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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201938peak #106, 1883girls
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.

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.

Where Estella is popular in 1938

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Estella, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Estella, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Estella, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Estella, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Estella, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Estella, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Estella, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Estella, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Estella, so not publishedMNIllinois: #481 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 6,901 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Estella, so not publishedWIMichigan: #496 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 8,455 girlsMINew York: #514 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 9,506 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Estella, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Estella, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Estella, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Estella, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Estella, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Estella, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Estella, so not publishedIAIndiana: #392 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,213 girlsINOhio: #285 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 3,004 girlsOHPennsylvania: #390 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 5,720 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Estella, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Estella, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #247 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 1,649 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Estella, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Estella, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Estella, so not publishedNEMissouri: #438 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,366 girlsMOKentucky: #346 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,136 girlsKYWest Virginia: #344 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,174 girlsWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Estella, so not publishedVAMaryland: #250 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,073 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Estella, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Estella, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: #108 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 370 girlsNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Estella, so not publishedKSArkansas: #271 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,559 girlsARTennessee: #376 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,875 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #338 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 3,360 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #334 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,928 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Estella, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Estella, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #391 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,174 girlsLAMississippi: #193 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 902 girlsMSAlabama: #317 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 2,444 girlsALGeorgia: #308 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 2,370 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Estella, so not publishedHITexas: #190 for girls · 68 births · 1 in 849 girlsTXFlorida: #358 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,714 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. New Mexico#108 · 1 in 370
  2. Texas#190 · 1 in 849
  3. Mississippi#193 · 1 in 902
  4. California#247 · 1 in 1,649
  5. Maryland#250 · 1 in 2,073

Best ever in a state: #54 in New Mexico, 1921.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
New Mexico#108151 in 370
Texas#190681 in 849
Mississippi#193251 in 902
California#247271 in 1,649
Maryland#25061 in 2,073
Arkansas#271121 in 1,559
Ohio#285171 in 3,004
Georgia#308131 in 2,370
Alabama#317121 in 2,444
South Carolina#33471 in 2,928
North Carolina#338111 in 3,360
West Virginia#34461 in 3,174
Kentucky#34691 in 3,136
Florida#35851 in 2,714
Tennessee#37671 in 3,875
Pennsylvania#390131 in 5,720
Louisiana#39171 in 3,174
Indiana#39251 in 5,213
Missouri#43851 in 5,366
Illinois#48181 in 6,901
Michigan#49651 in 8,455
New York#51491 in 9,506
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls 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 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 1938

girls
#352
333 births · 1 in 3,314 girls

Top girls' names in 1938

  1. #1Mary56,225
  2. #2Barbara39,277
  3. #3Patricia27,560
  4. #4Betty25,506
  5. #5Shirley23,766
  6. #6Carol19,421
  7. #7Nancy18,951
  8. #8Dorothy16,358
  9. #9Margaret15,330
  10. #10Joan14,303
  11. #352Estella333
More about 1938

girls

1,103,456 girls got a published name in 1938; 1 in 3,314 of them was named Estella, which outranked 93.0% of the 4,995 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. #349Saundra341
  2. #350Nola337
  3. #351Jeannine336
  4. #352Estella333
  5. #352Lenore333
  6. #352Yolanda333
  7. #355Marva332
  8. #356Nell331
  9. #357Doreen330

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1937
Risers
  1. 2,209Danielle#2,940#731
  2. 833Lorelei#1,451#618
  3. 623Helaine#1,493#870
  4. 399Janine#1,330#931
  5. 392Imelda#1,282#890
Fallers
  1. 1,261Noreta#964#2,225
  2. 513Norita#532#1,045
  3. 432Noretta#856#1,288
  4. 366Ferne#950#1,316
  5. 327Verdell#904#1,231

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

See the top 100 for 1938