Estrella
- Pronunciation
- [Es-tre-lla]
- Gender
- Female
- Meaning
- Star
- Origin
- Spanish
About the Name Estrella
Estrella is the Spanish word for "star," derived through Old Spanish from the Latin stella — the same root that gives English its words stellar, constellation, and interstellar. As a given name it belongs to a long and richly documented Romance-language tradition of celestial naming in which the sky, and stars in particular, symbolize divine guidance, beauty, and the eternal. The name also carries Marian devotional resonance through the title Nuestra Señora Estrella del Mar (Our Lady, Star of the Sea), one of the oldest Marian appellations, connecting Estrella to the same Catholic naming tradition that gave rise to other Spanish devotional names. The double-l in the Spanish spelling produces the characteristic y-like sound of Castilian, giving the name a distinctive phonetic texture.
Estrella appears in the US Social Security top-1000 from 2000 and reached its peak rank of #296 in 2005. Far from fading, the name has experienced a striking recent revival: #673 in 2022, #683 in 2023, and an impressive #619 in 2024 — its strongest showing in nearly two decades and a clear indication of growing momentum. Over its tracked run, approximately 13,090 babies received the name in top-1000 years. Recorded variants include Estrela and Estrellita.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration name data, 1880–2024 (methodology). By Marvin Tang.
Quick Facts About Estrella
US Popularity History (2000–2025)
Annual US births named Estrella by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2005 with 1,105 girls named Estrella (girl rank #296 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2025, ranked #612 for girls (477 US births). That's 316 places below its 2005 peak.
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Estrella Most Popular?
Average girl-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's girls-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Estrella the strongest states are New Mexico, Nebraska, California.
Strongest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Mexico | #158 | 98 |
| 2 | Nebraska | #365 | 26 |
| 3 | California | #422 | 794 |
| 4 | Arizona | #478 | 141 |
| 5 | Nevada | #491 | 29 |
| 6 | Texas | #542 | 557 |
| 7 | Utah | #555 | 30 |
| 8 | Oregon | #592 | 25 |
| 9 | Colorado | #644 | 79 |
| 10 | Alabama | #659 | 37 |
Weakest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Virginia | #970 | 21 |
| 2 | Michigan | #928 | 24 |
| 3 | New Jersey | #920 | 38 |
| 4 | Georgia | #859 | 94 |
| 5 | Indiana | #784 | 40 |
| 6 | Florida | #776 | 125 |
| 7 | Tennessee | #770 | 55 |
| 8 | North Carolina | #766 | 88 |
| 9 | Maryland | #755 | 42 |
| 10 | Illinois | #748 | 114 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Estrella in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
Variant Forms
| Name | Meaning | Gender | Origin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Estrela | Star | Female | Hebrew |
| Estrellita | Star. | Female | Spanish |
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Compare Estrella to Other Popular Names
Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Estrella against today's most popular girls-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).
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