Estelle

Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Meaning

Estelle is a female name of Occitan origin, and means star. Saint Estelle was a martyr who purportedly lived in Aquitania in the third century AD, although the earliest references to her date from the Middle Ages.

From Wikipedia

Estelle first appears in the data in 1880 and has been recorded in 145 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1915 with 1,784 babies (rank #117 that year). In 2024 it was given to 462 girls (rank #636). The name has been rising over the last five years.

Numerology of Estelle

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Estelle yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

6Destiny numberThe carerNurturing, responsible, family at the centre.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
6Soul urgeThe carerNurturing, responsible, family at the centre.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
9PersonalityThe humanitarianIdealistic, compassionate, thinks in big-picture terms.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

56,046

Total babies (all years)

145

Years in the data

1,784

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

Famous people named Estelle

Estelle Harrisvoice actor · b. 1928
Estelle Parsonsfilm actor · b. 1927
Estelle Gettyfilm actor · b. 1923
Estelle Reinerfilm actor · b. 1914
Estellemodel · b. 1980

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1880	119	#134
1881	127	#126
1882	133	#135
1883	151	#132
1884	182	#132
1885	183	#135
1886	216	#129
1887	170	#147
1888	274	#130
1889	286	#129
1890	277	#134
1891	254	#140
1892	295	#140
1893	335	#126
1894	326	#135
1895	381	#124
1896	392	#121
1897	439	#115
1898	410	#128
1899	376	#129
1900	556	#118
1901	382	#133
1902	472	#121
1903	402	#136
1904	464	#128
1905	510	#124
1906	520	#120
1907	609	#110
1908	675	#107
1909	669	#108
1910	749	#112
1911	864	#106
1912	1,053	#111
1913	1,129	#112
1914	1,432	#112
1915	1,784	#117
1916	1,772	#122
1917	1,704	#129
1918	1,702	#139
1919	1,618	#141
1920	1,460	#158
1921	1,436	#161
1922	1,331	#168
1923	1,191	#183
1924	1,266	#180
1925	1,240	#176
1926	1,113	#186
1927	1,239	#173
1928	1,094	#187
1929	909	#205
1930	872	#209
1931	764	#218
1932	747	#223
1933	521	#267
1934	581	#260
1935	529	#266
1936	476	#276
1937	398	#311
1938	455	#293
1939	361	#331
1940	385	#324
1941	355	#348
1942	363	#371
1943	370	#373
1944	307	#412
1945	277	#429
1946	295	#451
1947	324	#454
1948	303	#459
1949	246	#524
1950	240	#537
1951	244	#536
1952	221	#583
1953	231	#582
1954	195	#659
1955	185	#689
1956	158	#787
1957	160	#799
1958	144	#850
1959	152	#832
1960	153	#834
1961	154	#860
1962	104	#1,062
1963	125	#944
1964	112	#1,017
1965	106	#1,016
1966	95	#1,078
1967	75	#1,232
1968	72	#1,302
1969	81	#1,245
1970	66	#1,507
1971	73	#1,429
1972	69	#1,417
1973	76	#1,330
1974	56	#1,655
1975	55	#1,715
1976	41	#2,109
1977	52	#1,907
1978	45	#2,096
1979	56	#1,882
1980	53	#1,987
1981	59	#1,853
1982	47	#2,157
1983	41	#2,321
1984	40	#2,392
1985	28	#3,183
1986	44	#2,308
1987	47	#2,285
1988	46	#2,377
1989	50	#2,346
1990	35	#3,176
1991	43	#2,750
1992	29	#3,706
1993	44	#2,735
1994	37	#3,119
1995	41	#2,891
1996	27	#3,972
1997	31	#3,652
1998	48	#2,771
1999	58	#2,480
2000	63	#2,438
2001	73	#2,222
2002	69	#2,336
2003	70	#2,377
2004	103	#1,837
2005	118	#1,683
2006	96	#2,054
2007	106	#1,944
2008	109	#1,933
2009	159	#1,464
2010	158	#1,438
2011	199	#1,205
2012	265	#962
2013	258	#975
2014	301	#905
2015	344	#815
2016	343	#836
2017	348	#790
2018	325	#834
2019	351	#789
2020	340	#799
2021	380	#750
2022	405	#723
2023	398	#710
2024	462	#636