Stela

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Stela: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Stela: Recorded since 2006, it reached #834 in 2020, and it stood at #4,192 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
14times a registrar ranked it
19years from first to last
#834highest recorded position
2groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 2006–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2006	#4157
2011	#3185
2012	#5876
2014	#5691
2015	#5730
2016	#4763
2017	#4763
2018	#3518
2020	#5493
2021	#5581
2024	#4192

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 11 of the 19 years from 2006 to 2024.

In 2020: #834 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #5493 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 2006–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2006
First recorded at #4157 among girls in England and Wales in 2006 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2008–2020
Highest recorded position: #834 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2020 (recorded 2008–2020).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4192 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Stela appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 11 years beginning in 2006, and has registered 45 births with the name.

Stela across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Stela's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#4157 (2006)	#3185 (2011)	#4192 (2024)	11 of 19	45 (2006–2024)	7 (2011)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#862 (2008)	#834 (2020)	#834 (2020)	3 of 13	9 (2008–2020)	3 (2008)

Stela by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Stela in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	4	1 of 10	4
2010sbusiest	30	7 of 10	4
2020s	11	3 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 7 years of it this list covers, averaging 4 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Stela appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 2006 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #834 in Republic of Ireland in 2020.

Stela's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#4192	5	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#5581	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#5493	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3518	6	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#5730	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#5691	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#5876	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#3185	7	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#4157	4	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#834	3	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#896	3	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#862	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 2006 and 2024, ranked in 12 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #834, first reached in 2020.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 7 births, registered in England and Wales in 2011.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2008, and 2 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
5 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
6separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
2 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#4,192position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
2 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itWithin 2 years →
7births registered in its largest year, 2011Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Alianna · #834, 13y
Anaisha · #834, 13y
Beatris · #834, 15y
Gracelyn · #834, 16y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Anaisha · #834, 13y
Ariela · #834, 21y
Beatris · #834, 15y
Fiorella · #834, 20y

Stela was ranked #834 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2020. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Stela and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,577 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Stela without appearing here.

Stela moved ahead of

Cheryl Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5493 and #5493 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4192 and #5891.
Donna Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5581 and #4634 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4192 and #5891.
Evan Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5493 and #3899 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4192 and #5891.
Geraldine Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5493 and #5493 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4192 and #5891.

Moved ahead of Stela

Karin Compare
In 2011 they stood at #3185 and #3549 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #5876 and #3681.
Malin Compare
In 2011 they stood at #3185 and #4764 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #5876 and #3681.
Francis Compare
In 2011 they stood at #4157 and #5061 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #5876 and #4838.
Eabha Compare
In 2010 they stood at #4157 and #5061 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #3185 and #2893.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 2006 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #834 in Republic of Ireland in 2020. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Stela

Stela at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Stela across 2 official records

Stela by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Stela appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Names published alongside Stela

Stela and the names beside it

Stela moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Stela

Stela at a glance

Stela across 2 official records

Stela by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Stela appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Names published alongside Stela

Stela and the names beside it

Stela moved ahead of

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