Girls' name · since 2009
Stellah
Since 2009, U.S. Social Security records show 168 babies named Stellah, peaking in 2014. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #21,641 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 168
- born since 2009
- 2010s
- peak decade
Stellah sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 168 recorded since 2009.
Stellah has 168 recorded births among girls since 2009, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2009 to 2024.
- #21,641 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 168 born since 2009
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Stellah ranks #21,641 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 168 born since 2009, peaking in the 2010s.
- #21,641 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 168
- born since 2009
- 2010s
- peak decade
Stellah's 168 recorded births place it above 70.07% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Stellah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Stellah's SSA record in two at 2017 and the more recent half accounts for 48% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 52%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2021, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2014 peak of 19, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Stellah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–2024
- Peak year (2014)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 16 years of records
Stellah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (115 births, 68% of the file).
2010s was Stellah's strongest decade.
115 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 68% of all-time use.
Stellah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 7
2000s
7 births
- 2010s
2010s
115 births
- 2020s
2020s
46 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 115 births (68% of all-time use).
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- Stellah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (115 total births) through the 2020s (46) -- 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Stellah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 2009–2024 (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 Stellah 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.