Stella is a girl's name of Italian origin meaning “star.” In 2024 it was given to 4,264 girls in the United States.
Stella belongs to the Italian and English & American tradition. Its meaning — “star” — is the sense carried by its Italian roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Stella first appears in Social Security records in 1880. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #38 in 2018, and in 2024 4,264 babies received the name — 202,743 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Stella means “star” in its Italian roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Stella is a girl name. In 2024, 4,264 babies received the name in the US.
Stella comes from the Italian, English & American and Greek tradition.
Stella first appears in US records in 1880. Its best-ever ranking was #38 in 2018, and 4,264 babies were given the name in 2024.
Stella is pronounced /ˈstɛlə/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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