Girls' name · peaked in 1883
Estella name popularity since 1925
26,287 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Estella. Half of them were born in 1957 or earlier, so the typical Estella is about 69 years old in 2026. Estella peaked in 1883 as the #106 name for girls, and it ranked #509 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 26,287
- Named Estella, 1925–2025
- Peak year
- 1883
- #106 for girls that year
- In 2025
- #509
- for girls in 2025 (581 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 99.9% girls
- 26,248 girls · 39 boys
- Most popular in
- Mississippi
- 4.14× its national share
Peak year is the year Estella made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Estella births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year on this chart was 2022. Measured as a share of all babies, Estella peaked earlier, in 1883.
- Steepest fall: Between 1967 and 1972, Estella's share of baby girls fell by 37%, from 1 in 9,490 to 1 in 15,100.
- Fastest rise: Between 2017 and 2022, it became 1.9× more common, from 1 in 4,900 baby girls to 1 in 2,590.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Estella's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Estella.
Decade by decade
Babies named Estella in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 2,780 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 3,908 | 18 | #330 |
| 1940s | 3,731 | 11 | #376 |
| 1950s | 3,380 | 5 | #523 |
| 1960s | 2,083 | 5 | #720 |
| 1970s | 1,200 | 0 | #1,043 |
| 1980s | 800 | 0 | #1,592 |
| 1990s | 617 | 0 | #2,526 |
| 2000s | 1,557 | 0 | #1,175 |
| 2010s | 3,053 | 0 | #877 |
| 2020–25 | 3,139 | 0 | #509 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
26.9% of babies named Estella from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Silent Generation years (1928–1945). The full split by generation:
Where Estella is most popular
The index compares Estella's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Estella.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | 4.14× | 1,130 |
| New Mexico | 3.44× | 429 |
| Texas | 2.90× | 5,132 |
| Arkansas | 2.10× | 487 |
| Arizona | 1.88× | 548 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Estella and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Estella (this page) | 26,248 | 1883 |
| Estela | 8,709 | 2023 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Estella's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Estella.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Estella (1883).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data