Estelle — #636 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Estelle

The Social Security Administration has registered 55,887 babies named Estelle between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Estelle currently holds the #636 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1915, when 1,784 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Estelle performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 13,807 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Estelle shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 7,691 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Estelle in 44 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Estelle 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 55,887 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.