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Stella
Recorded 207,288 times in US records since 1880. Peak year: 2018.
#135 →
U.S. rank · 2025
1 in 802
U.S. · 2025 records
Familiar
rarity tier
≈110,000
alive today (estimate) ⓘ
→ steady
10-yr trend
How many Stellas are there?

Alive in the US today estimate

Roughly 110,000 Stellas are alive in the US today, we estimate. About 1 in 3,100 Americans.

Made from recorded births by year and sex, multiplied by survival to today's age (SSA life table). It can't see immigration, and it's an estimate, not a census: how the living estimate is made.

Popularity over time

Stella through the years, 1880–2025

2018 · 5,164 5,164 0
18802025
Peak Stella year: 2018 (ringed), with 5,164 recorded. Current usage: ~100% girls. counts of people issued a Social Security number, not a full count of births.

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Every figure on this page is computed from the U.S. Social Security Administration's national baby-names data (ssa.gov), and the living estimate uses the SSA actuarial life table: how we calculate this. Data through 2025; refreshed Jun 2026; living estimate as of 2026.