How Many People Are Named Estela?
people named Estela are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 47,675 people in the US has this name
Based on 9,147 babies named Estela in Social Security records from 1903 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
134 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Portuguese and Spanish form of ESTELLE.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Estela in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Estela alive today is about 40 years old, and 39% are under 30. Half of them were between 18 and 60 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Estela first appears in the records in 1903 and was given most often in 2022, to 134 babies. In 2025, 128 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1903 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Estela has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #745, in 1932. In 2025 it ranked #1,624.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,624 |
| Best rank | #745 (1932) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #996 in the 1950s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Estela alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Estela were born in California than in any other state: about 2,520 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Estela was given 6.6 times as often in Texas and 4 times in California.
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