Estell

Last seen for girls in 1983 at #10,275 · Last seen for boys in 1971 at #4,907
Given to girls 88.5% of the time

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Peak · girls
1910 · 105 births
Debut · girls
9 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
4,232
since 1880

Estell over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201911peak #385, 1910peak #836, 1900girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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1971#7,3886#4,9075
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1964#4,09611#3,6016
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1960#5,1687#4,0385
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1957#3,69611#3,5526
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1953#2,23622#3,7985
1952#2,07424#2,8758
1951#2,31419—
1950#1,87126#2,01914
1949#1,88226#2,45310
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1947#2,44817#3,7335
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1945#1,41832#2,3939
1944#1,60926#2,19511
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1941#1,31034#3,1336
1940#1,37430#2,8717
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1938#1,04547#2,08412
1937#1,16038#2,4799
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1935#1,18236#2,7198
1934#98149#1,78316
1933#97350#2,36810
1932#81670#2,10113
1931#84466#2,8648
1930#76884#2,7819
1929#77980#1,93316
1928#77386#1,82218
1927#717101#2,19314
1926#690111#2,72510
1925#721104#1,62822
1924#705111#3,5057
1923#666125#1,50225
1922#632135#1,43427
1921#672121#1,54924
1920#576155#1,54324
1919#597139#1,97316
1918#587148#2,54311
1917#592133#1,69319
1916#619119#1,26528
1915#576126#1,87815
1914#518117#2,10110
1913#52594#1,49713
1912#464105#1,61910
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1910#385105#1,5895
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1908#44865#1,0218
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1906#43762#1,1116
1905#51044#1,2335
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1900#41566#83610
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First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Estell was already there! It came in at #580, and was given to 9 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1881, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Estell is popular in 1911

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Estell, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Estell, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Estell, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Estell, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Estell, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Estell, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Estell, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Estell, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Estell, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Estell, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Estell, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Estell, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Estell, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Estell, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Estell, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Estell, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Estell, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Estell, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Estell, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Estell, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Estell, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Estell, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Estell, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Estell, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Estell, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Estell, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Estell, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Estell, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Estell, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Estell, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Estell, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Estell, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Estell, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Estell, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Estell, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Estell, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Estell, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Estell, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Estell, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Estell, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Estell, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: #140 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 650 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Estell, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Estell, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Estell, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Estell, so not publishedMSAlabama: #161 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 798 girlsALGeorgia: #280 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,145 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Estell, so not publishedHITexas: #509 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,905 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Estell, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. South Carolina#140 · 1 in 650
  2. Alabama#161 · 1 in 798
  3. Georgia#280 · 1 in 2,145
  4. Texas#509 · 1 in 3,905

Best ever in a state: #140 in South Carolina, 1911.

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South Carolina#140141 in 650
Alabama#161151 in 798
Georgia#28071 in 2,145
Texas#50951 in 3,905
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Estell
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1983
  • Biggest jump: 370 spots in 1889 (#959 → #589)
  • Biggest drop: 373 spots in 1888 (#586 → #959)
Rise & fade · girls
30 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1910 at #385 (105 births)
  • Births halved by 1933, 23 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 53 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 53 yrs · run 1884–1934
Share of babies · girls
1 in 3,776
  • Highest: 1 in 3,776 girls born in 1910 were named Estell (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 334,122 girls born in 1983 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1910s
  • 27.3% of all girls named Estell (1,154) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
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  • The majority has never changed
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s96#576 (1885)#660
1890s269#449 (1899)#574
1900s519#415 (1900)#476
1910s1,154#385 (1910)#536
1920s1,129#576 (1920)#693
1930s507#768 (1930)#1,031
1940s274#1,310 (1941)#1,686
1950s164#1,871 (1950)#3,050
1960s68#4,011 (1962)#4,964
1970s39#5,751 (1979)#7,598
1980s13#7,418 (1980)#8,847

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Estell in 1911

girls
#501
68 births · 1 in 6,152 girls

Top girls' names in 1911

  1. #1Mary24,390
  2. #2Helen11,801
  3. #3Margaret9,279
  4. #4Dorothy8,869
  5. #5Ruth8,003
  6. #6Anna6,753
  7. #7Elizabeth6,298
  8. #8Mildred6,271
  9. #9Marie5,017
  10. #10Frances4,967
  11. #501Estell68
More about 1911

girls

418,309 girls got a published name in 1911; 1 in 6,152 of them was named Estell, which outranked 82.5% of the 2,868 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Estell
  1. #496James69
  2. #496Marcia69
  3. #496Orpha69
  4. #501Estell68
  5. #501Clyde68
  6. #501Delma68
  7. #501Guadalupe68
  8. #507Hope67
  9. #507Johnie67
  10. #507Leonora67

Tied with 5 names at #501; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1910
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,003Laurette#1,935 → #932
  2. ↑ 683Glenda#1,521 → #838
  3. ↑ 680Ana#1,421 → #741
  4. ↑ 623Vilma#1,521 → #898
  5. ↑ 523Emmaline#1,421 → #898
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,194Alys#997 → #2,191
  2. ↓ 959Leana#997 → #1,956
  3. ↓ 686Coletta#859 → #1,545
  4. ↓ 686Blossom#970 → #1,656
  5. ↓ 659Otis#997 → #1,656

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1911 →