NameTides

Estela

Estela was the #1,622 girls' name in the US in 2025 (128 babies), and #3,044 in Canada.

Estela as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Estela as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020USCanada
Estela as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesIrelandCanada
2025#1,622 (128)——#3,044 (6)
2024#1,753 (115)———
2023#1,581 (133)#4,710 (4)——
2022#1,583 (134)#4,646 (4)——
2021#1,801 (112)——#2,893 (6)
2020#1,965 (96)#5,493 (3)——
2019#1,668 (126)—#871 (3)—
2018#2,159 (87)———
2017#2,053 (95)#5,765 (3)#873 (3)—
2016#2,479 (73)#3,609 (6)——
2015#2,039 (96)#2,945 (8)—#3,286 (5)
2014#2,391 (76)———
2013#2,597 (68)#3,160 (7)—#2,595 (7)
2012#2,145 (88)#2,717 (9)——
2011#2,156 (88)#3,549 (6)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2023 at #1,581.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1903.

How common is it?

about 1 in 13,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 13,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 25,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Estela is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 12,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 10,000 to 1 in 15,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Estela by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,830NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #800CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #909AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #819ALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,062TXFlorida: #1,436FL
Estela (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
EstelaCanadaGirls#3,0446
EstelaEngland & WalesGirls—too few
EstelaIrelandGirls—too few
EstelaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
EstelaUSGirls#1,622128