Estela
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- es-TEL-a
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #1,622 for girls
Estela is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “star”. In 2025 it ranked 1,622nd for girls in the US (128 babies).
What does Estela mean?
Latin: Spanish and Portuguese form of Stella
“star”
Stella comes from Latin stella, 'star'; Stella Maris, 'star of the sea', is a title of the Virgin Mary.
Is Estela a girl's or a boy's name?
Estela is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 128 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Estela in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2010, with 11 girls.
Half of all the girls named Estela in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Estela in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 7 | #3,389 |
| 2015 | 8 | #3,114 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2012 | 9 | #2,887 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,737 |
| 2010 | 11 | #2,379 |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #3,356 |
How popular is Estela in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,622among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 128about 1 in 13,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 22% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 128 girls in the US were named Estela, making it the 1,622nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,965th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 134 girls. It first appears in the records in 1903.
Half of all the girls named Estela in the US since 1880 were born between 1951 and 2001, the years shaded on the chart below.
Estela in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 128 | #1,622 |
| 2024 | 115 | #1,753 |
| 2023 | 133 | #1,581 |
| 2022 | 134 | #1,583 |
| 2021 | 112 | #1,801 |
| 2020 | 96 | #1,965 |
| 2019 | 126 | #1,668 |
| 2018 | 87 | #2,159 |
| 2017 | 95 | #2,053 |
| 2016 | 73 | #2,479 |
| 2015 | 96 | #2,039 |
| 2014 | 76 | #2,391 |
| 2013 | 68 | #2,597 |
| 2012 | 88 | #2,145 |
| 2011 | 88 | #2,156 |
| 2010 | 75 | #2,476 |
| 2009 | 81 | #2,374 |
| 2008 | 84 | #2,318 |
| 2007 | 86 | #2,257 |
| 2006 | 73 | #2,512 |
| 2005 | 74 | #2,375 |
| 2004 | 82 | #2,172 |
| 2003 | 89 | #2,018 |
| 2002 | 83 | #2,061 |
| 2001 | 89 | #1,937 |
| 2000 | 98 | #1,772 |
| 1999 | 88 | #1,801 |
| 1998 | 89 | #1,760 |
| 1997 | 99 | #1,604 |
| 1996 | 97 | #1,597 |
| 1995 | 86 | #1,698 |
| 1994 | 80 | #1,793 |
| 1993 | 92 | #1,637 |
| 1992 | 92 | #1,639 |
| 1991 | 96 | #1,578 |
| 1990 | 120 | #1,330 |
| 1989 | 86 | #1,611 |
| 1988 | 81 | #1,599 |
| 1987 | 83 | #1,530 |
| 1986 | 80 | #1,525 |
| 1985 | 78 | #1,551 |
| 1984 | 79 | #1,459 |
| 1983 | 83 | #1,411 |
| 1982 | 94 | #1,325 |
| 1981 | 105 | #1,239 |
| 1980 | 100 | #1,276 |
| 1979 | 114 | #1,161 |
| 1978 | 80 | #1,434 |
| 1977 | 95 | #1,257 |
| 1976 | 106 | #1,122 |
| 1975 | 81 | #1,332 |
| 1974 | 102 | #1,133 |
| 1973 | 92 | #1,175 |
| 1972 | 93 | #1,161 |
| 1971 | 89 | #1,244 |
| 1970 | 77 | #1,354 |
| 1969 | 79 | #1,259 |
| 1968 | 82 | #1,196 |
| 1967 | 89 | #1,103 |
| 1966 | 63 | #1,385 |
| 1965 | 90 | #1,109 |
| 1964 | 91 | #1,153 |
| 1963 | 81 | #1,218 |
| 1962 | 79 | #1,234 |
| 1961 | 74 | #1,287 |
| 1960 | 74 | #1,279 |
| 1959 | 97 | #1,078 |
| 1958 | 99 | #1,050 |
| 1957 | 95 | #1,066 |
| 1956 | 81 | #1,150 |
| 1955 | 118 | #901 |
| 1954 | 100 | #968 |
| 1953 | 94 | #987 |
| 1952 | 121 | #830 |
| 1951 | 93 | #960 |
| 1950 | 109 | #841 |
| 1949 | 124 | #775 |
| 1948 | 92 | #906 |
| 1947 | 61 | #1,149 |
| 1946 | 86 | #896 |
| 1945 | 62 | #979 |
| 1944 | 78 | #862 |
| 1943 | 62 | #1,006 |
| 1942 | 54 | #1,065 |
| 1941 | 53 | #1,006 |
| 1940 | 48 | #1,035 |
| 1939 | 70 | #824 |
| 1938 | 60 | #914 |
| 1937 | 55 | #929 |
| 1936 | 67 | #818 |
| 1935 | 50 | #974 |
| 1934 | 80 | #746 |
| 1933 | 59 | #878 |
| 1932 | 82 | #745 |
| 1931 | 70 | #812 |
| 1930 | 68 | #867 |
| 1929 | 78 | #798 |
| 1928 | 73 | #845 |
| 1927 | 72 | #874 |
| 1926 | 63 | #942 |
| 1925 | 67 | #905 |
| 1924 | 40 | #1,258 |
| 1923 | 47 | #1,111 |
| 1922 | 37 | #1,285 |
| 1921 | 51 | #1,057 |
| 1920 | 40 | #1,206 |
| 1919 | 31 | #1,393 |
| 1918 | 34 | #1,299 |
| 1917 | 37 | #1,183 |
| 1916 | 15 | #2,133 |
| 1915 | 24 | #1,475 |
| 1914 | 13 | #1,896 |
| 1913 | 16 | #1,465 |
| 1912 | 8 | #2,143 |
| 1911 | 11 | #1,450 |
| 1910 | 6 | #2,140 |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 5 | #2,060 |
| 1906 | 6 | #1,727 |
| 1905 | 6 | #1,695 |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 11 | #1,076 |
Names like Estela
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aurora Elena Athena Emilia Alba Fatima Francesca Olivia Diana Elisa Emily Lucia
Names related to Estela
More Latin names
Oliver Leo Roman Florence Mabel Luna Nora Rosie Max Nova Lucy Julian Clara Anthony Austin Felix
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Estela: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/estela, updated 20 October 2026.