Estrella
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- es-TREH-ya
- Origin
- Spanish
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #612 for girls
Estrella is a girls' name of Spanish origin, meaning “star”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 612th for girls in the US (477 babies).
What does Estrella mean?
Spanish: Spanish word, from Latin stella
“star”
Estrella is the Spanish word for star, from Latin stella.
Is Estrella a girl's or a boy's name?
Estrella is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 477 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Estrella in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,990th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Estrella, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2006, with 4 girls.
2025 had more girls named Estrella than any year since 2018.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Estrella in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 1 | #7,717 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 1 | #5,353 |
How popular is Estrella in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 612th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 477 about 1 in 3,400 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 35% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 477 girls in the US were named Estrella, making it the 612th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 739th. Its busiest year was 2005, with 1,105 girls. It first appears in the records in 1914.
Half of all the girls named Estrella in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Estrella in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 477 | #612 |
| 2024 | 481 | #619 |
| 2023 | 427 | #683 |
| 2022 | 433 | #673 |
| 2021 | 389 | #732 |
| 2020 | 370 | #739 |
| 2019 | 346 | #799 |
| 2018 | 312 | #870 |
| 2017 | 284 | #931 |
| 2016 | 351 | #813 |
| 2015 | 355 | #794 |
| 2014 | 328 | #843 |
| 2013 | 435 | #655 |
| 2012 | 521 | #564 |
| 2011 | 726 | #433 |
| 2010 | 746 | #422 |
| 2009 | 768 | #415 |
| 2008 | 801 | #403 |
| 2007 | 821 | #396 |
| 2006 | 1,057 | #313 |
| 2005 | 1,105 | #296 |
| 2004 | 458 | #605 |
| 2003 | 534 | #530 |
| 2002 | 355 | #704 |
| 2001 | 349 | #708 |
| 2000 | 339 | #694 |
| 1999 | 303 | #738 |
| 1998 | 348 | #662 |
| 1997 | 257 | #808 |
| 1996 | 153 | #1,182 |
| 1995 | 138 | #1,232 |
| 1994 | 121 | #1,365 |
| 1993 | 143 | #1,209 |
| 1992 | 131 | #1,291 |
| 1991 | 122 | #1,339 |
| 1990 | 94 | #1,590 |
| 1989 | 84 | #1,635 |
| 1988 | 88 | #1,520 |
| 1987 | 60 | #1,898 |
| 1986 | 59 | #1,889 |
| 1985 | 69 | #1,679 |
| 1984 | 97 | #1,284 |
| 1983 | 95 | #1,283 |
| 1982 | 65 | #1,720 |
| 1981 | 58 | #1,867 |
| 1980 | 62 | #1,766 |
| 1979 | 54 | #1,917 |
| 1978 | 39 | #2,305 |
| 1977 | 44 | #2,124 |
| 1976 | 32 | #2,486 |
| 1975 | 23 | #3,052 |
| 1974 | 38 | #2,133 |
| 1973 | 21 | #3,121 |
| 1972 | 17 | #3,543 |
| 1971 | 18 | #3,507 |
| 1970 | 23 | #2,938 |
| 1969 | 12 | #4,197 |
| 1968 | 9 | #4,778 |
| 1967 | 14 | #3,483 |
| 1966 | 12 | #3,739 |
| 1965 | 14 | #3,401 |
| 1964 | 13 | #3,691 |
| 1963 | 9 | #4,538 |
| 1962 | 13 | #3,591 |
| 1961 | 13 | #3,607 |
| 1960 | 11 | #3,919 |
| 1959 | 13 | #3,435 |
| 1958 | 9 | #4,192 |
| 1957 | 15 | #3,032 |
| 1956 | 15 | #3,047 |
| 1955 | 6 | #5,207 |
| 1954 | 13 | #3,156 |
| 1953 | 15 | #2,811 |
| 1952 | 10 | #3,551 |
| 1951 | 6 | #4,832 |
| 1950 | 14 | #2,780 |
| 1949 | 6 | #4,672 |
| 1948 | 7 | #4,203 |
| 1947 | 6 | #4,762 |
| 1946 | 5 | #4,958 |
| 1945 | 6 | #4,023 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 8 | #3,442 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 8 | #3,206 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,699 |
| 1935 | 6 | #3,740 |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 5 | #4,409 |
| 1931 | 7 | #3,495 |
| 1930 | 9 | #3,053 |
| 1929 | 8 | #3,392 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 5 | #4,849 |
| 1925 | 5 | #4,971 |
| 1924 | 7 | #4,000 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 5 | #5,007 |
| 1921 | 11 | #2,940 |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 6 | #4,289 |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 8 | #3,133 |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,617 |
Names like Estrella
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Fatima, Eliana, Athena, Sienna, Elena, Elora, Aria, Zara, Ava, Mia, Isabella, Alina
More Spanish names
Santiago, Lola, Xavier, Amaya, Alaia, Diego, Rio, Cruz, Elian, Jesus, Ximena, Javier, Esmeralda, Amayah, Reina, Cesar
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, “Estrella: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/estrella, updated 20 October 2026.