Starling

Where Starling comes from

The dictionaries list Starling as a given name — a male given name transferred from the surname — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

Along the way
  1. 1770
    Starling Tucker born
    American politician
  2. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #909 among boys — 5 babies in the first year on record.
  3. 1908
    Peak, #744
    13 babies named Starling — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1910
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,421.
  5. 1988
    Starling Marte born
    baseball player
  6. 2024
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Starling Marte · baseball player, born 1988
  • Starling Tucker · American politician, 1770–1834

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.