Starr
#2,719 for girls in 2025, 63 births · Last seen for boys in 2005 at #11,472
Given to girls 96.8% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1948 · 164 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 9,843since 1914
Starr over time
Rank among girls' names. Starr has never cracked the top 600 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,719 | 63 | — | |
| 2024 | #2,508 | 71 | — | |
| 2023 | #2,466 | 72 | — | |
| 2022 | #2,103 | 91 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,885 | 105 | — | |
| 2020 | #1,872 | 103 | — | |
| 2019 | #1,566 | 137 | — | |
| 2018 | #2,744 | 62 | — | |
| 2017 | #3,346 | 47 | — | |
| 2016 | #3,010 | 55 | — | |
| 2015 | #2,471 | 73 | — | |
| 2014 | #2,213 | 85 | — | |
| 2013 | #2,064 | 93 | — | |
| 2012 | #1,940 | 101 | — | |
| 2011 | #2,000 | 98 | — | |
| 2010 | #1,658 | 128 | — | |
| 2009 | #1,546 | 146 | — | |
| 2008 | #1,539 | 150 | — | |
| 2007 | #1,635 | 136 | — | |
| 2006 | #1,624 | 131 | — | |
| 2005 | #1,525 | 135 | #11,472 | 5 |
| 2004 | #1,448 | 141 | — | |
| 2003 | #1,297 | 160 | — | |
| 2002 | #1,094 | 194 | — | |
| 2001 | #1,167 | 178 | — | |
| 2000 | #1,049 | 198 | — | |
| 1999 | #986 | 209 | #8,704 | 6 |
| 1998 | #822 | 259 | — | |
| 1997 | #714 | 302 | #9,265 | 5 |
| 1996 | #1,103 | 166 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,614 | 92 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,521 | 102 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,518 | 103 | #7,638 | 6 |
| 1992 | #1,588 | 97 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,248 | 135 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,325 | 122 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,267 | 124 | #6,941 | 6 |
| 1988 | #1,327 | 108 | #5,200 | 8 |
| 1987 | #1,459 | 89 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,327 | 99 | #6,721 | 5 |
| 1985 | #1,207 | 115 | — | |
| 1984 | #997 | 145 | #6,315 | 5 |
| 1983 | #926 | 161 | #4,907 | 7 |
| 1982 | #1,032 | 141 | #5,619 | 6 |
| 1981 | #825 | 191 | #6,262 | 5 |
| 1980 | #772 | 213 | #6,250 | 5 |
| 1979 | #808 | 195 | — | |
| 1978 | #867 | 169 | #4,157 | 8 |
| 1977 | #819 | 183 | #4,582 | 7 |
| 1976 | #971 | 131 | #3,724 | 9 |
| 1975 | #1,035 | 116 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,185 | 94 | #5,227 | 5 |
| 1973 | #1,496 | 63 | — | |
| 1972 | #1,289 | 79 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,534 | 64 | #4,375 | 6 |
| 1970 | #1,464 | 69 | #4,230 | 6 |
| 1969 | #1,250 | 80 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,311 | 71 | #3,673 | 6 |
| 1967 | #1,617 | 49 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,396 | 62 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,274 | 71 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,060 | 105 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,135 | 93 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,054 | 105 | #4,033 | 5 |
| 1961 | #1,023 | 113 | #3,356 | 7 |
| 1960 | #1,043 | 106 | — | |
| 1959 | #988 | 115 | #2,821 | 9 |
| 1958 | #874 | 136 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1957 | #984 | 111 | #3,552 | 6 |
| 1956 | #858 | 135 | #2,969 | 8 |
| 1955 | #1,081 | 87 | — | |
| 1954 | #952 | 103 | — | |
| 1953 | #927 | 104 | #3,425 | 6 |
| 1952 | #946 | 97 | #3,095 | 7 |
| 1951 | #938 | 97 | #3,714 | 5 |
| 1950 | #1,053 | 76 | — | |
| 1949 | #903 | 96 | #3,690 | 5 |
| 1948 | #651 | 164 | #2,608 | 9 |
| 1947 | #791 | 120 | #2,498 | 10 |
| 1946 | #942 | 78 | — | |
| 1945 | #1,279 | 39 | #2,242 | 10 |
| 1944 | #1,315 | 37 | #3,430 | 5 |
| 1943 | #1,342 | 37 | #2,732 | 8 |
| 1942 | #1,300 | 38 | — | |
| 1941 | #1,222 | 38 | #3,133 | 6 |
| 1940 | #2,109 | 15 | #3,459 | 5 |
| 1939 | #2,300 | 13 | #3,113 | 6 |
| 1938 | #1,596 | 23 | #3,175 | 6 |
| 1937 | #1,580 | 23 | — | |
| 1936 | #2,032 | 15 | #3,549 | 5 |
| 1935 | #3,431 | 7 | #2,951 | 7 |
| 1934 | #2,923 | 9 | #3,277 | 6 |
| 1933 | #3,109 | 8 | — | |
| 1932 | #2,490 | 12 | #3,776 | 5 |
| 1931 | #3,497 | 7 | — | |
| 1930 | #4,550 | 5 | — | |
| 1929 | — | #3,559 | 6 | |
| 1928 | — | — | ||
| 1927 | #3,561 | 8 | #3,780 | 6 |
| 1926 | — | — | ||
| 1925 | — | #3,741 | 6 | |
| 1924 | — | — | ||
| 1923 | #3,641 | 8 | #3,822 | 6 |
| 1922 | #2,479 | 14 | — | |
| 1921 | #5,099 | 5 | #4,322 | 5 |
| 1920 | — | #3,815 | 6 | |
| 1919 | #3,452 | 8 | — | |
| 1918 | #4,809 | 5 | #3,096 | 8 |
| 1917 | — | — | ||
| 1916 | — | #3,516 | 6 | |
| 1915 | — | — | ||
| 1914 | #3,188 | 6 | #2,651 | 7 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Starr! It came in at #3,188, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1915–1918, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Starr is popular in 1984
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Indiana#556 · 1 in 5,550
- Arizona#589 · 1 in 4,221
- Michigan#667 · 1 in 7,045
- Pennsylvania#678 · 1 in 7,561
- New Jersey#690 · 1 in 6,522
Best ever in a state: #230 in Maine, 1948.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indiana | #556 | 6 | 1 in 5,550 |
| Arizona | #589 | 5 | 1 in 4,221 |
| Michigan | #667 | 8 | 1 in 7,045 |
| Pennsylvania | #678 | 9 | 1 in 7,561 |
| New Jersey | #690 | 6 | 1 in 6,522 |
| Louisiana | #761 | 5 | 1 in 6,150 |
| New York | #764 | 15 | 1 in 6,958 |
| Ohio | #879 | 6 | 1 in 11,529 |
| Florida | #1,002 | 6 | 1 in 10,278 |
| California | #1,024 | 19 | 1 in 10,137 |
| Texas | #1,145 | 10 | 1 in 13,043 |
| Illinois | #1,211 | 5 | 1 in 14,523 |
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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 Starr
- 211 spots since 2024 (#2,508 → #2,719)
- 847 spots since 2020 (#1,872 → #2,719)
- 248 spots since 2015 (#2,471 → #2,719)
- Biggest jump: 389 spots in 1997 (#1,103 → #714)
- Biggest drop: 252 spots in 1949 (#651 → #903)
- Debuted 1914
- Peaked 1948 at #651 (164 births)
- Births halved by 1950, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 23 yrs · run 1976–1981
- Highest: 1 in 5,764 girls born in 1997 were named Starr (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 25,512 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #651 in 1948, was only 1 in 10,353 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 16.1% of all girls named Starr (1,587) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 19 | #3,188 (1914) | #3,816 |
| 1920s | 35 | #2,479 (1922) | #3,695 |
| 1930s | 122 | #1,580 (1937) | #2,751 |
| 1940s | 662 | #651 (1948) | #1,185 |
| 1950s | 1,061 | #858 (1956) | #960 |
| 1960s | 855 | #1,023 (1961) | #1,216 |
| 1970s | 1,163 | #808 (1979) | #1,147 |
| 1980s | 1,386 | #772 (1980) | #1,114 |
| 1990s | 1,587 | #714 (1997) | #1,244 |
| 2000s | 1,569 | #1,049 (2000) | #1,392 |
| 2010s | 879 | #1,566 (2019) | #2,301 |
| 2020s | 505 | #1,872 (2020) | #2,259 |
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.
Starr in 1984
Top girls' names in 1984
Top boys' names in 1984
More about 1984
girls
1,683,817 girls got a published name in 1984; 1 in 11,613 of them was named Starr, which outranked 91.8% of the 12,181 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #988Shaneka146
- #988Shonda146
- #988Sommer146
- #997Starr145
- #997Caryn145
- #997Felisha145
- #997Mellisa145
- #1,002Lia144
- #1,002Shanita144
- #1,004Angeline143
Tied with 4 names at #997; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,804,848 boys got a published name in 1984; 1 in 360,970 of them was named Starr, which outranked 14.0% of the 7,341 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 1,026 names at #6,315; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.