Star

#2,062 in 2025Girls' name

Starling

Star has been given to 8,432 babies in the U.S. since 1922. In 2025 it ranked #2,062 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 1997, with 221 recorded.

Babies named Star, 2025

1 in 36,000

Star over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Star: meaning, origin, and history

Starling

English

What Star means

Star means “starling”, associated with Star.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

* As a German and Jewish surname, from Star (“starling”). * Also as a German and Jewish surname, semantic loan from German Stern (“star”). * As a Dutch surname, from star (“stiff, rigid”). * As a Slovene surname, from star (“old”). * As an English given name, from star, sometimes originating as a nickname.

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Star (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

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Origin, language, and formation

Star is used in English. Its origins include English.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 8,275 girls were recorded with the name Star between 1922 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 221 in 1997; its best national rank was #897 in 1980.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #1,606 in 2020 to #2,062 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #2,102 in 2015 to #2,062 in 2025.

In the United States, 157 boys were recorded with the name Star between 1919 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 10 in 2019; its best national rank was #4,439 in 1958.

Over 10 years its rank rose, from #13,773 in 2015 to #8,821 in 2025.

How common is Star?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 36,000; 92 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only: 1 in 17,500; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025: #2,062; of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 24,978 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Star sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 5001%

Put another way: gather 24,978 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Star. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Stars were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Star was born before 1997 — so the typical Star is around 28 today.

Median birth year: 1997; About 28 years old
Biggest decade: 2000s; 22.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 42.0%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 7,933; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2000s — 22.0% of all recorded uses (1,820).

Is Star rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: −151; Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago: −456; Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago: +40; Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago: 0.99×; Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak: 41.6%; Peak was 1997 (221)
Years since peak: 28; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Steady; 11.6% average annual change
Best rank ever: #897; 1980

Spellings of Star

Star is not the most common spelling — Sara is, with 45.9% against Star's 0.87%.

Sara45.9%436,193
Tara18.5%175,812
Stacy17.2%164,011
Shari4.3%40,927
Staci2.7%25,480
Ester1.7%16,265
Starr1.0%9,843
Star0.87%8,275

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Star is used

Across 2016–2025, Star was most concentrated in Louisiana — about 1 in 7,692 girls, against 1 in 17,223 across all states with data. It was least common in New Jersey (1 in 100,000).

113 per 100,000

State popularity map

Most concentrated

1Louisiana1 in 7,692
2Florida1 in 10,000
3North Carolina1 in 11,111
4California1 in 12,500
5Georgia1 in 14,286
6Texas1 in 14,286
7New York1 in 20,000
8Pennsylvania1 in 20,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Star around the world

Where Star ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
1996–2025
#1,512
in 2025
Scotland
2000–2023
#540
in 2023
Northern Ireland
2010–2010
#430
in 2010
Canada
1991–2024
#2,256
in 2024
South Australia
1982–2012
#563
in 2012

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS, NISRA data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Star

People whose public names include Star, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

Star JonesWriter
b. 1962

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Star by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: #2,062
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Down 456
Best rank ever: #897; 1980
Peak year: 1997; 221 that year
First recorded: 1922
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 8,275
Count in 2025: 92

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #8,821
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: New entry
Best rank ever: #4,439; 1958
Peak year: 2019; 10 that year
First recorded: 1919
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 157
Count in 2025: 9

Names similar to Star

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Starr Starla Stacia Stasia Stacie Staci Stacy Starlet Stacee Stacey Stassi Starlyn Stasha Stanley Starlett Staley Stacye Starlynn Stana Starlene Starlette Starlit Starling Stayce

Names with a curve like Star

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Star, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

Elana Nelly Lupita Marcela Annalisa Isela Lidia Damaris Charis Jayna Sarina Daria

Sibling names for Star

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Estefania Katia Ally Iman Daria Isela Yasmeen Taya

For a brother

Cordell Ronaldo Donte Quintin Hernan Quinten Jovan Deonte

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