Star & Constellation Names
The night sky offers constellation names, traditional star names, and older names with a clear stellar association. These are connections to the astronomical names, rather than claims that every personal name originated with a star.
| Save name | Name & connection | History 1926–2025, yearly counts; individually scaled | Babies 2025 · rank | 5-year rank movement | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
The constellation named for a drafting tool supplies the connection. | 95#2,012 | Up 360 rank positions in five years | 1931 | ||
The lion constellation supplies an astronomical association. | 8,173#19 | Up 17 rank positions in five years | 2022 | ||
The southern constellation supplies an astronomical association. | 1,027#329 | Down 93 rank positions in five years | 2020 | ||
The prominent constellation supplies an astronomical association. | 1,012#334 | Down 9 rank positions in five years | 2018 | ||
The keel constellation supplies the connection. | 134#1,572 | Down 229 rank positions in five years | 1995 | ||
The lyre constellation supplies the association. | 711#435 | Up 115 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
The ram constellation gives this a star-map association. | 417#661 | Up 225 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
The altar constellation supplies an astronomical connection. | 48#3,255 | Down 322 rank positions in five years | 2022 | ||
The northern constellation supplies the astronomical connection. | 78#2,327 | Up 49 rank positions in five years | 2022 | ||
The dragon constellation gives this a star-map connection. | 94#1,733 | Down 128 rank positions in five years | 2021 | ||
The northern constellation gives this a star-map connection. | 168#1,210 | Up 313 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
The sails constellation gives this a star-map connection. | 17#6,812 | Up 2,689 rank positions in five years | 1915 | ||
The eagle constellation gives this a star-map association. | 6#13,350 | Down 3,726 rank positions in five years | 1991 | ||
The bright star in Lyra supplies the connection. | 31#4,538 | Up 208 rank positions in five years | 2019 | ||
The bright star in Canis Major supplies the association. | 33#3,499 | Down 376 rank positions in five years | 2022 | ||
The bright star in Orion gives this an astronomical connection. | 19#5,157 | Up 249 rank positions in five years | 2016 | ||
The twins constellation gives this a star-map connection. | 5#15,694 | Down 8,668 rank positions in five years | 2021 | ||
The northern constellation supplies an astronomical association. | 11#8,975 | Up 720 rank positions in five years | 2022 | ||
A star in Orion supplies the astronomical association. | 29#4,673 | Up 1,019 rank positions in five years | 2022 | ||
The bright star in Aquila supplies the association. | 16#5,616 | Up 2,490 rank positions in five years | 2024 | ||
The scales constellation gives this a star-map connection. | —Unranked | — | 1976 | ||
The dove constellation gives this a star-map connection. | —Unranked | — | 1919 | ||
The bright star in Scorpius gives this a stellar connection. | —Unranked | — | 2023 | ||
The bright star in Auriga supplies the connection. | —Unranked | — | 2015 |
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Sources & methodology
Meaning summaries use Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and referenced name histories. Each name’s detail page includes its sources.
Membership on this list is editorial — we chose names that genuinely fit the theme. Every number is from official birth data: "—" means the name had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, which makes it a genuinely rare pick today, not an invalid one. The dot marks whether the stats shown are for the girls' or boys' use of the name.