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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201963peak #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
rankbirthsrankbirths
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
1928
1927#3,5618#3,7806
1926
1925#3,7416
1924
1923#3,6418#3,8226
1922#2,47914
1921#5,0995#4,3225
1920#3,8156
1919#3,4528
1918#4,8095#3,0968
1917
1916#3,5166
1915
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.

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 1963

girls
#1,135
93 births · 1 in 20,726 girls

Top girls' names in 1963

  1. #1Lisa56,047
  2. #2Mary41,546
  3. #3Susan33,991
  4. #4Karen32,492
  5. #5Linda27,727
  6. #6Donna25,405
  7. #7Patricia25,374
  8. #8Lori23,899
  9. #9Sandra21,621
  10. #10Cynthia21,589
  11. #1,135Starr93
More about 1963

girls

1,927,507 girls got a published name in 1963; 1 in 20,726 of them was named Starr, which outranked 85.2% of the 7,661 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Starr
  1. #1,126Lilia94
  2. #1,126Marianna94
  3. #1,126Shanda94
  4. #1,135Starr93
  5. #1,135Caryl93
  6. #1,135Marlena93
  7. #1,135Nicolette93
  8. #1,139Adriane92
  9. #1,139Alane92
  10. #1,139Beulah92

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

Biggest movers since 1962
Risers
  1. 631Zena#1,323#692
  2. 623Zina#992#369
  3. 540Trisha#1,020#480
  4. 457Shirl#1,304#847
  5. 396Glynis#992#596
Fallers
  1. 1,195Marnita#727#1,922
  2. 255Velvet#623#878
  3. 235Delphine#904#1,139
  4. 224Rosita#934#1,158
  5. 197Lindy#885#1,082

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

See the top 100 for 1963