Star — #1897 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Star

The Social Security Administration has registered 8,181 babies named Star between 1922 and 2024, spanning 103 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Star currently holds the #1897 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1997, when 221 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Star performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 1,820 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Star shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 1,242 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Star in 30 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Star in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 8,181 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.