Estella Girl
How popular is Estella?
#509 girl name in 2025
581 baby girls were named Estella in the US in 2025, making it the 509th most popular girl name.
Estella popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #509 for girls (▼ 7 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 581 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+83% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #877 in 2015, #731 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1921 (638 girls) |
| Highest rank | #106 in 1883 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.4% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Estella 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 Estella is most popular
Babies named Estella per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Kansas: 0.8 per 1,000 (46 girls)
- New Mexico: 0.8 per 1,000 (19 girls)
- Arkansas: 0.8 per 1,000 (40 girls)
- Iowa: 0.7 per 1,000 (42 girls)
- South Dakota: 0.7 per 1,000 (10 girls)
Estella by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 2,321 | #106 |
| 1890s | 3,174 | #122 |
| 1900s | 3,068 | #158 |
| 1910s | 5,092 | #181 |
| 1920s | 5,797 | #261 |
| 1930s | 3,908 | #295 |
| 1940s | 3,731 | #337 |
| 1950s | 3,380 | #400 |
| 1960s | 2,083 | #587 |
| 1970s | 1,200 | #882 |
| 1980s | 800 | #1,227 |
| 1990s | 617 | #1,903 |
| 2000s | 1,557 | #1,117 |
| 2010s | 3,053 | #747 |
| 2020s | 3,139 | #499 |
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Questions
- Is Estella a boy or girl name?
- Estella is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Estella were girls.
- How popular is the name Estella?
- 581 baby girls were named Estella in the US in 2025, making it the 509th most popular girl name.
- When was Estella most popular?
- Estella peaked in 1921, when 638 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #106 in 1883.
- How many people are named Estella?
- 42,975 babies have been named Estella in the US since 1880. We estimate about 18,442 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 48.
- Where is Estella most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Estella was most common in Kansas, at 0.8 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.