NameTides

Estella

Estella was the #509 girls' name in the US in 2025 (581 babies), and #2,278 in England & Wales and #1,265 in Canada.

Estella as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Estella 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.00.631.251.882.518801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Estella 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.00.631.251.882.51880192019602000
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#509 (581)#2,278 (12)—#1,265 (20)
2024#502 (609)#1,541 (20)—#993 (27)
2023#610 (489)#1,640 (18)—#1,491 (15)
2022#499 (633)#1,452 (21)—#1,017 (25)
2021#659 (452)#1,692 (17)—#1,229 (20)
2020#731 (375)#1,846 (15)—#1,249 (19)
2019#784 (354)#3,151 (7)—#1,138 (22)
2018#747 (370)#1,393 (23)—#1,567 (14)
2017#779 (352)#1,911 (15)—#1,123 (22)
2016#905 (307)#1,327 (25)—#1,690 (13)
2015#877 (317)#1,783 (16)—#1,499 (15)
2014#956 (280)#1,411 (22)—#1,455 (16)
2013#889 (289)#1,774 (16)—#1,686 (13)
2012#884 (300)#1,210 (27)—#1,194 (21)
2011#1,054 (234)#1,903 (14)—#1,426 (16)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1883 at #106.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,800 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 2,800uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 21,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 7,500uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Estella is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 2,500 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 1,900 to 1 in 3,300.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Estella by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #518WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #617WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #271MNIllinois: #709ILMichigan: #406MINew York: #980NYMassachusetts: #395MAOregon: #298ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #323IAIndiana: #377INOhio: #371OHPennsylvania: #595PANew Jersey: #618NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #516CAUtah: #539UTColorado: #634CONebraska: #396NEMissouri: #386MOKentucky: #331KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #541VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #515AZNew Mexico: #249NMKansas: #324KSArkansas: #164ARTennessee: #568TNNorth Carolina: #834NCSouth Carolina: #773SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #697OKLouisiana: #477LAMississippi: #514MSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #611GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #500TXFlorida: #443FL
Estella (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,10010

Estella (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
EstellaCanadaGirls#1,26520
EstellaEngland & WalesGirls#2,27812
EstellaIrelandGirls—too few
EstellaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
EstellaUSGirls#509581
EstellaUSBoys—too few