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Estella

Girl's name · #509 in the US (2025) · Comeback

Popularity over time

Estella was #106 in 1883, slipped to #2631 by 1997, and has climbed back to #509 today. Roughly 43,000 girls have been named Estella since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Across the states

See where Estella is more common.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 39 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

See how Estella ranks in other countries and regions.

#1,483 in Austria (2025) · #2,052 in Switzerland (2025) · #2,325 in England & Wales (2025) · #997 in Canada (2024).

Famous Estellas

• Estella Warren — Canadian actress, model, and synchronized swimmer
• Estella Agsteribbe — Dutch gymnast (1909–1943)
• Estella Blain — French actress and singer (1930–1982)
• Estella Canziani — British portrait and landscape painter, an interior decorator and a travel writer and folklorist (1887–1964)
• Estella Hijmans-Hertzveld — Dutch author, feminist (1837–1881)

In stories & tradition

• Estella — Great Expectations (book)

What Estellas become

Among 51 notable people named Estella:

No single standout — notable Estellas spread across many fields.

Spellings & nicknames

Together with its spelling variant Estela (#1624), Estella would rank around #437 with about 710 births last year — the newborns split about 82/18 between Estella and Estela.

Similar names: Estelle · Nellie · Ester · Della · Louisa · Luella

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