Ebba vs Stella
Ebba and Stellacompared on official birth-registration statistics and Namewise's recorded data. This page states what each name's record shows — it never picks a winner or scores one name against the other.
Head to head
Ranks are only compared within one published list and one year. Two ranks from different years, from a boys' and a girls' list, or from different registrars are not comparable, so they are not placed side by side.
Norway · Girls
In 2025, Ebba was ranked #67 and Stella #66 among girls in Norway.
England and Wales · Girls
In 2024, Ebba was ranked #3015 and Stella #305 among girls in England and Wales.
Ebba and Stella over time
Ebba and Stella appear together in 2 published lists, across 54 years of shared records. Stella held the stronger position in more years in 2 of them, Ebba in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Each reached its own highest recorded position first in 1 of the lists they share.
Counted list by list. Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale in the same year, so those comparisons are real — but positions from different lists are not, so nothing here is combined into an overall standing.
How this pair is related
The relationship kinds these two qualify for, each under its own stated rule. Every one is drawn from a list they both appear in.
- Repeatedly exchanged positions
Ebba and Stella changed places 6 times in Norway · Girls between 1994 and 2025, ending at #67 and #66.
List by list
Norway · Girls29 shared years, 1994–2025
Ebba held the stronger position in 4 of those years, Stella in 25.
Highest recorded here: Ebba #67 in 2025, Stella #64 in 2015.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2025: Ebba #67, Stella #66.
England and Wales · Girls25 shared years, 1996–2024
Ebba held the stronger position in 0 of those years, Stella in 25.
Highest recorded here: Ebba #1903 in 2011, Stella #294 in 2020.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2024: Ebba #3015, Stella #305.
Two names moving past each other in a ranking is a fact about the ranking. Namewise does not claim one name displaced the other, that families chose between them, or that either influenced the other — none of that is in this data.
Side by side
| Field | Ebba | Stella |
|---|---|---|
| Record type | Official statistical record (evidence-only) | Official statistical record (evidence-only) |
| Gender usage | female | female |
| Meaning | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Origin | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Pronunciation | Not yet recorded | |
| Syllables | 2 | 2 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | GB-ENW, NO | AU-NSW, GB-ENW, GB-NIR, GB-SCT, IE, NO, NZ |
| Most recent popularity observation | Norway · Girls #67 (2025) | New South Wales, Australia · Girls #60 (2025) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 95/100 | 88/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 60/100 | 100/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Ebba and Stella both have 2 syllables.
- Both names have recorded usage in GB-ENW, NO.
How each name got here
Ebba
Popularity journey
First recorded1945
First recorded at #297 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1945–2025
Highest recorded position: #67 among girls in Norway, in 2025 (recorded 1945–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #67 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls
Stella
Popularity journey
First recorded1954
First recorded at #411 among girls in Norway in 1954 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded2001–2023
Highest recorded position: #29 among girls in New Zealand, in 2011 (recorded 2001–2023).
New Zealand · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #60 among girls in New South Wales, Australia, in 2025.
New South Wales, Australia · Girls