Meaning not yet researched.
Estella: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 581 in 2025. Its best rank was #106 in 1883.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #106 in 1883; #509 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Estella in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#509 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1883, at #106.
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Estella: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 581 girls in 2025. Peak: #106 in 1883 · most girls in one year: 638 (1921).
In 2025, 581 US girls were named Estella, making it the 509th most common girls’ name of the year, down 6 places from #503 in 2024. That is 28 fewer than the 609 girls named Estella in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #106, reached in 1883. The most girls given the name in a single year was 638, in 1921. For comparison, it was #877 in 2015 and #401 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Estella in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 162 babies with the name. In all, 42,975 US babies have been given the name, 99.8% of them girls and 0.1% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 5,797 babies named Estella.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 4,522 US girls were named Estella; the busiest of those years was 2022, with 633. In 2025 that was about 1 in 2,766 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Estella ranked highest in Arkansas in 2025, at #168 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Stella (207,288 babies since 1880), Estelle (56,569 babies since 1880), Estrella (16,799 babies since 1880) and Estela (9,147 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Estilla are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Essy and Stella.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Estilla (7).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 18 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas | 18 | #168 | — |
| New Mexico | 6 | #268 | — |
| Minnesota | 20 | #273 | #631 |
| Oregon | 12 | #307 | — |
| Iowa | 10 | #332 | #434 |
| Kansas | 10 | #339 | #555 |
| Kentucky | 13 | #345 | — |
| Ohio | 30 | #377 | #672 |
| Indiana | 18 | #382 | #544 |
| Missouri | 15 | #401 | #575 |
| Massachusetts | 14 | #406 | #585 |
| Michigan | 21 | #412 | #599 |
| Nebraska | 5 | #423 | — |
| Florida | 42 | #447 | #1,532 |
| Texas | 64 | #503 | #1,021 |
| Louisiana | 9 | #504 | — |
| California | 64 | #519 | #877 |
| Arizona | 13 | #529 | #1,003 |
| Wisconsin | 9 | #535 | #644 |
| Virginia | 14 | #549 | #991 |
| Mississippi | 5 | #553 | — |
| Utah | 7 | #559 | — |
| Tennessee | 13 | #575 | #873 |
| Pennsylvania | 17 | #602 | #611 |
| Georgia | 17 | #627 | #839 |
| New Jersey | 12 | #634 | #1,097 |
| Washington | 10 | #636 | #605 |
| Colorado | 8 | #660 | #547 |
| Illinois | 13 | #722 | #1,202 |
| Oklahoma | 5 | #745 | — |
| South Carolina | 5 | #813 | — |
| North Carolina | 11 | #857 | — |
| New York | 15 | #994 | #1,093 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 581 | #509 | — | — |
| 2024 | 609 | #503 | — | — |
| 2023 | 489 | #610 | — | — |
| 2022 | 633 | #499 | — | — |
| 2021 | 452 | #659 | — | — |
| 2020 | 375 | #731 | — | — |
| 2019 | 354 | #785 | — | — |
| 2018 | 370 | #748 | — | — |
| 2017 | 352 | #779 | — | — |
| 2016 | 307 | #907 | — | — |
| 2015 | 317 | #877 | — | — |
| 2014 | 280 | #958 | — | — |
| 2013 | 289 | #889 | — | — |
| 2012 | 300 | #884 | — | — |
| 2011 | 234 | #1,056 | — | — |
| 2010 | 250 | #1,006 | — | — |
| 2009 | 225 | #1,122 | — | — |
| 2008 | 206 | #1,229 | — | — |
| 2007 | 201 | #1,234 | — | — |
| 2006 | 178 | #1,316 | — | — |
| 2005 | 196 | #1,175 | — | — |
| 2004 | 204 | #1,119 | — | — |
| 2003 | 113 | #1,690 | — | — |
| 2002 | 98 | #1,826 | — | — |
| 2001 | 69 | #2,309 | — | — |
| 2000 | 67 | #2,316 | — | — |
| 1999 | 63 | #2,353 | — | — |
| 1998 | 66 | #2,168 | — | — |
| 1997 | 48 | #2,631 | — | — |
| 1996 | 67 | #2,065 | — | — |
| 1995 | 50 | #2,526 | — | — |
| 1994 | 57 | #2,299 | — | — |
| 1993 | 65 | #2,092 | — | — |
| 1992 | 73 | #1,917 | — | — |
| 1991 | 71 | #1,965 | — | — |
| 1990 | 57 | #2,240 | — | — |
| 1989 | 62 | #2,034 | — | — |
| 1988 | 69 | #1,805 | — | — |
| 1987 | 71 | #1,707 | — | — |
| 1986 | 68 | #1,724 | — | — |
| 1985 | 75 | #1,592 | — | — |
| 1984 | 75 | #1,516 | — | — |
| 1983 | 84 | #1,403 | — | — |
| 1982 | 90 | #1,365 | — | — |
| 1981 | 106 | #1,232 | — | — |
| 1980 | 100 | #1,278 | — | — |
| 1979 | 115 | #1,157 | — | — |
| 1978 | 101 | #1,232 | — | — |
| 1977 | 120 | #1,080 | — | — |
| 1976 | 103 | #1,140 | — | — |
| 1975 | 114 | #1,043 | — | — |
| 1974 | 125 | #980 | — | — |
| 1973 | 142 | #886 | — | — |
| 1972 | 101 | #1,106 | — | — |
| 1971 | 129 | #981 | — | — |
| 1970 | 150 | #886 | — | — |
| 1969 | 136 | #907 | — | — |
| 1968 | 169 | #767 | — | — |
| 1967 | 174 | #745 | — | — |
| 1966 | 189 | #715 | 5 | #4,126 |
| 1965 | 189 | #720 | — | — |
| 1964 | 215 | #708 | — | — |
| 1963 | 226 | #670 | — | — |
| 1962 | 223 | #689 | — | — |
| 1961 | 277 | #605 | — | — |
| 1960 | 285 | #587 | — | — |
| 1959 | 274 | #600 | — | — |
| 1958 | 292 | #583 | — | — |
| 1957 | 286 | #572 | — | — |
| 1956 | 355 | #497 | — | — |
| 1955 | 310 | #523 | — | — |
| 1954 | 364 | #462 | — | — |
| 1953 | 376 | #443 | — | — |
| 1952 | 386 | #437 | — | — |
| 1951 | 341 | #448 | — | — |
| 1950 | 396 | #401 | 5 | #3,850 |
| 1949 | 428 | #378 | — | — |
| 1948 | 399 | #400 | — | — |
| 1947 | 432 | #384 | 5 | #3,912 |
| 1946 | 371 | #394 | — | — |
| 1945 | 351 | #376 | — | — |
| 1944 | 334 | #385 | — | — |
| 1943 | 368 | #376 | — | — |
| 1942 | 357 | #376 | — | — |
| 1941 | 333 | #370 | — | — |
| 1940 | 358 | #337 | 6 | #3,236 |
| 1939 | 370 | #324 | — | — |
| 1938 | 333 | #352 | — | — |
| 1937 | 348 | #336 | — | — |
| 1936 | 356 | #328 | 5 | #3,713 |
| 1935 | 366 | #330 | 7 | #3,054 |
| 1934 | 371 | #324 | 6 | #3,413 |
| 1933 | 407 | #304 | — | — |
| 1932 | 444 | #299 | — | — |
| 1931 | 453 | #296 | — | — |
| 1930 | 460 | #310 | — | — |
| 1929 | 516 | #284 | — | — |
| 1928 | 535 | #282 | — | — |
| 1927 | 546 | #286 | — | — |
| 1926 | 577 | #277 | — | — |
| 1925 | 606 | #270 | — | — |
| 1924 | 583 | #269 | — | — |
| 1923 | 564 | #272 | — | — |
| 1922 | 616 | #261 | — | — |
| 1921 | 638 | #261 | — | — |
| 1920 | 616 | #264 | — | — |
| 1919 | 572 | #266 | — | — |
| 1918 | 597 | #257 | — | — |
| 1917 | 615 | #252 | — | — |
| 1916 | 595 | #249 | 5 | #4,114 |
| 1915 | 599 | #242 | — | — |
| 1914 | 514 | #237 | — | — |
| 1913 | 465 | #222 | — | — |
| 1912 | 394 | #227 | — | — |
| 1911 | 364 | #194 | — | — |
| 1910 | 377 | #181 | 6 | #1,469 |
| 1909 | 318 | #187 | — | — |
| 1908 | 317 | #180 | — | — |
| 1907 | 309 | #181 | — | — |
| 1906 | 271 | #184 | — | — |
| 1905 | 275 | #181 | — | — |
| 1904 | 344 | #158 | — | — |
| 1903 | 305 | #162 | — | — |
| 1902 | 283 | #168 | — | — |
| 1901 | 281 | #162 | — | — |
| 1900 | 365 | #159 | — | — |
| 1899 | 288 | #157 | — | — |
| 1898 | 319 | #159 | — | — |
| 1897 | 317 | #147 | — | — |
| 1896 | 363 | #133 | — | — |
| 1895 | 304 | #146 | — | — |
| 1894 | 335 | #128 | — | — |
| 1893 | 329 | #129 | — | — |
| 1892 | 332 | #129 | — | — |
| 1891 | 267 | #133 | — | — |
| 1890 | 320 | #122 | — | — |
| 1889 | 288 | #128 | 5 | #1,019 |
| 1888 | 303 | #121 | — | — |
| 1887 | 260 | #117 | — | — |
| 1886 | 246 | #118 | — | — |
| 1885 | 246 | #110 | — | — |
| 1884 | 222 | #116 | — | — |
| 1883 | 233 | #106 | — | — |
| 1882 | 198 | #110 | — | — |
| 1881 | 163 | #111 | — | — |
| 1880 | 162 | #111 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).