How Many People Are Named Stela?
people named Stela are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,683,669 people in the US has this name
Based on 204 babies named Stela in Social Security records from 2000 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
14 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Romanian form of STELLA (1), derived from Latin stella meaning "star" (modern Romanian stea).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Stela in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Stela alive today is about 11 years old, and 100% are under 30. Half of them were between 5 and 15 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Stela first appears in the records in 2000 and was given most often in 2021, to 14 babies. In 2025, 8 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 2000 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Stela has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #7,982, in 2021. In 2025 it ranked #11,804.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #11,804 |
| Best rank | #7,982 (2021) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #10,651 in the 2010s |
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