Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Esthela isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1952. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Esthela through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 407
- 0 boys · 407 girls
- Most popular year
- 2002
- 18 babies
- 2025
- 12
- #8,523 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +32%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 12 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 8,523 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 18 in 2002. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,842 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Esthela’s family of names
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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If you love Esthela, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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