How Many People Are Named Estella?
people named Estella are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 18,998 people in the US has this name
Based on 42,975 babies named Estella in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
638 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Latinate form of ESTELLE. This was the name of the heroine, Estella Havisham, in Charles Dickens' novel 'Great Expectations' (1860).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Estella (99.9%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Estella alive today is about 42 years old, and 44% are under 30. Half of them were between 9 and 71 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Estella first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1921, to 638 babies. In 2025, 581 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Estella has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #106, in 1883. In 2025 it ranked #509.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #509 |
| Best rank | #106 (1883) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #273 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Estella alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Estella were born in Texas than in any other state: about 3,603 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Estella was given 4 times as often in New Mexico, 3.6 times in Mississippi and 2.8 times in Texas.
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