Estella is an established girls' name that peaked in 1921 and remains in steady use.
Estella is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #509 for girl births in the United States (and #1,040 across all names), given to 581 babies. Estella was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1921 (638 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 581 | 581 | #509 | — |
| 2024 | 609 | 609 | #503 | — |
| 2023 | 489 | 489 | #610 | — |
| 2022 | 633 | 633 | #499 | — |
| 2021 | 452 | 452 | #659 | — |
| 2020 | 375 | 375 | #731 | — |
| 2019 | 354 | 354 | #785 | — |
| 2018 | 370 | 370 | #748 | — |
| 2017 | 352 | 352 | #779 | — |
| 2016 | 307 | 307 | #907 | — |
| 2015 | 317 | 317 | #877 | — |
| 2014 | 280 | 280 | #958 | — |
| 2013 | 289 | 289 | #889 | — |
| 2012 | 300 | 300 | #884 | — |
| 2011 | 234 | 234 | #1,056 | — |
| 2010 | 250 | 250 | #1,006 | — |
| 2009 | 225 | 225 | #1,122 | — |
| 2008 | 206 | 206 | #1,229 | — |
| 2007 | 201 | 201 | #1,234 | — |
| 2006 | 178 | 178 | #1,316 | — |
| 2005 | 196 | 196 | #1,175 | — |
| 2004 | 204 | 204 | #1,119 | — |
| 2003 | 113 | 113 | #1,690 | — |
| 2002 | 98 | 98 | #1,826 | — |
| 2001 | 69 | 69 | #2,309 | — |
| 2000 | 67 | 67 | #2,316 | — |
| 1999 | 63 | 63 | #2,353 | — |
| 1998 | 66 | 66 | #2,168 | — |
| 1997 | 48 | — | #2,631 | — |
| 1996 | 67 | — | #2,065 | — |
| 1995 | 50 | — | #2,526 | — |
| 1994 | 57 | — | #2,299 | — |
| 1993 | 65 | — | #2,092 | — |
| 1992 | 73 | — | #1,917 | — |
| 1991 | 71 | — | #1,965 | — |
| 1990 | 57 | — | #2,240 | — |
| 1989 | 62 | — | #2,034 | — |
| 1988 | 69 | — | #1,805 | — |
| 1987 | 71 | — | #1,707 | — |
| 1986 | 68 | — | #1,724 | — |
| 1985 | 75 | — | #1,592 | — |
| 1984 | 75 | — | #1,516 | — |
| 1983 | 84 | — | #1,403 | — |
| 1982 | 90 | — | #1,365 | — |
| 1981 | 106 | — | #1,232 | — |
| 1980 | 100 | — | #1,278 | — |
| 1979 | 115 | — | #1,157 | — |
| 1978 | 101 | — | #1,232 | — |
| 1977 | 120 | — | #1,080 | — |
| 1976 | 103 | — | #1,140 | — |
| 1975 | 114 | — | #1,043 | — |
| 1974 | 125 | — | #980 | — |
| 1973 | 142 | — | #886 | — |
| 1972 | 101 | — | #1,106 | — |
| 1971 | 129 | — | #981 | — |
| 1970 | 150 | — | #886 | — |
| 1969 | 136 | — | #907 | — |
| 1968 | 169 | — | #767 | — |
| 1967 | 174 | — | #745 | — |
| 1966 | 194 | — | #715 | #4,126 |
| 1965 | 189 | — | #720 | — |
| 1964 | 215 | — | #708 | — |
| 1963 | 226 | — | #670 | — |
| 1962 | 223 | — | #689 | — |
| 1961 | 277 | — | #605 | — |
| 1960 | 285 | — | #587 | — |
| 1959 | 274 | — | #600 | — |
| 1958 | 292 | — | #583 | — |
| 1957 | 286 | — | #572 | — |
| 1956 | 355 | — | #497 | — |
| 1955 | 310 | — | #523 | — |
| 1954 | 364 | — | #462 | — |
| 1953 | 376 | — | #443 | — |
| 1952 | 386 | — | #437 | — |
| 1951 | 341 | — | #448 | — |
| 1950 | 401 | — | #401 | #3,850 |
| 1949 | 428 | — | #378 | — |
| 1948 | 399 | — | #400 | — |
| 1947 | 437 | — | #384 | #3,912 |
| 1946 | 371 | — | #394 | — |
| 1945 | 351 | — | #376 | — |
| 1944 | 334 | — | #385 | — |
| 1943 | 368 | — | #376 | — |
| 1942 | 357 | — | #376 | — |
| 1941 | 333 | — | #370 | — |
| 1940 | 364 | — | #337 | #3,236 |
| 1939 | 370 | — | #324 | — |
| 1938 | 333 | — | #352 | — |
| 1937 | 348 | — | #336 | — |
| 1936 | 361 | — | #328 | #3,713 |
| 1935 | 373 | — | #330 | #3,054 |
| 1934 | 377 | — | #324 | #3,413 |
| 1933 | 407 | — | #304 | — |
| 1932 | 444 | — | #299 | — |
| 1931 | 453 | — | #296 | — |
| 1930 | 460 | — | #310 | — |
| 1929 | 516 | — | #284 | — |
| 1928 | 535 | — | #282 | — |
| 1927 | 546 | — | #286 | — |
| 1926 | 577 | — | #277 | — |
| 1925 | 606 | — | #270 | — |
| 1924 | 583 | — | #269 | — |
| 1923 | 564 | — | #272 | — |
| 1922 | 616 | — | #261 | — |
| 1921 | 638 | — | #261 | — |
| 1920 | 616 | — | #264 | — |
| 1919 | 572 | — | #266 | — |
| 1918 | 597 | — | #257 | — |
| 1917 | 615 | — | #252 | — |
| 1916 | 600 | — | #249 | #4,114 |
| 1915 | 599 | — | #242 | — |
| 1914 | 514 | — | #237 | — |
| 1913 | 465 | — | #222 | — |
| 1912 | 394 | — | #227 | — |
| 1911 | 364 | — | #194 | — |
| 1910 | 383 | — | #181 | #1,469 |
| 1909 | 318 | — | #187 | — |
| 1908 | 317 | — | #180 | — |
| 1907 | 309 | — | #181 | — |
| 1906 | 271 | — | #184 | — |
| 1905 | 275 | — | #181 | — |
| 1904 | 344 | — | #158 | — |
| 1903 | 305 | — | #162 | — |
| 1902 | 283 | — | #168 | — |
| 1901 | 281 | — | #162 | — |
| 1900 | 365 | — | #159 | — |
| 1899 | 288 | — | #157 | — |
| 1898 | 319 | — | #159 | — |
| 1897 | 317 | — | #147 | — |
| 1896 | 363 | — | #133 | — |
| 1895 | 304 | — | #146 | — |
| 1894 | 335 | — | #128 | — |
| 1893 | 329 | — | #129 | — |
| 1892 | 332 | — | #129 | — |
| 1891 | 267 | — | #133 | — |
| 1890 | 320 | — | #122 | — |
| 1889 | 293 | — | #128 | #1,019 |
| 1888 | 303 | — | #121 | — |
| 1887 | 260 | — | #117 | — |
| 1886 | 246 | — | #118 | — |
| 1885 | 246 | — | #110 | — |
| 1884 | 222 | — | #116 | — |
| 1883 | 233 | — | #106 | — |
| 1882 | 198 | — | #110 | — |
| 1881 | 163 | — | #111 | — |
| 1880 | 162 | — | #111 | — |