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Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Estelle

Gender

Female

Origin

French
Star

Syllables

2

Themes

  • Celestial
  • Nature
  • Star/Planet

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Estelle

Pronunciation

e-stelle, es-telle

Famous People

Actress Estelle Getty, Actress Estelle Harris, Musician Estelle, Princess Estelle of Sweden

Celebrity Babies

Daughter of Prince Daniel and Princess Victoria of Sweden

More about the name

Estelle is a female name of Occitan origin, and means star.
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 1925 (rank #2313, 13 births); most recent 1943 (rank #3539, 5 births)
  • Girls: peak in 1915 (rank #117, 1,784 births); most recent 2025 (rank #573, 523 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
2025–523
2024–462
2023–398
2022–405
2021–380
2020–340
2019–351
2018–325
2017–348
2016–343

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 2001 (rank #475, 64 births); most recent 2025 (rank #951, 37 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearGirls
202537
202435
202343
202231
202135
202030
201933
201837
201730
201646

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 1973 (rank #35, 2,916 births); most recent 2023 (rank #502, 100 births)
Births by year in France
YearGirls
2023100
2022111
2021131
2020156
2019159
2018195
2017212
2016244
2015261
2014282

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 2013 (rank #590, 6 births); most recent 2025 (rank #692, 4 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearGirls
20254
20243
20233
20223
20214
20204
2019–
20183
20173
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 Scotland

  • Girls: peak in 2016 (rank #453, 7 births); most recent 2021 (rank #792, 3 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearGirls
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
20213
20203
2019–
2018–
2017–
20167

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

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Girls: peak in 2022 (rank #286, 12 births); most recent 2023 (rank #399, 8 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearGirls
20238
202212
20219
202010
201910
2018–
20179
201611
20158
20145

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