Is Estel a boy or girl name?

Estel is mostly a boy’s name. Of the 2,841 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 16.4% were girls and 83.6% were boys.

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Estel

Recorded 1893–2023 · United States

Estel was most popular in 1921, when 107 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,302 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,841 people named Estel.

Estel over time

Births per year. The dot marks Estel’s peak in 1921. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Estel a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Estel is mostly a boy’s name — 16.4% of the 2,841 Americans given it were girls and 83.6% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Estel

Where Estel is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org