Star
#2,051 for girls in 2025, 92 births · #8,243 for boys in 2025, 9 births
Given to girls 98.1% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1980 · 170 births
- Debut · girls
- 13 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 8,275since 1922
Star over time
Rank among girls' names. Star has never cracked the top 800 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 | #2,051 | 92 | #8,243 | 9 |
| 2024 | #1,895 | 105 | — | |
| 2023 | #2,062 | 94 | #12,239 | 5 |
| 2022 | #2,034 | 95 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,652 | 126 | #12,146 | 5 |
| 2020 | #1,593 | 131 | — | |
| 2019 | #1,629 | 130 | #7,643 | 10 |
| 2018 | #1,925 | 103 | — | |
| 2017 | #1,779 | 117 | #9,696 | 7 |
| 2016 | #2,093 | 93 | #12,185 | 5 |
| 2015 | #2,088 | 93 | #12,086 | 5 |
| 2014 | #1,876 | 107 | — | |
| 2013 | #1,918 | 104 | — | |
| 2012 | #1,591 | 136 | — | |
| 2011 | #1,469 | 152 | — | |
| 2010 | #1,357 | 172 | — | |
| 2009 | #1,538 | 147 | — | |
| 2008 | #1,320 | 187 | — | |
| 2007 | #1,244 | 199 | — | |
| 2006 | #1,240 | 194 | — | |
| 2005 | #1,222 | 186 | — | |
| 2004 | #1,273 | 168 | — | |
| 2003 | #1,187 | 181 | #9,581 | 6 |
| 2002 | #1,179 | 174 | — | |
| 2001 | #1,127 | 186 | #10,556 | 5 |
| 2000 | #1,049 | 198 | #9,112 | 6 |
| 1999 | #1,077 | 186 | — | |
| 1998 | #972 | 209 | #8,479 | 6 |
| 1997 | #907 | 221 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,225 | 143 | #7,971 | 6 |
| 1995 | #1,900 | 73 | #7,792 | 6 |
| 1994 | #1,810 | 79 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,841 | 78 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,761 | 83 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,913 | 73 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,862 | 76 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,667 | 82 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,788 | 70 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,678 | 72 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,494 | 83 | #5,926 | 6 |
| 1985 | #1,809 | 62 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,315 | 93 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,169 | 112 | #6,238 | 5 |
| 1982 | #1,138 | 123 | #4,234 | 9 |
| 1981 | #1,064 | 133 | #4,961 | 7 |
| 1980 | #893 | 170 | #6,250 | 5 |
| 1979 | #970 | 148 | #5,355 | 6 |
| 1978 | #952 | 147 | #4,554 | 7 |
| 1977 | #1,004 | 134 | #5,123 | 6 |
| 1976 | #1,182 | 96 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,381 | 76 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,448 | 69 | #5,227 | 5 |
| 1973 | #1,548 | 60 | #5,101 | 5 |
| 1972 | #1,448 | 67 | #4,986 | 5 |
| 1971 | #1,516 | 66 | — | |
| 1970 | #2,081 | 39 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,835 | 45 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,678 | 48 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,617 | 49 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,568 | 51 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,741 | 42 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,372 | 67 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,372 | 65 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,332 | 69 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,260 | 77 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,266 | 75 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,281 | 70 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,379 | 59 | #3,944 | 5 |
| 1957 | #1,159 | 83 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,228 | 72 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,404 | 51 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,409 | 51 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,503 | 42 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,487 | 42 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,462 | 41 | — | |
| 1950 | #1,433 | 41 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,393 | 44 | — | |
| 1948 | #1,267 | 52 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,097 | 66 | — | |
| 1946 | #1,808 | 25 | — | |
| 1945 | #2,060 | 17 | — | |
| 1944 | #2,027 | 18 | — | |
| 1943 | #2,251 | 16 | — | |
| 1942 | #2,416 | 14 | — | |
| 1941 | #2,272 | 14 | — | |
| 1940 | #3,503 | 7 | — | |
| 1939 | #2,736 | 10 | — | |
| 1938 | #3,450 | 7 | — | |
| 1937 | #2,735 | 10 | — | |
| 1936 | #2,386 | 12 | — | |
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| 1932 | #4,411 | 5 | — | |
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| 1930 | #4,550 | 5 | — | |
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| 1926 | #3,873 | 7 | — | |
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| 1922 | #2,612 | 13 | — | |
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| 1919 | — | #4,168 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Star! It came in at #2,612, and was given to 13 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1923–1925, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Star is popular in 2001
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Wisconsin#524 · 1 in 3,159
- Ohio#752 · 1 in 5,957
- Massachusetts#801 · 1 in 6,291
- Pennsylvania#828 · 1 in 6,999
- Michigan#843 · 1 in 6,240
Best ever in a state: #233 in Hawaii, 2007.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wisconsin | #524 | 8 | 1 in 3,159 |
| Ohio | #752 | 10 | 1 in 5,957 |
| Massachusetts | #801 | 5 | 1 in 6,291 |
| Pennsylvania | #828 | 8 | 1 in 6,999 |
| Michigan | #843 | 8 | 1 in 6,240 |
| Washington | #877 | 5 | 1 in 5,746 |
| California | #991 | 31 | 1 in 7,170 |
| Texas | #1,017 | 21 | 1 in 7,296 |
| New York | #1,025 | 13 | 1 in 7,536 |
| Illinois | #1,061 | 9 | 1 in 7,820 |
| New Jersey | #1,073 | 5 | 1 in 8,280 |
| Florida | #1,227 | 8 | 1 in 9,667 |
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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 Star
- 156 spots since 2024 (#1,895 → #2,051)
- 458 spots since 2020 (#1,593 → #2,051)
- 37 spots since 2015 (#2,088 → #2,051)
- Biggest jump: 318 spots in 1997 (#1,225 → #907)
- Biggest drop: 171 spots in 1981 (#893 → #1,064)
- Debuted 1922
- Peaked 1980 at #893 (170 births)
- Births halved by 1985, 5 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 5 yrs · run 1978–1980
- Highest: 1 in 7,877 girls born in 1997 were named Star (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 17,470 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #893 in 1980, was only 1 in 9,767 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 22.0% of all girls named Star (1,820) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 20 | #2,612 (1922) | #3,243 |
| 1930s | 49 | #2,386 (1936) | #3,378 |
| 1940s | 273 | #1,097 (1947) | #2,009 |
| 1950s | 552 | #1,159 (1957) | #1,375 |
| 1960s | 588 | #1,260 (1961) | #1,504 |
| 1970s | 902 | #952 (1978) | #1,353 |
| 1980s | 1,000 | #893 (1980) | #1,402 |
| 1990s | 1,221 | #907 (1997) | #1,527 |
| 2000s | 1,820 | #1,049 (2000) | #1,238 |
| 2010s | 1,207 | #1,357 (2010) | #1,773 |
| 2020s | 643 | #1,593 (2020) | #1,881 |
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.
Star in 2001
Top girls' names in 2001
Top boys' names in 2001
More about 2001
girls
1,800,624 girls got a published name in 2001; 1 in 9,681 of them was named Star, which outranked 93.7% of the 17,978 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,122Joanne188
- #1,122Lidia188
- #1,126Keeley187
- #1,127Star186
- #1,127Jaliyah186
- #1,127Jill186
- #1,127Lucero186
- #1,132Jaelynn185
- #1,132Jovana185
- #1,132Kirstin185
Tied with 4 names at #1,127; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,942,881 boys got a published name in 2001; 1 in 388,576 of them was named Star, which outranked 14.2% of the 12,307 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 12.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 1,751 names at #10,556; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.