Estelle

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Estelle: Recorded since 1969, it reached #391 in 1977, and it stood at #718 in 2025.

2registrars recorded it
61times a registrar ranked it
57years from first to last
#391highest recorded position
14groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#661
1997	#705
1998	#483
1999	#498
2000	#465
2001	#475
2002	#585
2003	#516
2004	#519
2005	#609
2006	#586
2007	#774
2008	#767
2009	#771
2010	#1013
2011	#1015
2012	#825
2013	#959
2014	#715
2015	#891
2016	#822
2017	#1144
2018	#972
2019	#1039
2020	#1100
2021	#983
2022	#1081
2023	#832
2024	#1007

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 Republic of Ireland in 32 of the 57 years from 1969 to 2025.

In 2024: #898 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #1007 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1969–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1969
First recorded at #443 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1969 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1969–2025
Highest recorded position: #391 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1977 (recorded 1969–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #718 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Estelle appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 32 years beginning in 1969, and has registered 112 births with the name.

Estelle 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.

Estelle'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
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#443 (1969)	#391 (1977)	#718 (2025)	32 of 57	112 (1969–2025)	6 (1977)
England and Wales · Girls	#661 (1996)	#465 (2000)	#1007 (2024)	29 of 29	1,298 (1996–2024)	64 (2000)

Estelle by decade in Republic of Ireland · 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 Estelle in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	3	1 of 10	3
1970sbusiest	27	7 of 10	4
1980s	9	3 of 10	3
1990s	11	3 of 10	4
2000s	16	5 of 10	3
2010s	25	7 of 10	4
2020s	21	6 of 10	4

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1970s were its busiest decade — the 7 years of it this list covers, averaging 4 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Estelle 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 1969 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #391 in Republic of Ireland in 1977.

Estelle'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	#1007	35	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#832	43	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1081	31	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#983	35	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1100	30	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1039	33	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#972	37	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1144	30	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#822	46	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#891	41	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#715	55	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#959	38	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#825	46	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1015	34	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1013	33	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#771	46	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#767	45	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#774	42	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#586	58	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#609	52	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#519	63	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#516	62	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#585	48	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#475	64	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#465	64	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#498	58	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#483	59	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#705	34	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#661	36	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#718	4	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#898	3	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#856	3	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#905	3	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#764	4	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#700	4	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#896	3	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#873	3	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#896	3	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#876	3	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#587	6	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#907	3	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#758	4	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#742	4	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#862	3	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#842	3	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#677	3	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#606	3	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#528	3	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#498	3	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	female	#423	5	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#529	3	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#533	3	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#542	3	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#523	3	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#522	3	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#391	6	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#455	4	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#490	3	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#417	4	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#396	4	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#443	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 1969 and 2025, ranked in 42 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #391, first reached in 1977.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 64 births, registered in England and Wales in 2000.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 7 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 27 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.

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Ester · #134, 77y

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.

Rona · #389, 44y
Rena · #385, 37y
Omid · #383, 47y
Hodan · #368, 39y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

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

Odette · #391, 28y
Caterina · #393, 30y
Eibhlis · #393, 10y
Eveleen · #393, 22y

Estelle was ranked #391 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1977. 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.

Estelle 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 Estelle without appearing here.

Estelle moved ahead of

Jenny Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1100 and #1100 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #983 and #2499.
Christine Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1081 and #1081 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #832 and #1640.
Katrina Compare
In 2015 they stood at #891 and #891 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #822 and #1525.
Jane Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1081 and #1023 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #832 and #1469.

Moved ahead of Estelle

Fiadh Compare
In 2019 they stood at #1039 and #1063 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #1100 and #460.
Mina Compare
In 2009 they stood at #771 and #865 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #1013 and #623.
Rita Compare
In 2023 they stood at #832 and #851 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #1007 and #625.
Riley Compare
In 2014 they stood at #715 and #763 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #891 and #539.

Moved the opposite way to Estelle

Abigail Compare
Between 1969 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Estelle went from #443 to #718 while Abigail went from #303 to #115.
Alexandra Compare
Between 1969 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Estelle went from #443 to #718 while Alexandra went from #303 to #141.
Alice Compare
Between 1969 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Estelle went from #443 to #718 while Alice went from #103 to #41.
Amy Compare
Between 1969 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Estelle went from #443 to #718 while Amy went from #322 to #138.

Moved the same way as Estelle

Audrey Compare
Between 1969 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Estelle went from #443 to #718 and Audrey from #53 to #885.
Eileen Compare
Between 1969 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Estelle went from #443 to #718 and Eileen from #26 to #443.
Julia Compare
Between 1969 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Estelle went from #443 to #718 and Julia from #68 to #118.
Margaret Compare
Between 1969 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Estelle went from #443 to #718 and Margaret from #3 to #135.

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 1969 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #391 in Republic of Ireland in 1977. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Estelle

Estelle at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Estelle across 2 official records

Estelle by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Estelle appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Estelle

Estelle and the names beside it

Estelle moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Estelle

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Moved the same way as Estelle

Estelle at a glance

Estelle across 2 official records

Estelle by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Estelle 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 Estelle

Estelle and the names beside it

Estelle moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Estelle

Moved the opposite way to Estelle

Moved the same way as Estelle