Estella

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Estella: Recorded since 1966, with a gap of 29 years, its highest recorded position is #380, and it stood at #2,278 in 2025.

2registrars recorded it
31times a registrar ranked it
60years from first to last
#380highest recorded position
10groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Estella's record

Absent from every published list for 29 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2025

How to read this chart

A rank is a position in one registrar's list for one year.
Ranks from different countries are separate scales, so compare shapes, not numbers.
A rise in rank can be a small change in births, especially far down a list.

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3795
1997	#1802
1998	#2165
1999	#1261
2000	#1139
2001	#1170
2002	#1530
2003	#1996
2004	#1715
2005	#1690
2006	#1748
2007	#1443
2008	#1718
2009	#2759
2010	#2392
2011	#1903
2012	#1210
2013	#1774
2014	#1411
2015	#1783
2016	#1327
2017	#1911
2018	#1393
2019	#3151
2020	#1846
2021	#1692
2022	#1452
2023	#1640
2024	#1541
2025	#2278

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

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2025.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1966–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Year-by-year storyFirst recorded, most recent, each country and each decade

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #3795 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #2278 among girls in England and Wales, in 2025.
England and Wales · Girls

Estella 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 Estella in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	34	4 of 10	9
2000s	134	10 of 10	13
2010sbusiest	175	10 of 10	18
2020s	103	6 of 10	17

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 18 births a year.

See the names England and Wales has recorded the most births with →

Estella appears in

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

Full data tableEvery published rank and count

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1966 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #380 in Republic of Ireland in 1966.

Estella'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
2025	England and Wales	female	#2278	12	High	Verified
2024	England and Wales	female	#1541	20	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1640	18	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1452	21	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1692	17	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1846	15	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#3151	7	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1393	23	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1911	15	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1327	25	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1783	16	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1411	22	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1774	16	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1210	27	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1903	14	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2392	10	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2759	8	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1718	15	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1443	18	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1748	13	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1690	13	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1715	12	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1996	9	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1530	12	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1170	17	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1139	17	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1261	15	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2165	7	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1802	9	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3795	3	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	female	#380	3	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.

Where Estella is officially recorded

2 official registrars have recorded Estella, between 1966 and 2025, in 31 of those 60 years. Each registrar publishes for its own population on its own methodology, so the positions below are each one country's own ranking and are not comparable with one another.

Each mark is a year the registrar recorded the name; the diamond is that registrar's highest position. Gaps can mean a year was not published, not that the name went unused.

Registrar	Recorded	Years	Its own highest position
Republic of Ireland	1966	1	#380 in 1966
England and Wales	1996–2025	30	#1139 in 2000

Its high point came 34 years earlier in Republic of Ireland (1966) than in England and Wales (2000).

No registrar recorded it for 29 years after 1966; it appears again in 1996.

Names measured beside itNeighbours, comparisons, related names and shared trajectories

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1966 and 2025, ranked in 31 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #380, first reached in 1966.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 27 births, registered in England and Wales in 2012.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 29 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 30 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.

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.

Estee · #2499, 19y
Estela · #758, 14y
Estelle · #391, 42y
Esten · #378, 18y

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.

Agatha · #380, 33y
Elysia · #380, 30y
Michaella · #380, 31y
Rosina · #380, 34y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Adrianne · #380, 18y
Agatha · #380, 33y
Lenora · #380, 15y
Rosina · #380, 34y

Estella was ranked #380 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1966. 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.

Adrianne#380
Aedin#380
Agatha#380
Angelique#380

Estella 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 2,576 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Estella without appearing here.

Estella moved ahead of

Cheryl
In 2019 they stood at #3151 and #2286 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #1846 and #5493.
Kai
In 2009 they stood at #2759 and #2326 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #2392 and #5707.
Siobhán
In 2017 they stood at #1911 and #1817 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #1393 and #4684.
Denise
In 2019 they stood at #3151 and #2040 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #1846 and #4535.

Moved ahead of Estella

Fiadh
In 2018 they stood at #1393 and #1436 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #3151 and #1063.
Rory
In 2024 they stood at #1541 and #1603 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2025 that had become #2278 and #1271.
Eabha
In 2018 they stood at #1393 and #2674 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #3151 and #2458.
Blake
In 2014 they stood at #1411 and #2203 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #1783 and #1240.

Moved the opposite way to Estella

Donna
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Estella went from #3795 to #1541 while Donna went from #441 to #5891.
Evan
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Estella went from #3795 to #1541 while Evan went from #2096 to #5891.
Jeanette
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Estella went from #3795 to #1541 while Jeanette went from #1914 to #5891.
Kari
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Estella went from #3795 to #1541 while Kari went from #2683 to #5891.

Moved the same way as Estella

Maren
Between 2002 and 2025 in England and Wales · Girls, Estella went from #1530 to #2278 and Maren from #4137 to #5927.

What is known about Estella

How to read this

How often it is registered: Official record; 2 official registrars, 1966–2025.
Meaning: Not established; Not researched yet.
Origin: Not established; Not researched yet.
Pronunciation: Not established; Not recorded yet.

A claim marked not established does not mean the name lacks a meaning or is not widely used — only that Namewise has not 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 1966 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #380 in Republic of Ireland in 1966. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Estella

Estella at a glance

What stands out in Estella's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Estella by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Estella appears in

Popularity data

Where Estella is officially recorded

What the record shows

Where to go next

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Estella

Estella and the names beside it

Estella moved ahead of

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What is known about Estella

Estella at a glance

What stands out in Estella's record

Estella by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Estella appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Estella

Estella and the names beside it

Estella moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Estella

Moved the opposite way to Estella

Moved the same way as Estella