Girls' name · since 1880
Estella
42,920 babies named Estella in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1921. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #664 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #509 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 42,920
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
42,920 babies have been named Estella since 1880, making it today's #509 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Estella has been recorded 42,920 times among girls since 1880, currently ranked #509 nationally and more common than 97% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1920s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #664 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #509 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 42,920 born since 1880
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Estella ranks #664 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #509 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 42,920 born since 1880, peaking in the 1920s.
- #664 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #509 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 42,920
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
Estella's 42,920 recorded births place it above 99.08% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
44 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Estella compares
42,920 Top 4% higher than 96% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Estella's all-time total is 114x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Estella | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 42,920 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 638 | 21 | 19,840 |
Estella's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Estella's full recorded timeline at 1953, 34% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 66% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 1997, with just 48 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1921 peak of 638 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Estella popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (1921)
- 638
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Estella popularity over time - boys
55 total births recorded since 1889 (Estella as boys' name)
Estella by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (5,797 births, 14% of the file).
1920s was Estella's strongest decade.
5,797 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 14% of all-time use.
Estella births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s
1880s
2,321 births
- 1890s
1890s
3,174 births
- 1900s
1900s
3,068 births
- 1910s
1910s
5,092 births
- 1920s
1920s
5,797 births
- 1930s
1930s
3,908 births
- 1940s
1940s
3,731 births
- 1950s
1950s
3,380 births
- 1960s 2,083
1960s
2,083 births
- 1970s 1,200
1970s
1,200 births
- 1980s 800
1980s
800 births
- 1990s 617
1990s
617 births
- 2000s 1,557
2000s
1,557 births
- 2010s
2010s
3,053 births
- 2020s
2020s
3,139 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 5,797 births (14% of all-time use).
How Estella compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Estella's total volume
Estella by state
Where Estella concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5,843 | 13.6% |
| #2 | California | | 3,327 | 7.8% |
| #3 | Mississippi | | 1,720 | 4.0% |
| #4 | Georgia | | 1,545 | 3.6% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 1,428 | 3.3% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 1,158 | 2.7% |
| #7 | Alabama | | 1,045 | 2.4% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 1,040 | 2.4% |
5,843 of 42,920 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 44 reporting states.
Estella appears in 44 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Estella's data
- Estella's usage has stayed within range of its 1920s decade-level peak (5,797 total births) through the 2020s (3,139) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Estellas (5,843 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Estella: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1921)
Similar record span (~145 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, 1880–2025 (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 Estella 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.