Esthela
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- es-TEH-lah
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #8,360 for girls
Esthela is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “star”. In 2025 it ranked 8,360th for girls in the US (12 babies).
What does Esthela mean?
Latin: Spanish variant of Estela
“star”
A Latin American spelling of Estela, the Spanish form of Stella, from Latin stella 'star'.
Is Esthela a girl's or a boy's name?
Esthela is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Esthela in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,360among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 130,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 12 girls in the US were named Esthela, making it the 8,360th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 13,448th. Its busiest year was 2002, with 18 girls. It first appears in the records in 1952.
Half of all the girls named Esthela in the US since 1880 were born between 1991 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Esthela in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #8,360 |
| 2024 | 17 | #6,639 |
| 2023 | 11 | #8,984 |
| 2022 | 10 | #9,674 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,350 |
| 2018 | 10 | #9,801 |
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 9 | #11,454 |
| 2008 | 13 | #8,961 |
| 2007 | 13 | #9,003 |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,147 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 14 | #7,575 |
| 2002 | 18 | #6,124 |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
| 2000 | 15 | #6,802 |
| 1999 | 11 | #8,216 |
| 1998 | 14 | #6,714 |
| 1997 | 15 | #6,158 |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 7 | #10,563 |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
| 1991 | 12 | #6,969 |
| 1990 | 11 | #7,297 |
| 1989 | 9 | #8,031 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 10 | #6,783 |
| 1986 | 6 | #9,540 |
| 1985 | 5 | #10,672 |
| 1984 | 9 | #6,808 |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,272 |
| 1982 | 7 | #8,222 |
| 1981 | 9 | #6,802 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,208 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 6 | #8,154 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 5 | #5,951 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 5 | #5,751 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 5 | #5,561 |
Names like Esthela
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Camila Estrella Serena Eliana Paulina Elora Luna Eliza Liana Luciana Alora Viviana
Names related to Esthela
More Latin names
Oliver Olivia Leo Roman Aurora Emily Florence Mabel Nora Rosie Emilia Max Nova Lucy Julian Clara
Sources
Figures from 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, “Esthela: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/esthela, updated 20 October 2026.