Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Estella

Gender

Female

Origin

Latin
Star
Spanish

Syllables

3

Themes

  • Celestial
  • Exotic
  • Nature
  • Star/Planet

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Estella

Pronunciation

e-stella, es-tella

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 1935 (rank #2948, 7 births); most recent 1966 (rank #3936, 5 births)
  • Girls: peak in 1921 (rank #261, 637 births); most recent 2025 (rank #509, 581 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
2025–581
2024–608
2023–488
2022–633
2021–452
2020–374
2019–354
2018–370
2017–352
2016–307

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Girls: peak in 2012 (rank #1210, 27 births); most recent 2025 (rank #2277, 12 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearGirls
202512
202420
202318
202221
202117
202015
20197
201823
201715
201625

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Girls: peak in 1969 (rank #692, 19 births); most recent 2023 (rank #2569, 10 births)
Births by year in France
YearGirls
202310
202210
20215
20206
20194
20183
20177
20163
20155
20148

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Girls: peak in 1966 (rank #380, 3 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearGirls
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Girls: peak in 2021 (rank #397, 9 births); most recent 2022 (rank #484, 7 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearGirls
2023–
20227
20219
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–
2015–
20146

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence