Rank 2025
#1,624
among girls · ↑133 vs 2024
Babies in 2025
128
named Estela · +11% vs 2024
How common
1 in 12,557
girls born in 2025
Peak year
2022
134 babies
All-time total
9,147
#1,775 all-time among girls
First recorded
1903
in Social Security records
By decade. Change compares yearly averages, so the current partial decade is on equal
footing. Best rank is the name's best yearly rank within the decade.
Where Estela is most popular
Girls named Estela per 1,000 girls born in
each state, 2021–2025. National average: 0.077 per 1,000.
Strongest in California, Texas, and Florida.
Vs national average well below below near national above well above no data
All 50 states and DC, sorted by rate. Counts are girls named Estela born
2021–2025; the per-1,000 rate makes states of different sizes
comparable, and the last column shows each state against the national average.
State counts come from the Social Security Administration's state files, which omit any
state-year with fewer than five babies of a name, so small states can undercount slightly.
The story of Estela
Estela is rare for girls in the United States, ranked #1,624 in 2025 with 128 babies given the name. It is currently rising compared with a decade ago.
Since 1903, 9,147 American babies have been named Estela. Its peak came in 2022, when 134 newborns received the name, the signature sound of the 2020s.
The chart above shows the full history: the popularity view (births per 1,000 babies) is the honest comparison across generations, since total US births have changed enormously since 1880. Switch to the rank view to see where Estela stood among all girls' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.
