Lotte vs Stella
Lotte 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, Lotte was ranked #79 and Stella #66 among girls in Norway.
England and Wales · Girls
In 2025, Lotte was ranked #5927 and Stella #333 among girls in England and Wales.
Lotte and Stella over time
Lotte and Stella appear together in 2 published lists, across 73 years of shared records. Neither was ahead in more lists than the other.
The order between them changed and held in one of those lists — a change in that published list, never a claim that one name displaced the other.
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.
- One moved ahead of the other
In 2025, Stella moved ahead of Lotte in Norway · Girls — #73 and #75 the year before became #79 and #66.
- Repeatedly exchanged positions
Lotte and Stella changed places 9 times in Norway · Girls between 1964 and 2025, ending at #79 and #66.
- Longest-running competitions
Lotte and Stella were both ranked in England and Wales · Girls for 30 years, from 1996 to 2025, ending at #5927 and #333.
List by list
Norway · Girls43 shared years, 1964–2025
Lotte held the stronger position in 30 of those years, Stella in 13.
Highest recorded here: Lotte #73 in 2024, Stella #64 in 2015.
The order changed in 2025: Stella moved ahead. In 2024 they stood at #73 and #75; by 2025 that had become #79 and #66.
Most recent shared year, 2025: Lotte #79, Stella #66.
England and Wales · Girls30 shared years, 1996–2025
Lotte held the stronger position in 0 of those years, Stella in 30.
Highest recorded here: Lotte #1472 in 2003, Stella #294 in 2020.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2025: Lotte #5927, Stella #333.
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 | Lotte | 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 #79 (2025) | New South Wales, Australia · Girls #60 (2025) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 94/100 | 88/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 60/100 | 100/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Lotte and Stella both have 2 syllables.
- Both names have recorded usage in GB-ENW, NO.
How each name got here
Lotte
Popularity journey
First recorded1956
First recorded at #449 among girls in Norway in 1956 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1956–2025
Highest recorded position: #73 among girls in Norway, in 2024 (recorded 1956–2025).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #5927 among girls in England and Wales, in 2025.
England and Wales · 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 #333 among girls in England and Wales, in 2025.
England and Wales · Girls