Starla

#5,099 for girls in 2025, 25 births

Peak · girls
1966 · 196 births
Debut · girls
8 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
8,231
since 1942

Starla over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Starla has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201960peak #698, 1966girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#5,09925
2024#3,75840
2023#3,27449
2022#3,27849
2021#3,73540
2020#3,45044
2019#3,00254
2018#3,91837
2017#2,96455
2016#3,92338
2015#3,21151
2014#2,84360
2013#2,43974
2012#2,44975
2011#2,23884
2010#2,45176
2009#2,82662
2008#2,44178
2007#2,85863
2006#2,55571
2005#2,55367
2004#2,17582
2003#2,57762
2002#1,95590
2001#2,17175
2000#1,93887
1999#1,78689
1998#1,88381
1997#1,84580
1996#2,04168
1995#2,02867
1994#2,32356
1993#1,89874
1992#1,92872
1991#1,85776
1990#1,82878
1989#1,311120
1988#1,196126
1987#1,329103
1986#1,233111
1985#1,133127
1984#969149
1983#1,041134
1982#919164
1981#756218
1980#700243
1979#885171
1978#842176
1977#884162
1976#1,098110
1975#1,043114
1974#1,042114
1973#911135
1972#949128
1971#1,010123
1970#803172
1969#845150
1968#855143
1967#800156
1966#698196
1965#708193
1964#752191
1963#728198
1962#721204
1961#750192
1960#736190
1959#785168
1958#878134
1957#878135
1956#908122
1955#961106
1954#859122
1953#1,07181
1952#1,14768
1951#1,23956
1950#1,30249
1949#1,66632
1948#1,62133
1947#1,86327
1946#2,48215
1945#2,45813
1944#3,3788
1943#2,69512
1942#3,4448
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First appearance
1942

The first year at least five girls were named Starla! It came in at #3,444, and was given to 8 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1942–1944, when fewer than 13 girls a year got the name.

Where Starla is popular in 1960

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Starla, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Starla, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Starla, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Starla, so not publishedNHWashington: #490 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,712 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Starla, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Starla, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Starla, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Starla, so not publishedMNIllinois: #956 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 17,936 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Starla, so not publishedWIMichigan: #716 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 12,615 girlsMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Starla, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Starla, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Starla, so not publishedRIOregon: #393 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,234 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Starla, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Starla, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: #205 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,010 girlsSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Starla, so not publishedIAIndiana: #611 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 8,396 girlsINOhio: #738 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 13,148 girlsOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Starla, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Starla, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Starla, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #807 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 10,790 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Starla, so not publishedUTColorado: #418 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,257 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Starla, so not publishedNEMissouri: #520 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 6,394 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Starla, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Starla, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Starla, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Starla, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Starla, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Starla, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Starla, so not publishedNMKansas: #328 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,335 girlsKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Starla, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Starla, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Starla, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Starla, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Starla, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #364 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,621 girlsOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Starla, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Starla, so not publishedMSAlabama: #301 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 2,042 girlsALGeorgia: #610 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 7,423 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Starla, so not publishedHITexas: #471 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 3,780 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Starla, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. South Dakota#205 · 1 in 1,010
  2. Alabama#301 · 1 in 2,042
  3. Kansas#328 · 1 in 2,335
  4. Oklahoma#364 · 1 in 2,621
  5. Oregon#393 · 1 in 3,234

Best ever in a state: #136 in Nevada, 1962.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
South Dakota#20571 in 1,010
Alabama#301171 in 2,042
Kansas#32891 in 2,335
Oklahoma#36481 in 2,621
Oregon#39351 in 3,234
Colorado#41861 in 3,257
Texas#471301 in 3,780
Washington#49061 in 4,712
Missouri#52071 in 6,394
Georgia#61061 in 7,423
Indiana#61161 in 8,396
Michigan#71671 in 12,615
Ohio#73881 in 13,148
California#807161 in 10,790
Illinois#95661 in 17,936
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Starla
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 1,341 spots since 2024 (#3,758 → #5,099)
  • 1,649 spots since 2020 (#3,450 → #5,099)
  • 1,888 spots since 2015 (#3,211 → #5,099)
  • Biggest jump: 214 spots in 1977 (#1,098 → #884)
  • Biggest drop: 207 spots in 1971 (#803 → #1,010)
Rise & fade · girls
24 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1942
  • Peaked 1966 at #698 (196 births)
  • Births halved by 1990, 24 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 26 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 26 yrs · run 1954–1970
Share of babies · girls
1 in 6,833
  • Highest: 1 in 6,833 girls born in 1980 were named Starla (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 64,291 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #698 in 1966, was only 1 in 8,634 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1960s
  • 22.0% of all girls named Starla (1,813) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1940s148#1,621 (1948)#2,451
1950s1,041#785 (1959)#1,003
1960s1,813#698 (1966)#759
1970s1,405#803 (1970)#947
1980s1,495#700 (1980)#1,059
1990s741#1,786 (1999)#1,942
2000s737#1,938 (2000)#2,405
2010s604#2,238 (2011)#2,944
2020s247#3,274 (2023)#3,766

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Starla in 1960

girls
#736
190 births · 1 in 10,642 girls

Top girls' names in 1960

  1. #1Mary51,472
  2. #2Susan39,208
  3. #3Linda37,316
  4. #4Karen36,378
  5. #5Donna34,138
  6. #6Lisa33,693
  7. #7Patricia32,113
  8. #8Debra26,732
  9. #9Cynthia26,706
  10. #10Deborah25,266
  11. #736Starla190
More about 1960

girls

2,021,941 girls got a published name in 1960; 1 in 10,642 of them was named Starla, which outranked 90.0% of the 7,332 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Starla
  1. #733Delphine191
  2. #733Pennie191
  3. #733Shelli191
  4. #736Starla190
  5. #736Karrie190
  6. #736Kathrine190
  7. #736Maribeth190
  8. #740Cari189
  9. #740Elva189
  10. #740Elvira189

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1959
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,798Lisha#2,395 → #597
  2. ↑ 1,223Elana#2,108 → #885
  3. ↑ 667Leisha#1,537 → #870
  4. ↑ 513Misty#1,214 → #701
  5. ↑ 462Loriann#1,396 → #934
Fallers
  1. ↓ 421Taryn#771 → #1,192
  2. ↓ 335Cheryll#993 → #1,328
  3. ↓ 305Marilynn#724 → #1,029
  4. ↓ 304Drema#997 → #1,301
  5. ↓ 258Merrie#978 → #1,236

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1960 →