Estell
Estell was last recorded in 1983, when 5 babies were given it; 4,783 Americans have been recorded with it between 1880 and 1983 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Estell by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Estell?
Unranked in 2025
Its last girls’ rank on record is #10,769, in 1983; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
179 babies in 1920, the peak
Estell peaked in 1920, when 179 babies were given it (155 girls, #576 among girls’ names). It was not recorded in 2025.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 5 | #10,769 | under 5 | |
| 1980 | 8 | #7,623 | under 5 | |
| 1979 | 11 | #5,858 | under 5 | |
| 1977 | 5 | #10,086 | under 5 | |
| 1973 | 6 | #7,712 | under 5 | |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,660 | under 5 | |
| 1971 | 6 | #7,663 | 5 | #5,155 |
| 1970 | 6 | #7,340 | under 5 | |
| 1969 | 8 | #5,595 | under 5 | |
| 1968 | 5 | #7,340 | under 5 |
Every recorded year (94)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | 8 | #4,961 | under 5 | |
| 1964 | 11 | #4,170 | 6 | #3,750 |
| 1963 | 8 | #5,005 | under 5 | |
| 1962 | 11 | #4,075 | under 5 | |
| 1961 | 10 | #4,340 | under 5 | |
| 1960 | 7 | #5,331 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 1959 | 10 | #4,110 | under 5 | |
| 1958 | 8 | #4,631 | under 5 | |
| 1957 | 11 | #3,764 | 6 | #3,692 |
| 1956 | 8 | #4,567 | under 5 | |
| 1955 | 16 | #2,871 | under 5 | |
| 1954 | 20 | #2,468 | under 5 | |
| 1953 | 22 | #2,253 | 5 | #3,985 |
| 1952 | 24 | #2,088 | 8 | #2,937 |
| 1951 | 19 | #2,334 | under 5 | |
| 1950 | 26 | #1,875 | 14 | #2,055 |
| 1949 | 26 | #1,894 | 10 | #2,500 |
| 1948 | 22 | #2,087 | under 5 | |
| 1947 | 17 | #2,479 | 5 | #3,909 |
| 1946 | 27 | #1,740 | under 5 | |
| 1945 | 32 | #1,425 | 9 | #2,450 |
| 1944 | 26 | #1,622 | 11 | #2,233 |
| 1943 | 30 | #1,537 | under 5 | |
| 1942 | 30 | #1,506 | under 5 | |
| 1941 | 34 | #1,324 | 6 | #3,258 |
| 1940 | 30 | #1,383 | 7 | #2,952 |
| 1939 | 27 | #1,438 | 10 | #2,332 |
| 1938 | 47 | #1,048 | 12 | #2,114 |
| 1937 | 38 | #1,163 | 9 | #2,551 |
| 1936 | 40 | #1,119 | under 5 | |
| 1935 | 36 | #1,187 | 8 | #2,779 |
| 1934 | 49 | #987 | 16 | #1,803 |
| 1933 | 50 | #976 | 10 | #2,423 |
| 1932 | 70 | #817 | 13 | #2,129 |
| 1931 | 66 | #847 | 8 | #2,929 |
| 1930 | 84 | #771 | 9 | #2,846 |
| 1929 | 80 | #782 | 16 | #1,954 |
| 1928 | 86 | #775 | 18 | #1,855 |
| 1927 | 101 | #717 | 14 | #2,225 |
| 1926 | 111 | #691 | 10 | #2,782 |
| 1925 | 104 | #721 | 22 | #1,651 |
| 1924 | 111 | #706 | 7 | #3,621 |
| 1923 | 125 | #666 | 25 | #1,519 |
| 1922 | 135 | #632 | 27 | #1,444 |
| 1921 | 121 | #673 | 24 | #1,560 |
| 1920 | 155 | #576 | 24 | #1,556 |
| 1919 | 139 | #599 | 16 | #2,001 |
| 1918 | 148 | #587 | 11 | #2,594 |
| 1917 | 133 | #592 | 19 | #1,716 |
| 1916 | 119 | #621 | 28 | #1,278 |
| 1915 | 126 | #577 | 15 | #1,902 |
| 1914 | 117 | #518 | 10 | #2,152 |
| 1913 | 94 | #528 | 13 | #1,523 |
| 1912 | 105 | #464 | 10 | #1,660 |
| 1911 | 68 | #503 | under 5 | |
| 1910 | 105 | #386 | 5 | #1,671 |
| 1909 | 64 | #470 | under 5 | |
| 1908 | 65 | #450 | 8 | #1,047 |
| 1907 | 52 | #498 | under 5 | |
| 1906 | 62 | #438 | 6 | #1,162 |
| 1905 | 44 | #513 | 5 | #1,295 |
| 1904 | 53 | #447 | under 5 | |
| 1903 | 37 | #533 | under 5 | |
| 1902 | 39 | #510 | under 5 | |
| 1901 | 37 | #502 | under 5 | |
| 1900 | 66 | #416 | 10 | #859 |
| 1899 | 42 | #449 | 5 | #1,097 |
| 1898 | 22 | #704 | under 5 | |
| 1897 | 22 | #666 | under 5 | |
| 1896 | 31 | #539 | 6 | #1,024 |
| 1895 | 23 | #646 | under 5 | |
| 1894 | 33 | #499 | under 5 | |
| 1893 | 31 | #492 | under 5 | |
| 1892 | 18 | #692 | under 5 | |
| 1891 | 20 | #598 | under 5 | |
| 1890 | 27 | #500 | 5 | #1,055 |
| 1889 | 19 | #591 | under 5 | |
| 1888 | 8 | #979 | under 5 | |
| 1887 | 15 | #597 | under 5 | |
| 1886 | 10 | #745 | under 5 | |
| 1885 | 14 | #586 | under 5 | |
| 1884 | 13 | #596 | under 5 | |
| 1882 | 8 | #702 | under 5 | |
| 1880 | 9 | #600 | under 5 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Estell a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 4,783 Americans recorded as Estell, 88% are girls and 12% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Estell: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Estell, and how old are they?
An estimated 570 Americans named Estell and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (12% of everyone recorded); the median is 77 years old and half are between 69 and 86. An estimate from SSA’s births and life tables, not a count.
The 2020 Census counted 602 people named Estell (500 women and girls, 102 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 850 born in the U.S. The Census count is 29% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Estell born?
The states with the most babies named Estell are South Carolina, Alabama and Texas, with 46% of its births recorded by state since 1910; South Carolina and Alabama are not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Carolina | 445 | not ranked | 5.2× |
| Alabama | 375 | not ranked | 3.4× |
| Texas | 239 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Mississippi | 223 | not ranked | 2.7× |
| Georgia | 202 | not ranked | 1.6× |
| North Carolina | 166 | not ranked | 1.2× |
| Tennessee | 152 | not ranked | 1.5× |
| Louisiana | 137 | not ranked | 1.6× |
| Arkansas | 91 | not ranked | 1.3× |
| Virginia | 89 | not ranked | 0.9× |
Where Estell is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Estell is most over-represented in South Carolina: since 1910 it was given 5.2 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Estell with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Estell
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Estell and names like it
- Compare Estell and ElvieBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sEstell peaked in 1920.
- South Carolina’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Estell since 1910.
- The top names of 1920The year the most babies were named Estell.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Estell alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with EMost given first.