Estela Girl
How popular is Estela?
#1,622 girl name in 2025
128 baby girls were named Estela in the US in 2025, making it the 1622nd most popular girl name.
Estela popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #1,622 for girls (▲ 131 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 128 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising (+33% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,039 in 2015, #1,965 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2022 (134 girls) |
| Highest rank | #745 in 1932 |
| First recorded | 1903 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Estela counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Estella family of names ranked #425 for girls in 2025 (#420 the year before), with 709 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Estella | 581 | 82% |
| Estela | 128 | 18% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Estela is most popular
Babies named Estela per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- California: 0.2 per 1,000 (162 girls)
- Texas: 0.2 per 1,000 (126 girls)
- Florida: 0.1 per 1,000 (33 girls)
- Oregon: 0.1 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- Alabama: 0.1 per 1,000 (5 girls)
Estela by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 28 | #1,076 |
| 1910s | 195 | #1,183 |
| 1920s | 568 | #798 |
| 1930s | 661 | #745 |
| 1940s | 720 | #775 |
| 1950s | 1,007 | #830 |
| 1960s | 802 | #1,103 |
| 1970s | 929 | #1,122 |
| 1980s | 869 | #1,239 |
| 1990s | 939 | #1,330 |
| 2000s | 839 | #1,772 |
| 2010s | 872 | #1,668 |
| 2020s | 718 | #1,581 |
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Questions
- Is Estela a boy or girl name?
- Estela is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Estela were girls.
- How popular is the name Estela?
- 128 baby girls were named Estela in the US in 2025, making it the 1622nd most popular girl name.
- When was Estela most popular?
- Estela peaked in 2022, when 134 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #745 in 1932.
- How many people are named Estela?
- 9,147 babies have been named Estela in the US since 1880. We estimate about 7,256 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 40.
- Where is Estela most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Estela was most common in California, at 0.2 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.