Estella vs Estephanie

Babies given each name, 1880–2025

Estella Estephanie

Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.

Who was ahead

Of the 146 years in which either name was published, Estella for 137 years and Estephanie for 9 years. The lead changed hands 6 times.

• 1880–1989 Estella ahead
• 1990–1992 Estephanie ahead
• 1993 Estella ahead
• 1994–1997 Estephanie ahead
• 1998 Estella ahead
• 1999–2000 Estephanie ahead
• 2001–2025 Estella ahead

Side by side

A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.

Which name is older

Half of the Estellas alive today are over 45; half the Estephanies are over 25. That is 20 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.

Where each one is strongest

• Estella Mississippi (4.5×), New Mexico (3.4×), Texas (2.5×)
• Estephanie California (5.2×), Texas (3.9×), Arizona (1.3×)

How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.

Compare something else

Related comparisons

• Estella vs Esther
• Estella vs Estelle
• Estella vs Esteban
• Estella vs Ester
• Estella vs Estrella
• Estella vs Estela
• Estephanie vs Esther
• Estephanie vs Estelle