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 #1,541 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
30times a registrar ranked it
59years 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 · 1996–2024

View as table

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

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 2024.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1966–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

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 recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1541 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
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	91	5 of 10	18

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

See the names England and Waleshas 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.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1966 to 2024. 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
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.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1966 and 2024, ranked in 30 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, 18y
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, 29y
Michaella · #380, 30y
Rosina · #380, 33y

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, 14y
Rosina · #380, 33y

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.

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 2,573 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 Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3151 and #2286 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #1846 and #5493.
Kai Compare
In 2009 they stood at #2759 and #2326 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #2392 and #5707.
Siobhán Compare
In 2017 they stood at #1911 and #1817 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #1393 and #4684.
Denise Compare
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 Compare
In 2018 they stood at #1393 and #1436 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #3151 and #1063.
Eabha Compare
In 2018 they stood at #1393 and #2674 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #3151 and #2458.
Blake Compare
In 2014 they stood at #1411 and #2203 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #1783 and #1240.
Ezra Compare
In 2016 they stood at #1327 and #1689 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #1911 and #1411.

Moved the opposite way to Estella

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Estella went from #3795 to #1541 while Abigail went from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Estella went from #3795 to #1541 while Aimee went from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Estella went from #3795 to #1541 while Aisling went from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Estella went from #3795 to #1541 while Alex went from #161 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Estella

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Estella went from #3795 to #1541 and Ada from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Estella went from #3795 to #1541 and Alma from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Estella went from #3795 to #1541 and Alyssa from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Estella went from #3795 to #1541 and Amalie from #2096 to #1128.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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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 1966 to 2024. 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

What the record shows

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

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Estella and the names beside it

Estella moved ahead of

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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

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