Girls' name · since 1950
Estelita
Estelita has 69 recorded births since 1950 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1954 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #31,257 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 69
- born since 1950
- 1950s
- peak decade
69 girls have been named Estelita since 1950, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Estelita has been recorded 69 times among girls since 1950, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1950s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1950 to 2005.
- #31,257 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 69 born since 1950
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Estelita ranks #31,257 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 69 born since 1950, peaking in the 1950s.
- #31,257 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 69
- born since 1950
- 1950s
- peak decade
Estelita's 69 recorded births place it above 56.61% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Estelita's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Estelita's SSA record in two at 1957 and the more recent half accounts for 46% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 54%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1952, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1954 peak of 11, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Estelita popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1950–2005
- Peak year (1954)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 56 years of records
Estelita by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (42 births, 61% of the file).
1950s was Estelita's strongest decade.
42 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 61% of all-time use.
Estelita births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s
1950s
42 births
- 1960s
1960s
17 births
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 42 births (61% of all-time use).
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What to do with Estelita's data
- Estelita's decade-level peak was the 1950s (42 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Estelita: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1954)
Similar record span (~55 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1950–2005 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Estelita draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.