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Girl's name · #1624 in the US (2025) · 2020s wave
Estela reached its best rank, #745, in 1932 and ranked #1624 in 2025. Roughly 9,100 girls have been named Estela since 1903.
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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 5 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
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#178 in Puerto Rico (2025) · #269 in Mexico (2024) · #1,162 in Ecuador (2025) · #2,442 in Austria (2025) · #3,044 in Canada (2025) · #11,248 in Italy (2024) · #4,559 in France (2024) · #4,710 in England & Wales (2023) · #871 in Ireland (2019) · #1,887 in Sweden (2016) · #588 in Slovakia (2013) · #99 in Spain (2008).
Among 148 notable people named Estela:
Artists & writers appear 1.32× more often than among typical names — e.g. Estela Canto, Argentine writer, journalist, and translator (1915–1994).
Together with its spelling variant Estella (#509), Estela would rank around #437 with about 710 births last year — the newborns split about 82/18 between Estella and Estela.
Similar names: Estella · Glory · Ester · Noella · Evangelina · Manuela
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