Estella — #501 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Estella

The Social Security Administration has registered 42,336 babies named Estella between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Estella currently holds the #501 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 638 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Estella performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 5,797 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Estella shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5,779 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Mississippi. In total, SSA state-level files list Estella in 44 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Estella 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 42,336 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.