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 2008
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Florida#988 · 1 in 6,149
- Pennsylvania#1,091 · 1 in 7,906
- Michigan#1,108 · 1 in 7,410
- New Jersey#1,172 · 1 in 7,857
- Arizona#1,209 · 1 in 7,299
Best ever in a state: #230 in Maine, 1948.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florida | #988 | 14 | 1 in 6,149 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,091 | 7 | 1 in 7,906 |
| Michigan | #1,108 | 6 | 1 in 7,410 |
| New Jersey | #1,172 | 5 | 1 in 7,857 |
| Arizona | #1,209 | 5 | 1 in 7,299 |
| Georgia | #1,226 | 7 | 1 in 7,546 |
| Illinois | #1,242 | 8 | 1 in 8,278 |
| New York | #1,288 | 11 | 1 in 8,685 |
| Texas | #1,400 | 17 | 1 in 9,866 |
| California | #1,500 | 19 | 1 in 12,071 |
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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 2008
Top girls' names in 2008
More about 2008
girls
1,890,938 girls got a published name in 2008; 1 in 12,606 of them was named Starr, which outranked 92.5% of the 20,482 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,531Malak151
- #1,531Norma151
- #1,531Shira151
- #1,539Starr150
- #1,539Adela150
- #1,539Alessia150
- #1,539Cielo150
- #1,547Alyse149
- #1,547Avianna149
- #1,547Carmella149
Tied with 7 names at #1,539; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.