Estell

Last seen for girls in 1983 at #10,275 · Last seen for boys in 1971 at #4,907
Given to girls 88.5% of the time

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Peak · girls
1910 · 105 births
Debut · girls
9 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
4,232
since 1880

Estell over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201913peak #385, 1910peak #836, 1900girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1983#10,2755
1982
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1980#7,4188
1979#5,75111
1978
1977#9,6525
1976
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1973#7,4356
1972#8,2925
1971#7,3886#4,9075
1970#7,0706
1969#5,4568
1968#7,0165
1967
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1965#4,8318
1964#4,09611#3,6016
1963#4,8968
1962#4,01111
1961#4,23910
1960#5,1687#4,0385
1959#4,03110
1958#4,5208
1957#3,69611#3,5526
1956#4,4678
1955#2,83916
1954#2,45020
1953#2,23622#3,7985
1952#2,07424#2,8758
1951#2,31419
1950#1,87126#2,01914
1949#1,88226#2,45310
1948#2,07022
1947#2,44817#3,7335
1946#1,72327
1945#1,41832#2,3939
1944#1,60926#2,19511
1943#1,52730
1942#1,49730
1941#1,31034#3,1336
1940#1,37430#2,8717
1939#1,42427#2,28810
1938#1,04547#2,08412
1937#1,16038#2,4799
1936#1,11540
1935#1,18236#2,7198
1934#98149#1,78316
1933#97350#2,36810
1932#81670#2,10113
1931#84466#2,8648
1930#76884#2,7819
1929#77980#1,93316
1928#77386#1,82218
1927#717101#2,19314
1926#690111#2,72510
1925#721104#1,62822
1924#705111#3,5057
1923#666125#1,50225
1922#632135#1,43427
1921#672121#1,54924
1920#576155#1,54324
1919#597139#1,97316
1918#587148#2,54311
1917#592133#1,69319
1916#619119#1,26528
1915#576126#1,87815
1914#518117#2,10110
1913#52594#1,49713
1912#464105#1,61910
1911#50168
1910#385105#1,5895
1909#46864
1908#44865#1,0218
1907#49752
1906#43762#1,1116
1905#51044#1,2335
1904#44553
1903#52737
1902#50939
1901#49937
1900#41566#83610
1899#44942#1,0515
1898#69722
1897#66022
1896#53831#9826
1895#63823
1894#49433
1893#48731
1892#68518
1891#58920
1890#49927#9945
1889#58919
1888#9598
1887#58615
1886#73110
1885#57614
1884#58313
1883
1882#6788
1881
1880#5809
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Estell was already there! It came in at #580, and was given to 9 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1881, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Estell
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1983
  • Biggest jump: 370 spots in 1889 (#959#589)
  • Biggest drop: 373 spots in 1888 (#586#959)
Rise & fade · girls
30 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1910 at #385 (105 births)
  • Births halved by 1933, 23 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 53 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 53 yrs · run 1884–1934
Share of babies · girls
1 in 3,776
  • Highest: 1 in 3,776 girls born in 1910 were named Estell (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 334,122 girls born in 1983 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1910s
  • 27.3% of all girls named Estell (1,154) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
  • The majority has never changed
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s96#576 (1885)#660
1890s269#449 (1899)#574
1900s519#415 (1900)#476
1910s1,154#385 (1910)#536
1920s1,129#576 (1920)#693
1930s507#768 (1930)#1,031
1940s274#1,310 (1941)#1,686
1950s164#1,871 (1950)#3,050
1960s68#4,011 (1962)#4,964
1970s39#5,751 (1979)#7,598
1980s13#7,418 (1980)#8,847

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Estell in 1913

girls
#525
94 births · 1 in 6,644 girls
boys
#1,497
13 births · 1 in 39,428 boys

Top girls' names in 1913

  1. #1Mary36,642
  2. #2Helen18,888
  3. #3Dorothy14,674
  4. #4Margaret14,486
  5. #5Ruth12,609
  6. #6Mildred9,921
  7. #7Anna9,687
  8. #8Elizabeth9,505
  9. #9Frances7,694
  10. #10Marie7,353
  11. #525Estell94

Top boys' names in 1913

  1. #1John29,329
  2. #2William23,538
  3. #3James20,832
  4. #4Robert15,684
  5. #5Joseph14,471
  6. #6George13,874
  7. #7Charles13,191
  8. #8Edward9,474
  9. #9Frank9,237
  10. #10Thomas7,096
  11. #1,497Estell13
More about 1913

girls

624,546 girls got a published name in 1913; 1 in 6,644 of them was named Estell, which outranked 85.8% of the 3,707 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Estell
  1. #522Era95
  2. #522Idella95
  3. #522James95
  4. #525Estell94
  5. #525Adell94
  6. #525Cordelia94
  7. #525Dortha94
  8. #531Mazie93
  9. #532Hulda92
  10. #532Meta92

Tied with 5 names at #525; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1912
Risers
  1. 963Dominga#1,844#881
  2. 931Stacia#1,844#913
  3. 576Olympia#1,477#901
  4. 559Lilah#1,540#981
  5. 445Elfrieda#1,297#852
Fallers
  1. 806Karen#960#1,766
  2. 572Erie#833#1,405
  3. 559Gertha#846#1,405
  4. 527Lossie#938#1,465
  5. 505Ardelia#960#1,465

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

512,566 boys got a published name in 1913; 1 in 39,428 of them was named Estell, which outranked 54.1% of the 3,261 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Estell
  1. #1,441Velma14
  2. #1,441Woodford14
  3. #1,441Woody14
  4. #1,497Estell13
  5. #1,497Adell13
  6. #1,497Almond13
  7. #1,497Amadeo13
  8. #1,580Addie12
  9. #1,580Agnes12
  10. #1,580Alfonzo12

Tied with 82 names at #1,497; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1912
Risers
  1. 1,050Mathias#1,885#835
  2. 935Hymen#1,885#950
  3. 796Waldemar#1,746#950
  4. 751Rolf#1,746#995
  5. 689Domenico#1,619#930
Fallers
  1. 975Holland#970#1,945
  2. 885Cameron#918#1,803
  3. 868Larue#935#1,803
  4. 726Irene#854#1,580
  5. 688Hughie#892#1,580

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1913