Estela — #1750 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Estela

The Social Security Administration has registered 9,018 babies named Estela between 1903 and 2024, spanning 122 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Estela currently holds the #1750 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 134 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Estela performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 1,007 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Estela shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 3,514 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Estela in 15 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Estela in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 9,018 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.