Girls' name · since 2000
Stela
Stela has 204 recorded births since 2000 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2021 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #19,625 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,452 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 204
- born since 2000
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Stela is the #11452 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 204 recorded since 2000.
Social Security Administration records show Stela recorded 204 times among girls since 2000, holding rank #11452 nationally today, ahead of 34% of girls, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2000 to 2025.
- #19,625 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #11,452 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 204 born since 2000
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Stela ranks #19,625 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,452 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 204 born since 2000, peaking in the 2010s.
- #19,625 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,452 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 204
- born since 2000
- 2010s
- peak decade
Stela's 204 recorded births place it above 72.85% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Stela compares
204 37th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Stela's all-time total is 46% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Stela | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 204 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 14 | 21 | 19,840 |
Stela's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Stela's SSA record in two at 2014 and the more recent half accounts for 55% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 45%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2000, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2021 peak of 14, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Stela popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Stela by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (94 births, 46% of the file).
2010s was Stela's strongest decade.
94 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Stela births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
51 births
- 2010s
2010s
94 births
- 2020s
2020s
59 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 94 births (46% of all-time use).
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What to do with Stela's data
- Stela's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (94 total births) through the 2020s (59) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Stela: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2021)
Similar record span (~25 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2000–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Stela draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.