Estelita — girls' name
69 babies named Estelita in U.S. Social Security records since 1950, with the highest year being 1954. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
61% of everyone ever named Estelita was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Estelita in 1954 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Estelita
The Social Security Administration has registered 69 babies named Estelita between 1950 and 2005, spanning 56 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Estelita currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2005. The name reached its historical peak in 1954, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Estelita performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 42 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Estelita shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Estelita 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 69 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.
Estelita at a glance
Last recorded 2005Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Estelita popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2005–1950
- Peak year (1954)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 56 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2005.
69 total births across 56 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1954 with 11 births in a single year.
Estelita by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 42 births that decade — 61% of Estelita's all-time total
Estelita decade highlights
- Peak decade 42 births
- Runner-up 17 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Estelita's strongest decade
42 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 61% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1950–2005 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.