
2021 4,820 — 4,820 #41
2020 4,667 5 4,672 #42
2019 4,997 — 4,997 #40
2018 5,164 — 5,164 #38
2017 5,070 — 5,070 #42
2016 4,933 — 4,933 #45
2015 4,798 7 4,805 #51
2014 4,203 6 4,209 #66
2013 3,916 — 3,916 #70
2012 4,006 7 4,013 #62
2011 3,698 6 3,704 #74
2010 3,440 7 3,447 #85
2009 2,560 — 2,560 #126
2008 1,824 — 1,824 #184
2007 1,463 — 1,463 #243
2006 1,413 — 1,413 #241
2005 1,308 — 1,308 #250
2004 1,123 — 1,123 #291
2003 797 — 797 #380
2002 557 — 557 #498
2001 422 — 422 #598
2000 376 — 376 #656
1999 312 — 312 #723
1998 233 — 233 #905
1997 190 — 190 #1,013
1996 149 — 149 #1,204
1995 125 — 125 #1,322
1994 131 — 131 #1,293
1993 167 — 167 #1,086
1992 169 — 169 #1,072
1991 151 — 151 #1,160
1990 171 — 171 #1,046
1989 169 — 169 #1,014
1988 154 — 154 #1,045
1987 165 — 165 #965
1986 151 — 151 #1,013
1985 154 — 154 #988
1984 191 — 191 #821
1983 208 — 208 #766
1982 220 — 220 #753
1981 227 — 227 #730
1980 228 — 228 #730
1979 216 — 216 #748
1978 244 — 244 #660
1977 235 5 240 #669
1976 202 — 202 #723
1975 251 — 251 #628
1974 250 — 250 #623
1973 234 — 234 #642
1972 285 — 285 #576
1971 299 — 299 #584
1970 347 — 347 #543
1969 320 — 320 #552
1968 356 — 356 #513
1967 411 — 411 #467
1966 429 — 429 #456
1965 511 — 511 #411
1964 561 — 561 #412
1963 541 — 541 #413
1962 614 — 614 #380
1961 597 — 597 #394
1960 617 — 617 #383
1959 639 5 644 #378
1958 683 — 683 #353
1957 731 6 737 #337
1956 766 — 766 #316
1955 794 — 794 #305
1954 852 — 852 #292
1953 957 — 957 #262
1952 996 — 996 #248
1951 1,060 — 1,060 #239
1950 1,113 — 1,113 #226
1949 1,220 — 1,220 #215
1948 1,344 8 1,352 #201
1947 1,334 5 1,339 #200
1946 1,162 — 1,162 #209
1945 993 — 993 #198
1944 1,017 — 1,017 #198
1943 1,182 — 1,182 #188
1942 1,126 7 1,133 #188
1941 1,023 — 1,023 #184
1940 962 — 962 #192
1939 954 7 961 #188
1938 877 9 886 #200
1937 916 7 923 #195
1936 967 7 974 #186
1935 945 9 954 #187
1934 1,095 10 1,105 #169
1933 1,123 7 1,130 #163
1932 1,340 9 1,349 #150
1931 1,419 9 1,428 #142
1930 1,570 8 1,578 #140
1929 1,690 7 1,697 #136
1928 1,803 8 1,811 #132
1927 2,112 11 2,123 #123
1926 2,191 13 2,204 #121
1925 2,402 9 2,411 #114
1924 2,752 6 2,758 #105
1923 2,956 9 2,965 #96
1922 3,166 9 3,175 #88
1921 3,335 9 3,344 #86
1920 3,492 13 3,505 #82
1919 3,700 8 3,708 #70
1918 3,928 8 3,936 #67
1917 3,872 8 3,880 #62
1916 3,818 11 3,829 #63
1915 3,657 — 3,657 #64
1914 2,771 6 2,777 #65
1913 2,205 9 2,214 #69
1912 1,834 10 1,844 #73
1911 1,422 — 1,422 #72
1910 1,319 — 1,319 #72
1909 1,188 7 1,195 #70
1908 1,216 6 1,222 #67
1907 1,150 6 1,156 #70
1906 1,141 — 1,141 #65
1905 1,097 — 1,097 #67
1904 1,026 5 1,031 #68
1903 1,016 5 1,021 #65
1902 1,075 — 1,075 #63
1901 928 6 934 #65
1900 1,177 6 1,183 #68
1899 975 — 975 #62
1898 1,062 — 1,062 #65
1897 966 5 971 #64
1896 1,054 5 1,059 #60
1895 1,026 — 1,026 #60
1894 1,035 — 1,035 #61
1893 926 6 932 #63
1892 972 — 972 #59
1891 867 5 872 #59
1890 924 5 929 #56
1889 891 — 891 #55
1888 775 — 775 #64
1887 664 — 664 #59
1886 702 — 702 #57
1885 649 5 654 #57
1884 584 — 584 #60
1883 529 — 529 #59
1882 506 — 506 #61
1881 416 — 416 #63
1880 414 — 414 #60