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

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Peak · girls
1948 · 164 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
9,843
since 1914

Starr over time

girls

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201998peak #651, 1948girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
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2025#2,71963—
2024#2,50871—
2023#2,46672—
2022#2,10391—
2021#1,885105—
2020#1,872103—
2019#1,566137—
2018#2,74462—
2017#3,34647—
2016#3,01055—
2015#2,47173—
2014#2,21385—
2013#2,06493—
2012#1,940101—
2011#2,00098—
2010#1,658128—
2009#1,546146—
2008#1,539150—
2007#1,635136—
2006#1,624131—
2005#1,525135#11,4725
2004#1,448141—
2003#1,297160—
2002#1,094194—
2001#1,167178—
2000#1,049198—
1999#986209#8,7046
1998#822259—
1997#714302#9,2655
1996#1,103166—
1995#1,61492—
1994#1,521102—
1993#1,518103#7,6386
1992#1,58897—
1991#1,248135—
1990#1,325122—
1989#1,267124#6,9416
1988#1,327108#5,2008
1987#1,45989—
1986#1,32799#6,7215
1985#1,207115—
1984#997145#6,3155
1983#926161#4,9077
1982#1,032141#5,6196
1981#825191#6,2625
1980#772213#6,2505
1979#808195—
1978#867169#4,1578
1977#819183#4,5827
1976#971131#3,7249
1975#1,035116—
1974#1,18594#5,2275
1973#1,49663—
1972#1,28979—
1971#1,53464#4,3756
1970#1,46469#4,2306
1969#1,25080—
1968#1,31171#3,6736
1967#1,61749—
1966#1,39662—
1965#1,27471—
1964#1,060105—
1963#1,13593—
1962#1,054105#4,0335
1961#1,023113#3,3567
1960#1,043106—
1959#988115#2,8219
1958#874136#3,5596
1957#984111#3,5526
1956#858135#2,9698
1955#1,08187—
1954#952103—
1953#927104#3,4256
1952#94697#3,0957
1951#93897#3,7145
1950#1,05376—
1949#90396#3,6905
1948#651164#2,6089
1947#791120#2,49810
1946#94278—
1945#1,27939#2,24210
1944#1,31537#3,4305
1943#1,34237#2,7328
1942#1,30038—
1941#1,22238#3,1336
1940#2,10915#3,4595
1939#2,30013#3,1136
1938#1,59623#3,1756
1937#1,58023—
1936#2,03215#3,5495
1935#3,4317#2,9517
1934#2,9239#3,2776
1933#3,1098—
1932#2,49012#3,7765
1931#3,4977—
1930#4,5505—
1929—#3,5596
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1927#3,5618#3,7806
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1923#3,6418#3,8226
1922#2,47914—
1921#5,0995#4,3225
1920—#3,8156
1919#3,4528—
1918#4,8095#3,0968
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1914#3,1886#2,6517
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First appearance
1914

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 1998

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Starr, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Starr, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Starr, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Starr, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Starr, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Starr, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Starr, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Starr, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #588 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,211 girlsMNIllinois: #600 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 3,912 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Starr, so not publishedWIMichigan: #752 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 5,724 girlsMINew York: #538 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 3,357 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Starr, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Starr, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Starr, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Starr, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Starr, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Starr, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Starr, so not publishedIAIndiana: #612 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 4,135 girlsINOhio: #737 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 6,162 girlsOHPennsylvania: #734 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 5,830 girlsPANew Jersey: #652 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 4,609 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Starr, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #797 for girls · 38 births · 1 in 5,816 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Starr, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Starr, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Starr, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Starr, so not publishedMOKentucky: #388 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,549 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Starr, so not publishedWVVirginia: #563 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,768 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Starr, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Starr, so not publishedDEArizona: #908 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,842 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Starr, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Starr, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Starr, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Starr, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Starr, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: #556 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,358 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Starr, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Starr, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Starr, so not publishedLAMississippi: #475 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,436 girlsMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Starr, so not publishedALGeorgia: #598 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 4,049 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Starr, so not publishedHITexas: #917 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 6,831 girlsTXFlorida: #783 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 5,714 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Kentucky#388 · 1 in 2,549
  2. Mississippi#475 · 1 in 2,436
  3. New York#538 · 1 in 3,357
  4. South Carolina#556 · 1 in 3,358
  5. Virginia#563 · 1 in 3,768

Best ever in a state: #230 in Maine, 1948.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Kentucky#38881 in 2,549
Mississippi#47551 in 2,436
New York#538301 in 3,357
South Carolina#55651 in 3,358
Virginia#56391 in 3,768
Minnesota#58861 in 4,211
Georgia#598111 in 4,049
Illinois#600181 in 3,912
Indiana#61281 in 4,135
New Jersey#65291 in 4,609
Pennsylvania#734101 in 5,830
Ohio#737101 in 6,162
Michigan#75291 in 5,724
Florida#783131 in 5,714
California#797381 in 5,816
Arizona#90851 in 5,842
Texas#917211 in 6,831
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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
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
34 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1914
  • Peaked 1948 at #651 (164 births)
  • Births halved by 1950, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 23 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 23 yrs · run 1976–1981
Share of babies · girls
1 in 5,764
  • 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
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 16.1% of all girls named Starr (1,587) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s19#3,188 (1914)#3,816
1920s35#2,479 (1922)#3,695
1930s122#1,580 (1937)#2,751
1940s662#651 (1948)#1,185
1950s1,061#858 (1956)#960
1960s855#1,023 (1961)#1,216
1970s1,163#808 (1979)#1,147
1980s1,386#772 (1980)#1,114
1990s1,587#714 (1997)#1,244
2000s1,569#1,049 (2000)#1,392
2010s879#1,566 (2019)#2,301
2020s505#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 1998

girls
#822
259 births · 1 in 6,822 girls

Top girls' names in 1998

  1. #1Emily26,188
  2. #2Hannah21,376
  3. #3Samantha20,195
  4. #4Sarah19,898
  5. #5Ashley19,875
  6. #6Alexis19,778
  7. #7Taylor18,576
  8. #8Jessica18,239
  9. #9Madison17,787
  10. #10Elizabeth15,193
  11. #822Starr259
More about 1998

girls

1,766,949 girls got a published name in 1998; 1 in 6,822 of them was named Starr, which outranked 95.0% of the 16,601 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Starr
  1. #818Ireland260
  2. #818Sarina260
  3. #818Tamera260
  4. #822Starr259
  5. #822Katerina259
  6. #822Lara259
  7. #822Myranda259
  8. #826Kristi258
  9. #827Blair257
  10. #827Gabriel257

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

Biggest movers since 1997
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,123Calista#2,820 → #697
  2. ↑ 1,165Ireland#1,983 → #818
  3. ↑ 1,158Abril#2,116 → #958
  4. ↑ 755Mya#993 → #238
  5. ↑ 619Ally#1,036 → #417
Fallers
  1. ↓ 586Yulissa#424 → #1,010
  2. ↓ 462Moesha#943 → #1,405
  3. ↓ 397Yulisa#985 → #1,382
  4. ↓ 376Tonya#905 → #1,281
  5. ↓ 347Xena#765 → #1,112

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

See the top 100 for 1998 →