Estelle
Estelle was given to 523 girls in 2025, #573 among girls’ names; 56,569 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 13,300 Americans named Estelle and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (24% of everyone recorded); the median is 35 years old and half are between 9 and 75.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Estelle by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Estelle mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Estelle is “a female given name from French” Its etymology gives the sense “star” (estela).
Borrowed from French Estelle, from Occitan estela (“star”), from Latin stēlla. Doublet of étoile, estoile, stella, and stelo. Name of a third century martyr.
/ɛˈstɛl/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Estelle?
#573 among girls’ names, 2025
Estelle rose from #816 in 2015 to #573 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 0.19 to 0.33 per 1,000.
1,793 babies in 1915, the peak
Estelle peaked in 1915, when 1,793 babies were given it (1,784 girls, #117 among girls’ names). The 523 births of 2025 are 29% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 523 | #573 | 0.33 |
| 2024 | 462 | #641 | 0.29 |
| 2023 | 398 | #710 | 0.25 |
| 2022 | 405 | #723 | 0.25 |
| 2021 | 380 | #751 | 0.23 |
| 2020 | 340 | #799 | 0.21 |
| 2019 | 351 | #789 | 0.21 |
| 2018 | 326 | #833 | 0.19 |
| 2017 | 348 | #790 | 0.20 |
| 2016 | 343 | #837 | 0.19 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 344 | #816 | 0.19 |
| 2014 | 301 | #905 | 0.17 |
| 2013 | 258 | #975 | 0.15 |
| 2012 | 265 | #964 | 0.15 |
| 2011 | 199 | #1,205 | 0.11 |
| 2010 | 158 | #1,438 | 0.09 |
| 2009 | 159 | #1,464 | 0.09 |
| 2008 | 109 | #1,933 | 0.06 |
| 2007 | 106 | #1,944 | 0.06 |
| 2006 | 96 | #2,055 | 0.05 |
| 2005 | 118 | #1,682 | 0.06 |
| 2004 | 103 | #1,836 | 0.06 |
| 2003 | 70 | #2,374 | 0.04 |
| 2002 | 69 | #2,333 | 0.04 |
| 2001 | 73 | #2,218 | 0.04 |
| 2000 | 63 | #2,434 | 0.03 |
| 1999 | 58 | #2,477 | 0.03 |
| 1998 | 48 | #2,768 | 0.03 |
| 1997 | 31 | #3,649 | 0.02 |
| 1996 | 27 | #3,968 | 0.02 |
| 1995 | 41 | #2,886 | 0.02 |
| 1994 | 37 | #3,114 | 0.02 |
| 1993 | 44 | #2,730 | 0.02 |
| 1992 | 29 | #3,702 | 0.02 |
| 1991 | 43 | #2,744 | 0.02 |
| 1990 | 35 | #3,171 | 0.02 |
| 1989 | 50 | #2,341 | 0.03 |
| 1988 | 46 | #2,372 | 0.03 |
| 1987 | 47 | #2,283 | 0.03 |
| 1986 | 44 | #2,307 | 0.03 |
| 1985 | 28 | #3,182 | 0.02 |
| 1984 | 40 | #2,391 | 0.02 |
| 1983 | 41 | #2,320 | 0.02 |
| 1982 | 47 | #2,157 | 0.03 |
| 1981 | 59 | #1,853 | 0.04 |
| 1980 | 52 | #2,022 | 0.03 |
| 1979 | 56 | #1,882 | 0.03 |
| 1978 | 45 | #2,096 | 0.03 |
| 1977 | 52 | #1,907 | 0.03 |
| 1976 | 41 | #2,110 | 0.03 |
| 1975 | 55 | #1,715 | 0.04 |
| 1974 | 56 | #1,655 | 0.04 |
| 1973 | 76 | #1,330 | 0.05 |
| 1972 | 69 | #1,417 | 0.05 |
| 1971 | 73 | #1,429 | 0.04 |
| 1970 | 66 | #1,507 | 0.04 |
| 1969 | 81 | #1,245 | 0.05 |
| 1968 | 72 | #1,302 | 0.04 |
| 1967 | 75 | #1,232 | 0.05 |
| 1966 | 95 | #1,078 | 0.06 |
| 1965 | 106 | #1,016 | 0.06 |
| 1964 | 112 | #1,017 | 0.06 |
| 1963 | 125 | #944 | 0.06 |
| 1962 | 104 | #1,062 | 0.05 |
| 1961 | 154 | #860 | 0.08 |
| 1960 | 153 | #834 | 0.08 |
| 1959 | 152 | #832 | 0.08 |
| 1958 | 144 | #849 | 0.07 |
| 1957 | 160 | #798 | 0.08 |
| 1956 | 158 | #786 | 0.08 |
| 1955 | 185 | #688 | 0.09 |
| 1954 | 195 | #658 | 0.10 |
| 1953 | 231 | #581 | 0.12 |
| 1952 | 221 | #582 | 0.12 |
| 1951 | 244 | #535 | 0.14 |
| 1950 | 240 | #536 | 0.14 |
| 1949 | 246 | #523 | 0.14 |
| 1948 | 303 | #459 | 0.18 |
| 1947 | 324 | #454 | 0.18 |
| 1946 | 295 | #451 | 0.19 |
| 1945 | 277 | #429 | 0.21 |
| 1944 | 307 | #411 | 0.23 |
| 1943 | 370 | #373 | 0.27 |
| 1942 | 363 | #371 | 0.27 |
| 1941 | 355 | #348 | 0.29 |
| 1940 | 385 | #324 | 0.34 |
| 1939 | 361 | #331 | 0.33 |
| 1938 | 455 | #293 | 0.41 |
| 1937 | 398 | #311 | 0.37 |
| 1936 | 476 | #276 | 0.46 |
| 1935 | 529 | #266 | 0.50 |
| 1934 | 581 | #260 | 0.56 |
| 1933 | 521 | #267 | 0.52 |
| 1932 | 747 | #223 | 0.70 |
| 1931 | 764 | #218 | 0.72 |
| 1930 | 872 | #209 | 0.77 |
| 1929 | 909 | #205 | 0.81 |
| 1928 | 1,094 | #187 | 0.95 |
| 1927 | 1,239 | #173 | 1.0 |
| 1926 | 1,113 | #186 | 0.94 |
| 1925 | 1,240 | #176 | 1.0 |
| 1924 | 1,266 | #180 | 1.0 |
| 1923 | 1,191 | #183 | 1.0 |
| 1922 | 1,331 | #168 | 1.1 |
| 1921 | 1,436 | #161 | 1.2 |
| 1920 | 1,460 | #158 | 1.2 |
| 1919 | 1,618 | #141 | 1.4 |
| 1918 | 1,702 | #139 | 1.5 |
| 1917 | 1,704 | #129 | 1.6 |
| 1916 | 1,772 | #122 | 1.7 |
| 1915 | 1,784 | #117 | 1.8 |
| 1914 | 1,432 | #112 | 1.9 |
| 1913 | 1,129 | #112 | 1.8 |
| 1912 | 1,053 | #111 | 1.9 |
| 1911 | 864 | #106 | 2.1 |
| 1910 | 749 | #112 | 1.9 |
| 1909 | 669 | #108 | 1.9 |
| 1908 | 675 | #107 | 2.0 |
| 1907 | 609 | #110 | 1.9 |
| 1906 | 520 | #120 | 1.8 |
| 1905 | 510 | #124 | 1.7 |
| 1904 | 464 | #128 | 1.7 |
| 1903 | 402 | #136 | 1.5 |
| 1902 | 472 | #121 | 1.8 |
| 1901 | 382 | #133 | 1.6 |
| 1900 | 556 | #118 | 1.9 |
| 1899 | 376 | #129 | 1.6 |
| 1898 | 410 | #128 | 1.6 |
| 1897 | 439 | #115 | 1.9 |
| 1896 | 392 | #121 | 1.6 |
| 1895 | 381 | #124 | 1.6 |
| 1894 | 326 | #135 | 1.5 |
| 1893 | 335 | #126 | 1.6 |
| 1892 | 295 | #140 | 1.4 |
| 1891 | 254 | #140 | 1.4 |
| 1890 | 277 | #134 | 1.5 |
| 1889 | 286 | #129 | 1.6 |
| 1888 | 274 | #130 | 1.5 |
| 1887 | 170 | #147 | 1.2 |
| 1886 | 216 | #129 | 1.5 |
| 1885 | 183 | #135 | 1.4 |
| 1884 | 182 | #132 | 1.4 |
| 1883 | 151 | #132 | 1.3 |
| 1882 | 133 | #135 | 1.2 |
| 1881 | 127 | #126 | 1.4 |
| 1880 | 119 | #134 | 1.3 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Estelle a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Estelle has been given almost only to girls: 159 boys in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Estelle: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Estelle, and how old are they?
13,300 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 24% of the 56,569 Americans ever recorded as Estelle. The median Estelle alive today is 35 years old; half are between 9 and 75.
The 2020 Census counted 13,982 people named Estelle (13,946 women and girls, 36 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 13,694 born in the U.S. The Census count is 2% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 2,250 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 2,810 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 987 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 639 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 1,710 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 4,750 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
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 Estelle born?
The states with the most babies named Estelle are New York, Illinois and Pennsylvania, with 31% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 7,726 | #486 | 1.9× |
| Illinois | 2,612 | #550 | 1.1× |
| Pennsylvania | 2,490 | #364 | 0.7× |
| Virginia | 2,028 | #474 | 1.7× |
| North Carolina | 1,973 | #1,088 | 1.2× |
| Massachusetts | 1,876 | #425 | 1.2× |
| New Jersey | 1,817 | #874 | 1.3× |
| Texas | 1,815 | #731 | 0.6× |
| Georgia | 1,613 | #1,016 | 1.1× |
| South Carolina | 1,507 | not ranked | 1.6× |
Where Estelle is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Estelle is most over-represented in New York: since 1910 it was given 1.9 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 Estelle with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 4 names spelled alike, given to 108,777 babies since 1880, Estelle is the most given (52% of them). In 2025 it was given to 523 of their 1,232 babies (42%), the second most given that year.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Estelle
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 Estelle and names like it
- Compare Estelle and EstellaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1910sEstelle peaked in 1915.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Estelle since 1910.
- French namesWiktionary’s origin for Estelle: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1915The year the most babies were named Estelle.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Estelle alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with EMost given first.