Girl name#502 of girl names
Estelle
Pronounced EH0 S T EH1 L (ARPABET)
- 2 syllables
- Peaked 1915
- 145 years in use
How popular is Estelle?
Estelle is a girls' name, and has been in the record since the data starts in 1880. It has been given to 56,046 children — the 502nd most common girls' name on record.
It peaked in 1915, went quiet for most of a century, and is climbing again. Its best single year was 1915, when 1,784 children were given it.
Characteristics
- 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- EH0 S T EH1 L
- Stress pattern:
- 01
- Syllables:
- 2
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Estelle
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Estelle
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Estelle?
- Estelle ranks 502nd among girls' names in US records, with 56,046 births since 1880. Over the past decade it accounts for 3,696.
- Is Estelle a unisex name?
- No. Estelle is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Estelle most popular?
- 1915, when 1,784 children were given the name. It has been in use for 145 years and is still recorded as of 2024.