Stellah comes from the Modern American tradition, meaning Bright star, beautiful, shining light.
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How popular is Stellah?
2014peak year
Today, Stellah is rarely chosen — ranked well outside the top 1,000 (around #10612), with only about 11 babies given the name per year. But it wasn't always this way. At its peak in 2014, 19 babies were given the name (ranked #6675 nationally). Its strongest stretch was the 2010s. Stellah has been declining in recent years. In all, around 168 babies have been registered as Stellah since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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