Estela

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Estela: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Estela: Recorded since 2004, it reached #758 in 2010, and it stood at #4,709 in 2023.

2registrars recorded it
16times a registrar ranked it
20years from first to last
#758highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 2004–2023

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2004	#3197
2007	#5201
2009	#5556
2010	#2235
2011	#3549
2012	#2717
2013	#3160
2015	#2945
2016	#3609
2017	#5765
2020	#5493
2022	#4645
2023	#4709

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 13 of the 20 years from 2004 to 2023.

In 2017: #873 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #5765 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 2004–2023 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2004
First recorded at #3197 among girls in England and Wales in 2004 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2010–2019
Highest recorded position: #758 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2010 (recorded 2010–2019).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2023
Most recently recorded at #4709 among girls in England and Wales, in 2023.
England and Wales · Girls

Estela appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 13 years beginning in 2004, and has registered 72 births with the name.

Estela across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Estela's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#3197 (2004)	#2235 (2010)	#4709 (2023)	13 of 20	72 (2004–2023)	11 (2010)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#758 (2010)	#758 (2010)	#871 (2019)	3 of 10	10 (2010–2019)	4 (2010)

Estela by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Estela in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	11	3 of 10	4
2010sbusiest	50	7 of 10	7
2020s	11	3 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 7 years of it this list covers, averaging 7 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Estela appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 2004 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #758 in Republic of Ireland in 2010.

Estela's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2023	England and Wales	female	#4709	4	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#4645	4	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#5493	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#5765	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#3609	6	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2945	8	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#3160	7	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2717	9	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#3549	6	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2235	11	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#5556	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#5201	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3197	5	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#871	3	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#873	3	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#758	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 2004 and 2023, ranked in 14 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #758, first reached in 2010.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 11 births, registered in England and Wales in 2010.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2010, and 6 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
5 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
6separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
2 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#4,709position in 2023, its most recent recorded year
6 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 6 to 10 years →
11births registered in its largest year, 2010Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Esta · #2096, 27y
Estee · #2499, 18y
Estella · #380, 30y
Estelle · #391, 42y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Alexie · #758, 19y
Blanca · #758, 19y
Dannii · #758, 18y
Keita · #758, 14y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Blanca · #758, 19y
Emili · #758, 21y
Enrika · #758, 8y
Keita · #758, 14y

Estela was ranked #758 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2010. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Estela and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Estela without appearing here.

Estela moved ahead of

Finlay Compare
In 2009 they stood at #5556 and #4564 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #2235 and #5707.
Kristy Compare
In 2009 they stood at #5556 and #5556 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #2235 and #4688.
Belinda Compare
In 2015 they stood at #2945 and #2945 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #3609 and #5785.
Cheryl Compare
In 2021 they stood at #5493 and #5493 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #4645 and #5669.

Moved ahead of Estela

Harper Compare
In 2006 they stood at #3197 and #3725 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2007 that had become #5201 and #1573.
Eabha Compare
In 2016 they stood at #3609 and #4096 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #5765 and #2201.
Rory Compare
In 2016 they stood at #2945 and #5730 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #5765 and #2706.
Arlo Compare
In 2016 they stood at #3609 and #4096 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #5765 and #3583.

Moved the opposite way to Estela

Ada Compare
Between 2004 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Estela went from #3197 to #4709 while Ada went from #1617 to #37.
Alma Compare
Between 2004 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Estela went from #3197 to #4709 while Alma went from #1535 to #228.
Amelia Compare
Between 2004 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Estela went from #3197 to #4709 while Amelia went from #18 to #2.
Aria Compare
Between 2004 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Estela went from #3197 to #4709 while Aria went from #1715 to #31.

Moved the same way as Estela

Abigail Compare
Between 2004 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Estela went from #3197 to #4709 and Abigail from #19 to #134.
Aimee Compare
Between 2004 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Estela went from #3197 to #4709 and Aimee from #47 to #1206.
Aisling Compare
Between 2004 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Estela went from #3197 to #4709 and Aisling from #866 to #2504.
Alex Compare
Between 2004 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Estela went from #3197 to #4709 and Alex from #199 to #2504.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 2004 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #758 in Republic of Ireland in 2010. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Estela

Estela at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Estela across 2 official records

Estela by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Estela appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

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Estela moved ahead of

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Estela at a glance

Estela across 2 official records

Estela by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Estela appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Names published alongside Estela

Estela and the names beside it

Estela moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Estela

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