first name
ESTELLE
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 13,982 people named Estelle, 66.6% reported their origin as White, 17.8% as Black and 7.4% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are female (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Estelle peaked in 1915, when 1,793 babies got the name.
At least 56,569 babies have been given the name since 1880. 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.
Estelle by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1900s, when it ranked #166. The largest share of babies named Estelle, 51.1%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.
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 Estelle is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Estelle has been most common in Rhode Island (2.6×), South Carolina (2.5×), and New York (2.4×), and least common in Arizona (0.1×).
41,338 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 Estelle
Spelled almost the same
6 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Estelle, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Estelle ranks #17,113 of 156,621, with 1,620 people. See Estelle as a last name
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