Estrellita
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- es-treh-YEE-tah
- Origin
- Spanish
- US rank, 2025
- #10,104 for girls
Estrellita is a girls' name of Spanish origin, meaning “little star”. In 2025 it ranked 10,104th for girls in the US (9 babies).
What does Estrellita mean?
Spanish: Spanish diminutive of estrella 'star'
“little star”
Estrellita is also a much-loved Mexican song by the composer Manuel Ponce.
Is Estrellita a girl's or a boy's name?
Estrellita is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Estrellita in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,104among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 180,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 42% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the US were named Estrellita, making it the 10,104th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 11,085th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 35 girls. It first appears in the records in 1941.
2025 had fewer girls named Estrellita than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Estrellita in the US since 1880 were born between 1978 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
Estrellita in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #10,104 |
| 2024 | 20 | #5,959 |
| 2023 | 15 | #7,242 |
| 2022 | 14 | #7,626 |
| 2021 | 18 | #6,409 |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,085 |
| 2019 | 12 | #8,592 |
| 2018 | 11 | #9,146 |
| 2017 | 14 | #7,836 |
| 2016 | 16 | #7,227 |
| 2015 | 15 | #7,610 |
| 2014 | 13 | #8,480 |
| 2013 | 16 | #7,368 |
| 2012 | 22 | #5,892 |
| 2011 | 18 | #6,852 |
| 2010 | 14 | #8,267 |
| 2009 | 16 | #7,676 |
| 2008 | 29 | #5,011 |
| 2007 | 34 | #4,379 |
| 2006 | 35 | #4,164 |
| 2005 | 25 | #5,109 |
| 2004 | 18 | #6,484 |
| 2003 | 26 | #4,799 |
| 2002 | 24 | #4,902 |
| 2001 | 16 | #6,614 |
| 2000 | 24 | #4,786 |
| 1999 | 14 | #6,830 |
| 1998 | 16 | #6,068 |
| 1997 | 33 | #3,445 |
| 1996 | 7 | #10,562 |
| 1995 | 19 | #5,014 |
| 1994 | 24 | #4,233 |
| 1993 | 34 | #3,285 |
| 1992 | 25 | #4,082 |
| 1991 | 9 | #8,580 |
| 1990 | 9 | #8,495 |
| 1989 | 21 | #4,352 |
| 1988 | 15 | #5,316 |
| 1987 | 13 | #5,608 |
| 1986 | 18 | #4,344 |
| 1985 | 21 | #3,851 |
| 1984 | 9 | #6,808 |
| 1983 | 9 | #6,703 |
| 1982 | 14 | #4,943 |
| 1981 | 19 | #4,004 |
| 1980 | 24 | #3,411 |
| 1979 | 23 | #3,442 |
| 1978 | 14 | #4,679 |
| 1977 | 13 | #4,941 |
| 1976 | 10 | #5,599 |
| 1975 | 15 | #4,139 |
| 1974 | 6 | #7,678 |
| 1973 | 5 | #8,421 |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,290 |
| 1971 | 8 | #6,004 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 5 | #7,469 |
| 1968 | 6 | #6,244 |
| 1967 | 12 | #3,844 |
| 1966 | 7 | #5,272 |
| 1965 | 6 | #5,816 |
| 1964 | 9 | #4,635 |
| 1963 | 7 | #5,295 |
| 1962 | 7 | #5,292 |
| 1961 | 10 | #4,238 |
| 1960 | 10 | #4,183 |
| 1959 | 5 | #6,244 |
| 1958 | 10 | #3,924 |
| 1957 | 11 | #3,695 |
| 1956 | 10 | #3,909 |
| 1955 | 13 | #3,224 |
| 1954 | 12 | #3,324 |
| 1953 | 9 | #3,954 |
| 1952 | 9 | #3,795 |
| 1951 | 12 | #3,105 |
| 1950 | 7 | #4,313 |
| 1949 | 9 | #3,611 |
| 1948 | 10 | #3,349 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 6 | #4,416 |
| 1945 | 5 | #4,554 |
| 1944 | 5 | #4,572 |
| 1943 | 7 | #3,800 |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 6 | #3,952 |
Nicknames for Estrellita
- Estrella 3 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Estrellita
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Esmeralda Ariana Eliana Sierra Xiomara Victoria Ximena Mariana Alejandra Juliana Luciana Viviana
More Spanish names
Santiago Lola Xavier Amaya Alaia Diego Rio Cruz Elian Jesus Javier Amayah Reina Cesar Paloma Amaia
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, “Estrellita: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/estrellita, updated 20 October 2026.