Estel
Last seen for girls in 2023 at #12,197 · Last seen for boys in 1981 at #6,262
Given to boys 83.6% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1905 · 14 births
- Debut · boys
- 8 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,374since 1893
Estel over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | #12,197 | 7 | — | |
| 2022 | #15,306 | 5 | — | |
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | #14,482 | 6 | — | |
| 2014 | #16,513 | 5 | — | |
| 2013 | — | — | ||
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| 1981 | — | #6,262 | 5 | |
| 1980 | — | #5,525 | 6 | |
| 1979 | — | #6,056 | 5 | |
| 1978 | — | — | ||
| 1977 | — | #5,123 | 6 | |
| 1976 | — | — | ||
| 1975 | — | #4,797 | 6 | |
| 1974 | — | #4,190 | 7 | |
| 1973 | — | #4,054 | 7 | |
| 1972 | — | #3,622 | 8 | |
| 1971 | — | — | ||
| 1970 | — | #4,230 | 6 | |
| 1969 | — | #4,404 | 5 | |
| 1968 | — | #3,107 | 8 | |
| 1967 | — | #2,760 | 9 | |
| 1966 | #6,564 | 5 | #2,216 | 13 |
| 1965 | — | #2,982 | 8 | |
| 1964 | — | #2,310 | 13 | |
| 1963 | — | #3,646 | 6 | |
| 1962 | — | #2,848 | 9 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,948 | 18 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,973 | 17 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,974 | 17 | |
| 1958 | — | #2,370 | 12 | |
| 1957 | — | #2,019 | 16 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,722 | 21 | |
| 1955 | #5,828 | 5 | #2,302 | 12 |
| 1954 | — | #1,706 | 20 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,709 | 20 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,939 | 16 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,332 | 31 | |
| 1950 | #5,301 | 5 | #1,815 | 17 |
| 1949 | — | #1,348 | 29 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,430 | 26 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,252 | 34 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,475 | 23 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,163 | 32 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,004 | 42 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,187 | 33 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,228 | 32 | |
| 1941 | #3,954 | 6 | #1,209 | 30 |
| 1940 | #3,208 | 8 | #1,251 | 29 |
| 1939 | #3,429 | 7 | #954 | 43 |
| 1938 | #3,450 | 7 | #1,397 | 23 |
| 1937 | — | #869 | 50 | |
| 1936 | #3,376 | 7 | #1,118 | 34 |
| 1935 | #4,204 | 5 | #1,326 | 26 |
| 1934 | #4,286 | 5 | #792 | 61 |
| 1933 | #3,109 | 8 | #1,094 | 36 |
| 1932 | #3,568 | 7 | #915 | 50 |
| 1931 | #3,497 | 7 | #858 | 55 |
| 1930 | #2,690 | 11 | #824 | 62 |
| 1929 | #4,053 | 6 | #763 | 70 |
| 1928 | — | #814 | 65 | |
| 1927 | #2,095 | 18 | #911 | 56 |
| 1926 | #2,872 | 11 | #749 | 73 |
| 1925 | #2,119 | 18 | #843 | 62 |
| 1924 | #2,409 | 15 | #886 | 61 |
| 1923 | #2,169 | 17 | #777 | 72 |
| 1922 | #2,612 | 13 | #830 | 67 |
| 1921 | #1,988 | 20 | #692 | 87 |
| 1920 | #2,015 | 19 | #744 | 77 |
| 1919 | #1,989 | 18 | #777 | 69 |
| 1918 | #2,289 | 15 | #773 | 71 |
| 1917 | #1,996 | 17 | #900 | 50 |
| 1916 | #1,581 | 23 | #834 | 56 |
| 1915 | #1,738 | 19 | #791 | 58 |
| 1914 | #2,125 | 11 | #836 | 41 |
| 1913 | #2,164 | 9 | #720 | 41 |
| 1912 | #1,719 | 11 | #692 | 38 |
| 1911 | #1,450 | 11 | #759 | 18 |
| 1910 | #2,140 | 6 | #782 | 15 |
| 1909 | #1,763 | 7 | #756 | 14 |
| 1908 | #2,101 | 5 | #946 | 9 |
| 1907 | #1,639 | 7 | #815 | 11 |
| 1906 | #1,553 | 7 | #640 | 14 |
| 1905 | #1,538 | 7 | #636 | 14 |
| 1904 | #1,486 | 7 | #647 | 13 |
| 1903 | #1,792 | 5 | #910 | 7 |
| 1902 | #1,438 | 7 | #933 | 7 |
| 1901 | #1,227 | 8 | #779 | 8 |
| 1900 | #1,932 | 5 | — | |
| 1899 | — | #857 | 7 | |
| 1898 | #1,171 | 9 | — | |
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | #900 | 7 | |
| 1895 | — | #872 | 7 | |
| 1894 | — | #857 | 7 | |
| 1893 | — | #768 | 8 | |
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| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Estel! It came in at #768, and was given to 8 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1897–1898, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Estel is popular in 1930
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Indiana#212 · 1 in 2,323
- West Virginia#245 · 1 in 2,143
- Kentucky#301 · 1 in 2,849
- Ohio#373 · 1 in 7,407
Best ever in a state: #95 in West Virginia, 1910.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indiana | #212 | 11 | 1 in 2,323 |
| West Virginia | #245 | 8 | 1 in 2,143 |
| Kentucky | #301 | 9 | 1 in 2,849 |
| Ohio | #373 | 7 | 1 in 7,407 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| California | — | — | — |
| Colorado | — | — | — |
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| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Florida | — | — | — |
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| Washington | — | — | — |
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| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Estel
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1981
- Biggest jump: 443 spots in 1939 (#1,397 → #954)
- Biggest drop: 534 spots in 1935 (#792 → #1,326)
- Debuted 1893
- Peaked 1905 at #636 (14 births)
- Births halved by 1963, 58 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 40 yrs · run 1901–1932
- Highest: 1 in 9,450 boys born in 1905 were named Estel (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 358,235 boys born in 1981 (0.00%)
- 29.1% of all boys named Estel (690) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 2013, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 36 | #768 (1893) | #851 |
| 1900s | 97 | #636 (1905) | #785 |
| 1910s | 457 | #692 (1912) | #786 |
| 1920s | 690 | #692 (1921) | #801 |
| 1930s | 440 | #792 (1934) | #1,015 |
| 1940s | 310 | #1,004 (1944) | #1,255 |
| 1950s | 182 | #1,332 (1951) | #1,889 |
| 1960s | 106 | #1,948 (1961) | #2,819 |
| 1970s | 45 | #3,622 (1972) | #4,582 |
| 1980s | 11 | #5,525 (1980) | #5,894 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Estel in 1930
Top girls' names in 1930
Top boys' names in 1930
More about 1930
girls
1,125,927 girls got a published name in 1930; 1 in 102,357 of them was named Estel, which outranked 48.7% of the 5,247 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,552Willine12
- #2,552Yukiko12
- #2,552Yuriko12
- #2,690Estel11
- #2,690Aileene11
- #2,690Aldona11
- #2,690Almarie11
- #2,845Adelita10
- #2,845Alethea10
- #2,845Aletta10
Tied with 154 names at #2,690; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,097,378 boys got a published name in 1930; 1 in 17,700 of them was named Estel, which outranked 81.9% of the 4,542 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).