How Many People Are Named Estel?
people named Estel are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 659,816 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,841 babies named Estel in Social Security records from 1893 to 2023, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
107 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Estel, 11.3% were girls and 88.7% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Estel fell from 40.1% in the 1900s to 4.5% in the 1960s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Estel alive today is about 70 years old, and 79% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 62 and 82 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Estel first appears in the records in 1893 and was given most often in 1921, to 107 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2023.
Babies given the name each year, 1893 to 2023
🏆 Rank History
Estel has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #644, in 1905. Among girls, its best rank was #1,198, in 1898.
| Boys | Girls | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #644 (1905) | #1,198 (1898) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #805 in the 1920s | #1,904 in the 1910s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Estel alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Estel were born in Tennessee than in any other state: about 31 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Estel was given 10.7 times as often in Kentucky, 7.6 times in West Virginia and 7.2 times in Tennessee.
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