Estela
Meaning
“Spanish form of Estelle, Latin for 'star'”
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Estela peaked in the 1990s and the 2020s in nearly equal measure.
Popularity in Brazil
43,560 people · the #622 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 4,673 · median age 21
Among people named Estela living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 2010s than in any other decade.
The census also counted 6,912 born between 2020 and August 2022, too recent a span to chart.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
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