Girls' name · since 1922
Star
Star has 8,275 recorded births since 1922 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1997 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #1,875 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,056 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 8,275
- born since 1922
- 2000s
- peak decade
Star currently ranks #2056 among girls' names in America, with 8,275 babies recorded since 1922.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Star has been recorded 8,275 times among girls since 1922, currently ranked #2056 nationally and more common than 88% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1922 to 2025.
- #1,875 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,056 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 8,275 born since 1922
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Star ranks #1,875 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,056 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 8,275 born since 1922, peaking in the 2000s.
- #1,875 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,056 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 8,275
- born since 1922
- 2000s
- peak decade
Star's 8,275 recorded births place it above 97.4% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
30 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Star compares
8,275 Top 11% higher than 89% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Star's all-time total is 22x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Star | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 8,275 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 221 | 21 | 19,840 |
Star's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Star's full recorded timeline at 1979, 73% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 27% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1930, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1997 peak of 221 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Star popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1922–2025
- Peak year (1997)
- 221
- Annual births at peak, across 104 years of records
Star popularity over time - boys
157 total births recorded since 1919 (Star as boys' name)
Star by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (1,820 births, 22% of the file).
2000s was Star's strongest decade.
1,820 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 22% of all-time use.
Star births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 20
1920s
20 births
- 1930s 49
1930s
49 births
- 1940s 273
1940s
273 births
- 1950s 552
1950s
552 births
- 1960s 588
1960s
588 births
- 1970s
1970s
902 births
- 1980s
1980s
1,000 births
- 1990s
1990s
1,221 births
- 2000s
2000s
1,820 births
- 2010s
2010s
1,207 births
- 2020s 643
2020s
643 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 1,820 births (22% of all-time use).
How Star compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Star's total volume
Star by state
Where Star concentrates geographically, total births since 1922
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 1,251 | 15.1% |
| #2 | Texas | | 641 | 7.7% |
| #3 | New York | | 592 | 7.2% |
| #4 | Florida | | 367 | 4.4% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 265 | 3.2% |
| #6 | Michigan | | 225 | 2.7% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 208 | 2.5% |
| #8 | Ohio | | 184 | 2.2% |
1,251 of 8,275 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 30 reporting states.
Star appears in 30 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Star's data
- Star's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (1,820 total births) through the 2020s (643) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Stars (1,251 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Star: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1997)
Similar record span (~103 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1922–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Star draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.