Estelle
- #573 for girls in 2025, 523 births
- Last seen for boys in 1943 at #3,538
- Given to girls 99.7% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1911 · 864 births
- Debut · girls
- 119 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 56,410since 1880
Estelle over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Estelle has never cracked the top 100 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #573 | 523 | — | |
| 2024 | #641 | 462 | — | |
| 2023 | #710 | 398 | — | |
| 2022 | #723 | 405 | — | |
| 2021 | #750 | 380 | — | |
| 2020 | #799 | 340 | — | |
| 2019 | #789 | 351 | — | |
| 2018 | #833 | 326 | — | |
| 2017 | #789 | 348 | — | |
| 2016 | #837 | 343 | — | |
| 2015 | #815 | 344 | — | |
| 2014 | #905 | 301 | — | |
| 2013 | #974 | 258 | — | |
| 2012 | #958 | 265 | — | |
| 2011 | #1,204 | 199 | — | |
| 2010 | #1,438 | 158 | — | |
| 2009 | #1,463 | 159 | — | |
| 2008 | #1,927 | 109 | — | |
| 2007 | #1,940 | 106 | — | |
| 2006 | #2,050 | 96 | — | |
| 2005 | #1,681 | 118 | — | |
| 2004 | #1,835 | 103 | — | |
| 2003 | #2,368 | 70 | — | |
| 2002 | #2,331 | 69 | — | |
| 2001 | #2,211 | 73 | — | |
| 2000 | #2,426 | 63 | — | |
| 1999 | #2,471 | 58 | — | |
| 1998 | #2,756 | 48 | — | |
| 1997 | #3,626 | 31 | — | |
| 1996 | #3,942 | 27 | — | |
| 1995 | #2,880 | 41 | — | |
| 1994 | #3,098 | 37 | — | |
| 1993 | #2,725 | 44 | — | |
| 1992 | #3,680 | 29 | — | |
| 1991 | #2,738 | 43 | — | |
| 1990 | #3,156 | 35 | — | |
| 1989 | #2,338 | 50 | — | |
| 1988 | #2,369 | 46 | — | |
| 1987 | #2,276 | 47 | — | |
| 1986 | #2,300 | 44 | — | |
| 1985 | #3,170 | 28 | — | |
| 1984 | #2,382 | 40 | — | |
| 1983 | #2,310 | 41 | — | |
| 1982 | #2,150 | 47 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,848 | 59 | — | |
| 1980 | #2,014 | 52 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,874 | 56 | — | |
| 1978 | #2,092 | 45 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,901 | 52 | — | |
| 1976 | #2,099 | 41 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,713 | 55 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,646 | 56 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,329 | 76 | — | |
| 1972 | #1,414 | 69 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,427 | 73 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,505 | 66 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,242 | 81 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,301 | 72 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,227 | 75 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,078 | 95 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,013 | 106 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,016 | 112 | — | |
| 1963 | #944 | 125 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,058 | 104 | — | |
| 1961 | #858 | 154 | — | |
| 1960 | #832 | 153 | — | |
| 1959 | #832 | 152 | — | |
| 1958 | #850 | 144 | — | |
| 1957 | #798 | 160 | — | |
| 1956 | #786 | 158 | — | |
| 1955 | #688 | 185 | — | |
| 1954 | #656 | 195 | — | |
| 1953 | #582 | 231 | — | |
| 1952 | #583 | 221 | — | |
| 1951 | #536 | 244 | — | |
| 1950 | #537 | 240 | — | |
| 1949 | #524 | 246 | — | |
| 1948 | #459 | 303 | — | |
| 1947 | #454 | 324 | — | |
| 1946 | #451 | 295 | — | |
| 1945 | #429 | 277 | — | |
| 1944 | #410 | 307 | — | |
| 1943 | #373 | 370 | #3,538 | 5 |
| 1942 | #370 | 363 | — | |
| 1941 | #348 | 355 | — | |
| 1940 | #324 | 385 | — | |
| 1939 | #331 | 361 | — | |
| 1938 | #293 | 455 | — | |
| 1937 | #311 | 398 | — | |
| 1936 | #276 | 476 | — | |
| 1935 | #266 | 529 | #3,645 | 5 |
| 1934 | #260 | 581 | — | |
| 1933 | #267 | 521 | — | |
| 1932 | #223 | 747 | #3,092 | 7 |
| 1931 | #218 | 764 | — | |
| 1930 | #209 | 872 | #3,592 | 6 |
| 1929 | #205 | 909 | #3,959 | 5 |
| 1928 | #187 | 1,094 | #3,697 | 6 |
| 1927 | #173 | 1,239 | — | |
| 1926 | #186 | 1,113 | #3,139 | 8 |
| 1925 | #176 | 1,240 | #2,313 | 13 |
| 1924 | #180 | 1,266 | #3,867 | 6 |
| 1923 | #183 | 1,191 | #4,239 | 5 |
| 1922 | #168 | 1,331 | #3,252 | 8 |
| 1921 | #161 | 1,436 | #2,986 | 9 |
| 1920 | #158 | 1,460 | #3,815 | 6 |
| 1919 | #141 | 1,618 | #2,665 | 10 |
| 1918 | #139 | 1,702 | #2,260 | 13 |
| 1917 | #129 | 1,704 | #3,217 | 7 |
| 1916 | #122 | 1,772 | #2,730 | 9 |
| 1915 | #117 | 1,784 | #2,621 | 9 |
| 1914 | #112 | 1,432 | #3,264 | 5 |
| 1913 | #112 | 1,129 | — | |
| 1912 | #111 | 1,053 | #2,045 | 7 |
| 1911 | #106 | 864 | — | |
| 1910 | #112 | 749 | — | |
| 1909 | #108 | 669 | — | |
| 1908 | #107 | 675 | #1,373 | 5 |
| 1907 | #110 | 609 | — | |
| 1906 | #120 | 520 | — | |
| 1905 | #124 | 510 | — | |
| 1904 | #128 | 464 | — | |
| 1903 | #136 | 402 | — | |
| 1902 | #121 | 472 | — | |
| 1901 | #133 | 382 | — | |
| 1900 | #118 | 556 | — | |
| 1899 | #129 | 376 | — | |
| 1898 | #128 | 410 | — | |
| 1897 | #115 | 439 | — | |
| 1896 | #121 | 392 | — | |
| 1895 | #124 | 381 | — | |
| 1894 | #135 | 326 | #1,074 | 5 |
| 1893 | #126 | 335 | — | |
| 1892 | #140 | 295 | — | |
| 1891 | #140 | 254 | — | |
| 1890 | #134 | 277 | — | |
| 1889 | #129 | 286 | — | |
| 1888 | #130 | 274 | — | |
| 1887 | #147 | 170 | — | |
| 1886 | #129 | 216 | — | |
| 1885 | #135 | 183 | — | |
| 1884 | #132 | 182 | — | |
| 1883 | #132 | 151 | — | |
| 1882 | #135 | 133 | — | |
| 1881 | #126 | 127 | — | |
| 1880 | #134 | 119 | — | |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Estelle was already there! It came in at #134, and was given to 119 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1996–1997, when fewer than 32 girls a year got the name.
Where Estelle is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- New Hampshire#236 · 1 in 759
- Wisconsin#326 · 1 in 1,266
- Minnesota#344 · 1 in 1,342
- Pennsylvania#360 · 1 in 1,556
- Michigan#364 · 1 in 1,489
Best ever in a state: #47 in New Hampshire, 1929.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Hampshire | #236 | 5 | 1 in 759 |
| Wisconsin | #326 | 16 | 1 in 1,266 |
| Minnesota | #344 | 16 | 1 in 1,342 |
| Pennsylvania | #360 | 30 | 1 in 1,556 |
| Michigan | #364 | 24 | 1 in 1,489 |
| Massachusetts | #417 | 13 | 1 in 1,849 |
| Colorado | #428 | 13 | 1 in 1,794 |
| Ohio | #430 | 26 | 1 in 1,818 |
| Nevada | #433 | 6 | 1 in 1,534 |
| Missouri | #442 | 13 | 1 in 1,869 |
| Indiana | #444 | 15 | 1 in 1,861 |
| Kansas | #445 | 7 | 1 in 1,687 |
| Washington | #452 | 15 | 1 in 1,924 |
| Virginia | #465 | 17 | 1 in 1,985 |
| Louisiana | #477 | 9 | 1 in 1,819 |
| New York | #481 | 35 | 1 in 2,238 |
| Oregon | #483 | 7 | 1 in 1,865 |
| Connecticut | #540 | 5 | 1 in 2,301 |
| Illinois | #541 | 18 | 1 in 2,463 |
| Florida | #555 | 32 | 1 in 2,711 |
| Kentucky | #570 | 7 | 1 in 2,464 |
| Utah | #605 | 6 | 1 in 2,846 |
| California | #607 | 52 | 1 in 3,110 |
| Maryland | #651 | 7 | 1 in 2,855 |
| Tennessee | #707 | 10 | 1 in 3,207 |
| Texas | #726 | 41 | 1 in 3,916 |
| Arizona | #818 | 7 | 1 in 4,031 |
| New Jersey | #846 | 8 | 1 in 4,438 |
| Georgia | #984 | 9 | 1 in 5,023 |
| North Carolina | #1,057 | 8 | 1 in 5,810 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
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| Vermont | — | — | — |
| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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 Estelle
Momentum · girls
Rising
- 226 spots since 2020 (#799 → #573)
- Biggest jump: 246 spots in 2012
- Biggest drop: 200 spots in 1962
Rise & fade · girls
31 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1911 at #106 (864 births)
- Births halved by 1937, 26 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 97 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 97 yrs · run 1880–1961
Share of babies · girls
1 in 484
- Highest: 1 in 484 girls born in 1911 were named Estelle (0.21%)
- Latest: 1 in 3,073 girls born in 2025 (0.03%)
Era · girls
The 1910s
- 24.5% of all girls named Estelle (13,807) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 1,841 | #126 (1881) | #133 |
| 1890s | 3,485 | #115 (1897) | #129 |
| 1900s | 5,259 | #107 (1908) | #121 |
| 1910s | 13,807 | #106 (1911) | #120 |
| 1920s | 12,279 | #158 (1920) | #178 |
| 1930s | 5,704 | #209 (1930) | #265 |
| 1940s | 3,225 | #324 (1940) | #414 |
| 1950s | 1,930 | #536 (1951) | #685 |
| 1960s | 1,077 | #832 (1960) | #1,057 |
| 1970s | 589 | #1,329 (1973) | #1,700 |
| 1980s | 454 | #1,848 (1981) | #2,316 |
| 1990s | 393 | #2,471 (1999) | #3,107 |
| 2000s | 966 | #1,463 (2009) | #2,023 |
| 2010s | 2,893 | #789 (2019) | #954 |
| 2020s | 2,508 | #573 (2025) | #699 |
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.
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