Unisex name · since 1900
Stellar
Stellar has 192 recorded births since 1900 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2021 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #20,264 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 192
- born since 1900
- 1910s
- peak decade
Stellar is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 192 have been recorded since 1900.
Stellar has 192 recorded births among girls since 1900, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1910s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1900 to 2024.
- #20,264 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 192 born since 1900
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Stellar ranks #20,264 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 192 born since 1900, peaking in the 1910s.
- #20,264 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 192
- born since 1900
- 1910s
- peak decade
Stellar's 192 recorded births place it above 71.97% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Stellar's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Stellar splits its recorded history at 1923: 54% of all births land in the more recent half, 46% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1908 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2021 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Stellar popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1900–2024
- Peak year (2021)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 125 years of records
Stellar popularity over time - boys
64 total births recorded since 2008 (Stellar as boys' name)
Stellar by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (46 births, 24% of the file).
1910s was Stellar's strongest decade.
46 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 24% of all-time use.
Stellar births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1900s
1900s
26 births
- 1910s
1910s
46 births
- 1920s
1920s
29 births
- 1930s 7
1930s
7 births
- 1950s 6
1950s
6 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
44 births
- 2020s
2020s
29 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 46 births (24% of all-time use).
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- Stellar's usage has stayed within range of its 1910s decade-level peak (46 total births) through the 2020s (29) -- 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 Stellar: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~124 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, 1900–2024 (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 Stellar 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.