Estella

#509 for girls in 2025, 581 births · Last seen for boys in 1966 at #3,948
Given to girls 99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
1883 · 233 births
Debut · girls
162 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
42,920
since 1880

Estella over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Estella has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201917peak #106, 1883girls
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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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#509581
2024#502609
2023#610489
2022#499633
2021#659452
2020#731375
2019#784354
2018#747370
2017#779352
2016#905307
2015#877317
2014#956280
2013#889289
2012#884300
2011#1,054234
2010#1,004250
2009#1,121225
2008#1,227206
2007#1,233201
2006#1,314178
2005#1,173196
2004#1,118204
2003#1,687113
2002#1,82198
2001#2,30469
2000#2,30667
1999#2,34363
1998#2,16466
1997#2,62248
1996#2,05867
1995#2,51650
1994#2,29557
1993#2,09065
1992#1,90873
1991#1,95871
1990#2,23457
1989#2,02762
1988#1,80269
1987#1,69971
1986#1,71768
1985#1,58875
1984#1,51175
1983#1,40084
1982#1,36390
1981#1,227106
1980#1,276100
1979#1,154115
1978#1,231101
1977#1,079120
1976#1,139103
1975#1,043114
1974#979125
1973#882142
1972#1,105101
1971#980129
1970#884150
1969#907136
1968#767169
1967#743174
1966#713189#3,9485
1965#720189
1964#707215
1963#670226
1962#689223
1961#605277
1960#587285
1959#600274
1958#583292
1957#572286
1956#497355
1955#523310
1954#462364
1953#443376
1952#437386
1951#447341
1950#401396#3,6815
1949#378428
1948#400399
1947#384432#3,7335
1946#394371
1945#376351
1944#385334
1943#376368
1942#376357
1941#369333
1940#337358#3,1306
1939#324370
1938#352333
1937#336348
1936#328356#3,5495
1935#330366#2,9517
1934#324371#3,2776
1933#304407
1932#299444
1931#295453
1930#310460
1929#284516
1928#282535
1927#286546
1926#277577
1925#270606
1924#269583
1923#272564
1922#261616
1921#261638
1920#264616
1919#266572
1918#257597
1917#252615
1916#248595#3,8975
1915#242599
1914#237514
1913#222465
1912#227394
1911#194364
1910#181377#1,4216
1909#187318
1908#180317
1907#181309
1906#184271
1905#181275
1904#158344
1903#162305
1902#168283
1901#162281
1900#159365
1899#157288
1898#159319
1897#147317
1896#133363
1895#146304
1894#128335
1893#129329
1892#129332
1891#133267
1890#122320
1889#128288#9745
1888#121303
1887#117260
1886#118246
1885#110246
1884#116222
1883#106233
1882#110198
1881#111163
1880#111162
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Estella was already there! It came in at #111, and was given to 162 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1993–2001, when fewer than 70 girls a year got the name.

See more about Estella
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 7 spots since 2024 (#502#509)
  • 222 spots since 2020 (#731#509)
  • 368 spots since 2015 (#877#509)
  • Biggest jump: 223 spots in 1973 (#1,105#882)
  • Biggest drop: 140 spots in 1969 (#767#907)
Rise & fade · girls
3 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1883 at #106 (233 births)
  • Births halved by 1972, 89 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 108 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 108 yrs · run 1880–1971
Share of babies · girls
1 in 482
  • Highest: 1 in 482 girls born in 1883 were named Estella (0.21%)
  • Latest: 1 in 2,766 girls born in 2025 (0.04%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 13.5% of all girls named Estella (5,797) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s2,321#106 (1883)#115
1890s3,174#122 (1890)#138
1900s3,068#158 (1904)#172
1910s5,092#181 (1910)#233
1920s5,797#261 (1921)#273
1930s3,908#295 (1931)#320
1940s3,731#337 (1940)#378
1950s3,380#401 (1950)#497
1960s2,083#587 (1960)#711
1970s1,200#882 (1973)#1,048
1980s800#1,227 (1981)#1,561
1990s617#1,908 (1992)#2,219
2000s1,557#1,118 (2004)#1,530
2010s3,053#747 (2018)#888
2020s3,139#499 (2022)#585

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.

Estella in 1917

girls
#252
615 births · 1 in 1,758 girls

Top girls' names in 1917

  1. #1Mary64,280
  2. #2Helen34,251
  3. #3Dorothy28,852
  4. #4Margaret25,560
  5. #5Ruth23,568
  6. #6Mildred16,256
  7. #7Anna15,160
  8. #8Elizabeth15,131
  9. #9Frances14,363
  10. #10Virginia14,261
  11. #252Estella615
More about 1917

girls

1,081,267 girls got a published name in 1917; 1 in 1,758 of them was named Estella, which outranked 95.3% of the 5,310 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Estella
  1. #249Billie618
  2. #249Reba618
  3. #251Iris617
  4. #252Estella615
  5. #253Amy610
  6. #254Nannie596
  7. #255Elvira589
Biggest movers since 1916
Risers
  1. 549Georgene#1,445#896
  2. 380Ottie#1,332#952
  3. 365Louis#1,298#933
  4. 334Valentine#1,298#964
  5. 322Harold#1,210#888
Fallers
  1. 401Ceola#840#1,241
  2. 373Floretta#964#1,337
  3. 344Buelah#993#1,337
  4. 326Glennie#915#1,241
  5. 290Maye#915#1,205

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

See the top 100 for 1917