Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Stela

Gender

Female

Origin

Greek
star

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Stela

Pronunciation

s-te-la

Popularity in the USA

  • Girls: peak in 2021 (rank #7621, 14 births); most recent 2025 (rank #10917, 8 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearGirls
20258
202413
20236
20229
202114
20209
20197
201810
20178
201611

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Girls: peak in 2011 (rank #3182, 7 births); most recent 2024 (rank #4192, 5 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearGirls
2025–
20245
2023–
2022–
20213
20203
2019–
20186
20174
20164

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Girls: peak in 2011 (rank #2448, 11 births); most recent 2023 (rank #5176, 3 births)
Births by year in France
YearGirls
20233
20228
20213
20203
20196
20184
2017–
20165
2015–
20149

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Girls: peak in 2020 (rank #806, 3 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearGirls
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
20203
2019–
20183
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence