Starling
#10,917 for girls in 2025, 8 births · #6,446 for boys in 2025, 13 births
Given to boys 81.6% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1908 · 13 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,001since 1880
Starling over time
girlsboys
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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 | #10,917 | 8 | #6,446 | 13 |
| 2024 | #13,477 | 6 | #9,894 | 7 |
| 2023 | #6,409 | 18 | #6,220 | 14 |
| 2022 | #10,383 | 9 | — | |
| 2021 | #8,464 | 12 | #10,799 | 6 |
| 2020 | #7,969 | 13 | #10,605 | 6 |
| 2019 | #9,736 | 10 | #12,145 | 5 |
| 2018 | #13,793 | 6 | #8,819 | 8 |
| 2017 | #10,689 | 9 | #12,246 | 5 |
| 2016 | #16,215 | 5 | — | |
| 2015 | #8,931 | 12 | #8,040 | 9 |
| 2014 | #9,517 | 11 | #12,108 | 5 |
| 2013 | #14,582 | 6 | — | |
| 2012 | #12,199 | 8 | — | |
| 2011 | #12,153 | 8 | #9,600 | 7 |
| 2010 | #12,276 | 8 | #10,766 | 6 |
| 2009 | #17,294 | 5 | #12,491 | 5 |
| 2008 | #13,832 | 7 | #12,553 | 5 |
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | — | #12,055 | 5 | |
| 2005 | — | #8,299 | 8 | |
| 2004 | — | — | ||
| 2003 | #12,408 | 7 | — | |
| 2002 | #9,482 | 10 | — | |
| 2001 | — | #10,556 | 5 | |
| 2000 | — | #6,839 | 9 | |
| 1999 | — | — | ||
| 1998 | — | #8,479 | 6 | |
| 1997 | — | — | ||
| 1996 | — | — | ||
| 1995 | — | #5,501 | 10 | |
| 1994 | — | #7,770 | 6 | |
| 1993 | — | #7,638 | 6 | |
| 1992 | #13,317 | 5 | #6,670 | 7 |
| 1991 | — | — | ||
| 1990 | — | #7,178 | 6 | |
| 1989 | — | #6,941 | 6 | |
| 1988 | — | #4,162 | 11 | |
| 1987 | — | — | ||
| 1986 | — | — | ||
| 1985 | — | — | ||
| 1984 | — | — | ||
| 1983 | — | #4,141 | 9 | |
| 1982 | — | — | ||
| 1981 | — | #6,262 | 5 | |
| 1980 | — | — | ||
| 1979 | #10,210 | 5 | #6,056 | 5 |
| 1978 | — | #3,857 | 9 | |
| 1977 | — | — | ||
| 1976 | — | #4,935 | 6 | |
| 1975 | #9,067 | 5 | — | |
| 1974 | — | #3,558 | 9 | |
| 1973 | — | #3,445 | 9 | |
| 1972 | #7,292 | 6 | #4,441 | 6 |
| 1971 | — | #3,963 | 7 | |
| 1970 | — | #4,230 | 6 | |
| 1969 | — | #3,595 | 7 | |
| 1968 | — | #3,673 | 6 | |
| 1967 | — | #2,985 | 8 | |
| 1966 | — | — | ||
| 1965 | #6,539 | 5 | — | |
| 1964 | — | #3,282 | 7 | |
| 1963 | — | #3,318 | 7 | |
| 1962 | — | #3,640 | 6 | |
| 1961 | — | #2,538 | 11 | |
| 1960 | — | — | ||
| 1959 | — | #3,619 | 6 | |
| 1958 | — | — | ||
| 1957 | — | #2,093 | 15 | |
| 1956 | — | #2,168 | 14 | |
| 1955 | — | #2,964 | 8 | |
| 1954 | — | #2,316 | 12 | |
| 1953 | #5,673 | 5 | #2,531 | 10 |
| 1952 | — | #2,875 | 8 | |
| 1951 | — | #2,246 | 12 | |
| 1950 | #5,301 | 5 | #2,111 | 13 |
| 1949 | — | #1,872 | 16 | |
| 1948 | — | #2,443 | 10 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,786 | 18 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,949 | 14 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,772 | 15 | |
| 1944 | — | #2,467 | 9 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,986 | 14 | |
| 1942 | — | #2,712 | 8 | |
| 1941 | #4,420 | 5 | #2,872 | 7 |
| 1940 | — | #1,894 | 14 | |
| 1939 | — | #2,288 | 10 | |
| 1938 | — | #2,479 | 9 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,756 | 16 | |
| 1936 | — | #2,452 | 9 | |
| 1935 | — | #2,396 | 10 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,783 | 16 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,829 | 15 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,777 | 17 | |
| 1931 | — | #3,095 | 7 | |
| 1930 | #4,047 | 6 | #1,889 | 16 |
| 1929 | — | #2,452 | 11 | |
| 1928 | — | #2,843 | 9 | |
| 1927 | — | #2,121 | 15 | |
| 1926 | — | #2,904 | 9 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,870 | 18 | |
| 1924 | — | #2,132 | 15 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,941 | 17 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,952 | 17 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,904 | 18 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,457 | 26 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,882 | 17 | |
| 1918 | — | #2,260 | 13 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,693 | 19 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,646 | 19 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,878 | 15 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,975 | 11 | |
| 1913 | — | #2,496 | 6 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,746 | 9 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,290 | 8 | |
| 1910 | — | #1,421 | 6 | |
| 1909 | — | #1,155 | 7 | |
| 1908 | — | #744 | 13 | |
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | #1,137 | 5 | |
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | #852 | 7 | |
| 1896 | — | #1,101 | 5 | |
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | #878 | 6 | |
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | #959 | 5 | |
| 1885 | — | #765 | 7 | |
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | #781 | 6 | |
| 1880 | — | #909 | 5 | |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Starling was already there! It came in at #909, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1882–1884, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
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Momentum · boys
Rising
- 3,448 spots since 2024 (#9,894 → #6,446)
- 4,159 spots since 2020 (#10,605 → #6,446)
- 1,594 spots since 2015 (#8,040 → #6,446)
- Biggest jump: 249 spots in 1897 (#1,101 → #852)
- Biggest drop: 411 spots in 1909 (#744 → #1,155)
Rise & fade · boys
28 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1908 at #744 (13 births)
- Births halved by 1910, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 7 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 7 yrs · run 1880–1881
Share of babies · boys
1 in 11,872
- Highest: 1 in 11,872 boys born in 1908 were named Starling (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 131,390 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
- 15.5% of all boys named Starling (155) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2024
- Mostly girls until 2023, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 29 | #765 (1885) | #858 |
| 1890s | 12 | #852 (1897) | #977 |
| 1900s | 25 | #744 (1908) | #1,012 |
| 1910s | 123 | #1,290 (1911) | #1,829 |
| 1920s | 155 | #1,457 (1920) | #2,158 |
| 1930s | 125 | #1,756 (1937) | #2,174 |
| 1940s | 125 | #1,772 (1945) | #2,175 |
| 1950s | 98 | #2,093 (1957) | #2,547 |
| 1960s | 52 | #2,538 (1961) | #3,290 |
| 1970s | 57 | #3,445 (1973) | #4,311 |
| 1980s | 31 | #4,141 (1983) | #5,377 |
| 1990s | 41 | #5,501 (1995) | #7,206 |
| 2000s | 37 | #6,839 (2000) | #10,466 |
| 2010s | 45 | #8,040 (2015) | #10,532 |
| 2020s | 46 | #6,220 (2023) | #8,793 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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