Estella
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- e-STEL-a
- Origin
- Latin
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,344 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #509 for girls
Estella is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “star”. In 2025 it ranked 2,344th for girls in the UK (12 babies) and 509th for girls in the US (581 babies).
What does Estella mean?
Latin: Latinate form of Estelle, from stella
“star”
Charles Dickens gave the name to the cold-hearted heroine of Great Expectations.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Estella a girl's or a boy's name?
Estella is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 girls in the UK and 581 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Estella in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,344among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 23,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 11% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 12 girls in the UK were named Estella, making it the 2,344th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,948th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 28 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Estella than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Estella in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,276th in England and Wales.
Estella in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #2,344 |
| 2024 | 20 | #1,592 |
| 2023 | 19 | #1,666 |
| 2022 | 21 | #1,527 |
| 2021 | 18 | #1,726 |
| 2020 | 15 | #1,948 |
| 2019 | 8 | #3,018 |
| 2018 | 23 | #1,468 |
| 2017 | 15 | #2,011 |
| 2016 | 26 | #1,361 |
| 2015 | 17 | #1,813 |
| 2014 | 22 | #1,494 |
| 2013 | 16 | #1,874 |
| 2012 | 28 | #1,259 |
| 2011 | 15 | #1,917 |
| 2010 | 11 | #2,379 |
| 2009 | 8 | #2,909 |
| 2008 | 15 | #1,840 |
| 2007 | 20 | #1,421 |
| 2006 | 13 | #1,860 |
| 2005 | 15 | #1,608 |
| 2004 | 14 | #1,634 |
| 2003 | 9 | #2,109 |
| 2002 | 13 | #1,553 |
| 2001 | 18 | #1,204 |
| 2000 | 17 | #1,230 |
| 1999 | 15 | #1,347 |
| 1998 | 7 | #2,304 |
| 1997 | 9 | #1,927 |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
How popular is Estella in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #509among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 581about 1 in 2,800 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 53% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 581 girls in the US were named Estella, making it the 509th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 731st. Its busiest year was 1921, with 638 girls.
Half of all the girls named Estella in the US since 1880 were born between 1915 and 1967. It was already well used in 1880, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Estella in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 581 | #509 |
| 2024 | 609 | #502 |
| 2023 | 489 | #610 |
| 2022 | 633 | #499 |
| 2021 | 452 | #659 |
| 2020 | 375 | #731 |
| 2019 | 354 | #784 |
| 2018 | 370 | #747 |
| 2017 | 352 | #779 |
| 2016 | 307 | #905 |
| 2015 | 317 | #877 |
| 2014 | 280 | #956 |
| 2013 | 289 | #889 |
| 2012 | 300 | #884 |
| 2011 | 234 | #1,054 |
| 2010 | 250 | #1,004 |
| 2009 | 225 | #1,121 |
| 2008 | 206 | #1,227 |
| 2007 | 201 | #1,233 |
| 2006 | 178 | #1,314 |
| 2005 | 196 | #1,173 |
| 2004 | 204 | #1,117 |
| 2003 | 113 | #1,686 |
| 2002 | 98 | #1,819 |
| 2001 | 69 | #2,300 |
| 2000 | 67 | #2,302 |
| 1999 | 63 | #2,340 |
| 1998 | 66 | #2,161 |
| 1997 | 48 | #2,619 |
| 1996 | 67 | #2,056 |
| 1995 | 50 | #2,511 |
| 1994 | 57 | #2,290 |
| 1993 | 65 | #2,085 |
| 1992 | 73 | #1,903 |
| 1991 | 71 | #1,952 |
| 1990 | 57 | #2,229 |
| 1989 | 62 | #2,022 |
| 1988 | 69 | #1,800 |
| 1987 | 71 | #1,698 |
| 1986 | 68 | #1,716 |
| 1985 | 75 | #1,587 |
| 1984 | 75 | #1,511 |
| 1983 | 84 | #1,400 |
| 1982 | 90 | #1,363 |
| 1981 | 106 | #1,227 |
| 1980 | 100 | #1,276 |
| 1979 | 115 | #1,154 |
| 1978 | 101 | #1,231 |
| 1977 | 120 | #1,079 |
| 1976 | 103 | #1,139 |
| 1975 | 114 | #1,043 |
| 1974 | 125 | #979 |
| 1973 | 142 | #882 |
| 1972 | 101 | #1,105 |
| 1971 | 129 | #980 |
| 1970 | 150 | #884 |
| 1969 | 136 | #907 |
| 1968 | 169 | #767 |
| 1967 | 174 | #743 |
| 1966 | 189 | #713 |
| 1965 | 189 | #720 |
| 1964 | 215 | #707 |
| 1963 | 226 | #670 |
| 1962 | 223 | #689 |
| 1961 | 277 | #605 |
| 1960 | 285 | #587 |
| 1959 | 274 | #600 |
| 1958 | 292 | #583 |
| 1957 | 286 | #571 |
| 1956 | 355 | #496 |
| 1955 | 310 | #522 |
| 1954 | 364 | #461 |
| 1953 | 376 | #442 |
| 1952 | 386 | #436 |
| 1951 | 341 | #446 |
| 1950 | 396 | #400 |
| 1949 | 428 | #377 |
| 1948 | 399 | #400 |
| 1947 | 432 | #384 |
| 1946 | 371 | #394 |
| 1945 | 351 | #376 |
| 1944 | 334 | #385 |
| 1943 | 368 | #376 |
| 1942 | 357 | #376 |
| 1941 | 333 | #369 |
| 1940 | 358 | #337 |
| 1939 | 370 | #324 |
| 1938 | 333 | #352 |
| 1937 | 348 | #336 |
| 1936 | 356 | #328 |
| 1935 | 366 | #330 |
| 1934 | 371 | #324 |
| 1933 | 407 | #304 |
| 1932 | 444 | #299 |
| 1931 | 453 | #295 |
| 1930 | 460 | #310 |
| 1929 | 516 | #284 |
| 1928 | 535 | #282 |
| 1927 | 546 | #286 |
| 1926 | 577 | #277 |
| 1925 | 606 | #270 |
| 1924 | 583 | #269 |
| 1923 | 564 | #272 |
| 1922 | 616 | #261 |
| 1921 | 638 | #261 |
| 1920 | 616 | #264 |
| 1919 | 572 | #266 |
| 1918 | 597 | #257 |
| 1917 | 615 | #252 |
| 1916 | 595 | #248 |
| 1915 | 599 | #242 |
| 1914 | 514 | #237 |
| 1913 | 465 | #222 |
| 1912 | 394 | #227 |
| 1911 | 364 | #194 |
| 1910 | 377 | #181 |
| 1909 | 318 | #187 |
| 1908 | 317 | #180 |
| 1907 | 309 | #181 |
| 1906 | 271 | #184 |
| 1905 | 275 | #181 |
| 1904 | 344 | #158 |
| 1903 | 305 | #162 |
| 1902 | 283 | #168 |
| 1901 | 281 | #162 |
| 1900 | 365 | #159 |
| 1899 | 288 | #157 |
| 1898 | 319 | #159 |
| 1897 | 317 | #147 |
| 1896 | 363 | #133 |
| 1895 | 304 | #146 |
| 1894 | 335 | #128 |
| 1893 | 329 | #129 |
| 1892 | 332 | #129 |
| 1891 | 267 | #133 |
| 1890 | 320 | #122 |
| 1889 | 288 | #128 |
| 1888 | 303 | #121 |
| 1887 | 260 | #117 |
| 1886 | 246 | #118 |
| 1885 | 246 | #110 |
| 1884 | 222 | #116 |
| 1883 | 233 | #106 |
| 1882 | 198 | #110 |
| 1881 | 163 | #111 |
| 1880 | 162 | #111 |
Nicknames for Estella
- Stella 144 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Estella
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Names related to Estella
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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, “Estella: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/estella, updated 20 October 2026.