Estelle

#573 for girls in 2025, 523 births · Last seen for boys in 1943 at #3,538
Given to girls 99.7% of the time

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Peak · girls
1911 · 864 births
Debut · girls
119 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
56,410
since 1880

Estelle over time

girls

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

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201926peak #106, 1911girls
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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#573523
2024#641462
2023#710398
2022#723405
2021#750380
2020#799340
2019#789351
2018#833326
2017#789348
2016#837343
2015#815344
2014#905301
2013#974258
2012#958265
2011#1,204199
2010#1,438158
2009#1,463159
2008#1,927109
2007#1,940106
2006#2,05096
2005#1,681118
2004#1,835103
2003#2,36870
2002#2,33169
2001#2,21173
2000#2,42663
1999#2,47158
1998#2,75648
1997#3,62631
1996#3,94227
1995#2,88041
1994#3,09837
1993#2,72544
1992#3,68029
1991#2,73843
1990#3,15635
1989#2,33850
1988#2,36946
1987#2,27647
1986#2,30044
1985#3,17028
1984#2,38240
1983#2,31041
1982#2,15047
1981#1,84859
1980#2,01452
1979#1,87456
1978#2,09245
1977#1,90152
1976#2,09941
1975#1,71355
1974#1,64656
1973#1,32976
1972#1,41469
1971#1,42773
1970#1,50566
1969#1,24281
1968#1,30172
1967#1,22775
1966#1,07895
1965#1,013106
1964#1,016112
1963#944125
1962#1,058104
1961#858154
1960#832153
1959#832152
1958#850144
1957#798160
1956#786158
1955#688185
1954#656195
1953#582231
1952#583221
1951#536244
1950#537240
1949#524246
1948#459303
1947#454324
1946#451295
1945#429277
1944#410307
1943#373370#3,5385
1942#370363
1941#348355
1940#324385
1939#331361
1938#293455
1937#311398
1936#276476
1935#266529#3,6455
1934#260581
1933#267521
1932#223747#3,0927
1931#218764
1930#209872#3,5926
1929#205909#3,9595
1928#1871,094#3,6976
1927#1731,239
1926#1861,113#3,1398
1925#1761,240#2,31313
1924#1801,266#3,8676
1923#1831,191#4,2395
1922#1681,331#3,2528
1921#1611,436#2,9869
1920#1581,460#3,8156
1919#1411,618#2,66510
1918#1391,702#2,26013
1917#1291,704#3,2177
1916#1221,772#2,7309
1915#1171,784#2,6219
1914#1121,432#3,2645
1913#1121,129
1912#1111,053#2,0457
1911#106864
1910#112749
1909#108669
1908#107675#1,3735
1907#110609
1906#120520
1905#124510
1904#128464
1903#136402
1902#121472
1901#133382
1900#118556
1899#129376
1898#128410
1897#115439
1896#121392
1895#124381
1894#135326#1,0745
1893#126335
1892#140295
1891#140254
1890#134277
1889#129286
1888#130274
1887#147170
1886#129216
1885#135183
1884#132182
1883#132151
1882#135133
1881#126127
1880#134119
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Estelle was already there! It came in at #134, and was given to 119 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1996–1997, when fewer than 32 girls a year got the name.

See more about Estelle
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 68 spots since 2024 (#641#573)
  • 226 spots since 2020 (#799#573)
  • 242 spots since 2015 (#815#573)
  • Biggest jump: 246 spots in 2012 (#1,204#958)
  • Biggest drop: 200 spots in 1962 (#858#1,058)
Rise & fade · girls
31 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1911 at #106 (864 births)
  • Births halved by 1937, 26 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 97 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 97 yrs · run 1880–1961
Share of babies · girls
1 in 484
  • Highest: 1 in 484 girls born in 1911 were named Estelle (0.21%)
  • Latest: 1 in 3,073 girls born in 2025 (0.03%)
Era · girls
The 1910s
  • 24.5% of all girls named Estelle (13,807) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s1,841#126 (1881)#133
1890s3,485#115 (1897)#129
1900s5,259#107 (1908)#121
1910s13,807#106 (1911)#120
1920s12,279#158 (1920)#178
1930s5,704#209 (1930)#265
1940s3,225#324 (1940)#414
1950s1,930#536 (1951)#685
1960s1,077#832 (1960)#1,057
1970s589#1,329 (1973)#1,700
1980s454#1,848 (1981)#2,316
1990s393#2,471 (1999)#3,107
2000s966#1,463 (2009)#2,023
2010s2,893#789 (2019)#954
2020s2,508#573 (2025)#699

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.

Estelle in 1926

girls
#186
1,113 births · 1 in 1,065 girls
boys
#3,139
8 births · 1 in 138,813 boys

Top girls' names in 1926

  1. #1Mary67,832
  2. #2Dorothy36,618
  3. #3Betty32,964
  4. #4Helen26,886
  5. #5Margaret23,072
  6. #6Ruth20,225
  7. #7Doris16,295
  8. #8Virginia16,161
  9. #9Mildred13,547
  10. #10Frances13,355
  11. #186Estelle1,113

Top boys' names in 1926

  1. #1Robert61,130
  2. #2John56,108
  3. #3James53,196
  4. #4William51,922
  5. #5Charles29,521
  6. #6George25,910
  7. #7Richard25,143
  8. #8Joseph23,756
  9. #9Donald20,912
  10. #10Edward19,375
  11. #3,139Estelle8
More about 1926

girls

1,185,401 girls got a published name in 1926; 1 in 1,065 of them was named Estelle, which outranked 96.7% of the 5,622 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Estelle
  1. #183Olga1,157
  2. #184Susie1,153
  3. #185Rebecca1,144
  4. #186Estelle1,113
  5. #187Nina1,111
  6. #187Winifred1,111
  7. #189Maggie1,092
Biggest movers since 1925
Risers
  1. 1,047Janell#1,795#748
  2. 389Madalyn#1,225#836
  3. 382Evangelina#1,324#942
  4. 379Carla#1,252#873
  5. 351Vilma#1,020#669
Fallers
  1. 597Albertine#944#1,541
  2. 462Cleora#895#1,357
  3. 461Lorrayne#988#1,449
  4. 453Hermina#996#1,449
  5. 307Ethelene#913#1,220

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

boys

1,110,505 boys got a published name in 1926; 1 in 138,813 of them was named Estelle, which outranked 35.1% of the 4,837 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Estelle
  1. #2,904Wirt9
  2. #2,904York9
  3. #2,904Zygmunt9
  4. #3,139Estelle8
  5. #3,139Adolphe8
  6. #3,139Alen8
  7. #3,139Algird8
  8. #3,385Abelino7
  9. #3,385Ad7
  10. #3,385Adalbert7

Tied with 245 names at #3,139; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1925
Risers
  1. 477Jonnie#1,332#855
  2. 433Jorge#1,425#992
  3. 410Faustino#1,390#980
  4. 404Adelbert#1,246#842
  5. 381Cameron#1,164#783
Fallers
  1. 531Okey#984#1,515
  2. 459Florentino#973#1,432
  3. 407Rexford#924#1,331
  4. 380Marshal#973#1,353
  5. 378Coolidge#746#1,124

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

See the top 100 for 1926