Estelle
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- e-STEL
- Origin
- Latin
- UK rank, 2025
- #996 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #573 for girls
Estelle is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “star”. In 2025 it ranked 996th for girls in the UK (37 babies) and 573rd for girls in the US (523 babies).
What does Estelle mean?
Latin: Latin stella, via Old French
“star”
From the Old French form of Latin stella, star.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Estelle a girl's or a boy's name?
Estelle is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 37 girls in the UK and 523 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Estelle in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #996among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 37about 1 in 7,500 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 9% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 37 girls in the UK were named Estelle, making it the 996th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,089th. Its busiest year was 2000, with 70 girls.
Half of all the girls named Estelle in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2016. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 951st in England and Wales.
Estelle in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 37 | #996 |
| 2024 | 35 | #1,046 |
| 2023 | 44 | #875 |
| 2022 | 32 | #1,118 |
| 2021 | 38 | #993 |
| 2020 | 33 | #1,089 |
| 2019 | 35 | #1,058 |
| 2018 | 38 | #1,011 |
| 2017 | 31 | #1,186 |
| 2016 | 53 | #803 |
| 2015 | 43 | #915 |
| 2014 | 60 | #712 |
| 2013 | 40 | #987 |
| 2012 | 50 | #831 |
| 2011 | 36 | #1,039 |
| 2010 | 33 | #1,080 |
| 2009 | 49 | #797 |
| 2008 | 50 | #764 |
| 2007 | 47 | #768 |
| 2006 | 60 | #615 |
| 2005 | 58 | #622 |
| 2004 | 67 | #532 |
| 2003 | 64 | #543 |
| 2002 | 53 | #600 |
| 2001 | 66 | #496 |
| 2000 | 70 | #477 |
| 1999 | 60 | #531 |
| 1998 | 59 | #533 |
| 1997 | 36 | #748 |
| 1996 | 39 | #674 |
How popular is Estelle in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #573among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 523about 1 in 3,100 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 36% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 523 girls in the US were named Estelle, making it the 573rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 799th. Its busiest year was 1915, with 1,784 girls.
2025 had more girls named Estelle than any year since 1935.
Half of all the girls named Estelle in the US since 1880 were born between 1913 and 1939, the years shaded on the chart below.
Estelle in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 523 | #573 |
| 2024 | 462 | #641 |
| 2023 | 398 | #710 |
| 2022 | 405 | #723 |
| 2021 | 380 | #750 |
| 2020 | 340 | #799 |
| 2019 | 351 | #789 |
| 2018 | 326 | #833 |
| 2017 | 348 | #789 |
| 2016 | 343 | #837 |
| 2015 | 344 | #815 |
| 2014 | 301 | #905 |
| 2013 | 258 | #974 |
| 2012 | 265 | #958 |
| 2011 | 199 | #1,204 |
| 2010 | 158 | #1,438 |
| 2009 | 159 | #1,463 |
| 2008 | 109 | #1,927 |
| 2007 | 106 | #1,940 |
| 2006 | 96 | #2,050 |
| 2005 | 118 | #1,680 |
| 2004 | 103 | #1,834 |
| 2003 | 70 | #2,365 |
| 2002 | 69 | #2,328 |
| 2001 | 73 | #2,207 |
| 2000 | 63 | #2,422 |
| 1999 | 58 | #2,468 |
| 1998 | 48 | #2,753 |
| 1997 | 31 | #3,623 |
| 1996 | 27 | #3,937 |
| 1995 | 41 | #2,875 |
| 1994 | 37 | #3,093 |
| 1993 | 44 | #2,720 |
| 1992 | 29 | #3,674 |
| 1991 | 43 | #2,732 |
| 1990 | 35 | #3,151 |
| 1989 | 50 | #2,333 |
| 1988 | 46 | #2,364 |
| 1987 | 47 | #2,274 |
| 1986 | 44 | #2,299 |
| 1985 | 28 | #3,169 |
| 1984 | 40 | #2,381 |
| 1983 | 41 | #2,309 |
| 1982 | 47 | #2,150 |
| 1981 | 59 | #1,848 |
| 1980 | 52 | #2,014 |
| 1979 | 56 | #1,874 |
| 1978 | 45 | #2,092 |
| 1977 | 52 | #1,901 |
| 1976 | 41 | #2,099 |
| 1975 | 55 | #1,713 |
| 1974 | 56 | #1,646 |
| 1973 | 76 | #1,329 |
| 1972 | 69 | #1,414 |
| 1971 | 73 | #1,427 |
| 1970 | 66 | #1,505 |
| 1969 | 81 | #1,242 |
| 1968 | 72 | #1,301 |
| 1967 | 75 | #1,227 |
| 1966 | 95 | #1,078 |
| 1965 | 106 | #1,013 |
| 1964 | 112 | #1,016 |
| 1963 | 125 | #944 |
| 1962 | 104 | #1,058 |
| 1961 | 154 | #858 |
| 1960 | 153 | #832 |
| 1959 | 152 | #832 |
| 1958 | 144 | #849 |
| 1957 | 160 | #797 |
| 1956 | 158 | #785 |
| 1955 | 185 | #687 |
| 1954 | 195 | #655 |
| 1953 | 231 | #581 |
| 1952 | 221 | #582 |
| 1951 | 244 | #535 |
| 1950 | 240 | #536 |
| 1949 | 246 | #523 |
| 1948 | 303 | #459 |
| 1947 | 324 | #454 |
| 1946 | 295 | #451 |
| 1945 | 277 | #429 |
| 1944 | 307 | #410 |
| 1943 | 370 | #373 |
| 1942 | 363 | #370 |
| 1941 | 355 | #348 |
| 1940 | 385 | #324 |
| 1939 | 361 | #331 |
| 1938 | 455 | #293 |
| 1937 | 398 | #311 |
| 1936 | 476 | #276 |
| 1935 | 529 | #266 |
| 1934 | 581 | #260 |
| 1933 | 521 | #267 |
| 1932 | 747 | #223 |
| 1931 | 764 | #218 |
| 1930 | 872 | #209 |
| 1929 | 909 | #205 |
| 1928 | 1,094 | #187 |
| 1927 | 1,239 | #173 |
| 1926 | 1,113 | #186 |
| 1925 | 1,240 | #176 |
| 1924 | 1,266 | #180 |
| 1923 | 1,191 | #183 |
| 1922 | 1,331 | #168 |
| 1921 | 1,436 | #161 |
| 1920 | 1,460 | #158 |
| 1919 | 1,618 | #141 |
| 1918 | 1,702 | #139 |
| 1917 | 1,704 | #129 |
| 1916 | 1,772 | #122 |
| 1915 | 1,784 | #117 |
| 1914 | 1,432 | #112 |
| 1913 | 1,129 | #112 |
| 1912 | 1,053 | #111 |
| 1911 | 864 | #106 |
| 1910 | 749 | #112 |
| 1909 | 669 | #108 |
| 1908 | 675 | #107 |
| 1907 | 609 | #110 |
| 1906 | 520 | #120 |
| 1905 | 510 | #124 |
| 1904 | 464 | #128 |
| 1903 | 402 | #136 |
| 1902 | 472 | #121 |
| 1901 | 382 | #133 |
| 1900 | 556 | #118 |
| 1899 | 376 | #129 |
| 1898 | 410 | #128 |
| 1897 | 439 | #115 |
| 1896 | 392 | #121 |
| 1895 | 381 | #124 |
| 1894 | 326 | #135 |
| 1893 | 335 | #126 |
| 1892 | 295 | #140 |
| 1891 | 254 | #140 |
| 1890 | 277 | #134 |
| 1889 | 286 | #129 |
| 1888 | 274 | #130 |
| 1887 | 170 | #147 |
| 1886 | 216 | #129 |
| 1885 | 183 | #135 |
| 1884 | 182 | #132 |
| 1883 | 151 | #132 |
| 1882 | 133 | #135 |
| 1881 | 127 | #126 |
| 1880 | 119 | #134 |
Nicknames for Estelle
- Stella 144 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Estelle
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Names related to Estelle
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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, “Estelle: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/estelle, updated 20 October 2026.