first name
ESTELA
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 23,239 people named Estela, 92.9% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 4.4% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 2% as White. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Estela peaked in 2022, when 134 babies got the name.
At least 9,147 babies have been given the name since 1903. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Estela by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1930s, when it ranked #1,556. The largest share of babies named Estela, 19.3%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Estela is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Estela has been most common in Texas (6.6×), California (4×), and Illinois (0.68×), and least common in New York (0.11×).
6,954 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Estela
Spelled almost the same
4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Estela, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Estela ranks #29,616 of 156,621, with 849 people. See Estela as a last name
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