Stela — #8214 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Stela

The Social Security Administration has registered 196 babies named Stela between 2000 and 2024, spanning 25 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Stela currently holds the #8214 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2021, when 14 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Stela performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 94 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Stela shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Stela in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 196 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.