Estelle vs Estephanie
American parents have registered 56,569 Estelles since 1880, against 1,845 Estephanies. Estelle is still ahead, with 523 babies in 2025.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Estelle 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, Estelle for 133 years and Estephanie for 13 years. The lead changed hands 4 times.
- 1880–1989 Estelle ahead
- 1990–2000 Estephanie ahead
- 2001 Estelle ahead
- 2002–2003 Estephanie ahead
- 2004–2025 Estelle ahead
Side by side
| Estelle | Estephanie | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 56,569 | 1,845 |
| Most in one year | 1,793 | 96 |
| Babies in 2025 | 523 | 6 |
| Estimated living today | 14,000 | 1,800 |
| Median age today | 37 | 25 |
| Peak year | 1915 | 2003 |
| Best rank | 117th girls | 1,896th girls |
| Rank in 2025 | 573rd | 13,208th |
| First recorded | 1880 | 1983 |
| Girls / boys | 56,410 / 159 | 1,845 / 0 |
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 Estelles alive today are over 37; half the Estephanies are over 25. That is 12 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
Where each one is strongest
- Estelle Rhode Island (2.6×), South Carolina (2.5×), New York (2.4×)
- 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.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Estelle and Estephanie.