How Many People Are Named Estrella?

16,479

people named Estrella are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 20,740 people in the US has this name

Based on 16,799 babies named Estrella in Social Security records from 1914 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#1,805

💎 Rare

Rank Among Girl Names

#973

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Peak Year

2005

1,105 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: Spanish
Pronunciation: es-TRE-ya
Gender: Primarily Female

Meaning:

Spanish form of STELLA (1), coinciding with the Spanish word meaning "star".

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
100.0%
Male
0.0%

All of the babies given the name Estrella in the records were girls.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Estrella alive today is about 18 years old, and 88% are under 30. Half of them were between 10 and 22 in 2025.

Under 30 14,508
88%
30 to 59 1,782
10.8%
60 and over 190
1.2%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Estrella first appears in the records in 1914 and was given most often in 2005, to 1,105 babies. In 2025, 477 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1914 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Estrella has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #296, in 2005. In 2025 it ranked #612.

Girls
Rank in 2025#612
Best rank#296 (2005)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#459 in the 2000s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Estrella alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Estrella were born in California than in any other state: about 4,218 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Estrella was given 8.6 times as often in New Mexico, 2.6 times in Arizona and 2 times in California.

California 4,218
Texas 3,149
Arizona 800
Illinois 661
New Mexico 630
Florida 574
Colorado 470
New York 446
North Carolina 413
Georgia 394
Washington 362
Oregon 211
Indiana 175
Tennessee 161
New Jersey 154
Michigan 152
Oklahoma 150
Wisconsin 149
Virginia 148
Nevada 144
Utah 135
Ohio 117
Minnesota 99
Alabama 95
Pennsylvania 77
Maryland 74
Kansas 70
South Carolina 64
Nebraska 53
Kentucky 48
Idaho 46
Iowa 46
Massachusetts 32
Missouri 32
Arkansas 28
Connecticut 6
Louisiana 5
Delaware 5
Mississippi 5

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