Recorded 1982–1993 Girls' name Peak 1993 35 births

Starkesha — girls' name

35 babies named Starkesha in U.S. Social Security records since 1982, with the highest year being 1993. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1980s221990s13
1980s
Peak decade

63% of everyone ever named Starkesha was born in this single decade.

1993
Single peak year

7 babies were named Starkesha in 1993 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Starkesha

The Social Security Administration has registered 35 babies named Starkesha between 1982 and 1993, spanning 12 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Starkesha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1993. The name reached its historical peak in 1993, when 7 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Starkesha performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 22 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Starkesha shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Starkesha 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 35 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.

Starkesha at a glance

Last recorded 1993

Total births

35

Since 1982

12 years of records

Peak year

1993

7 births that year

Strongest decade: 1980s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 1993

Active since

1982

Recorded for 12 years

Last year on file: 1993

Starkesha popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–1982

Last recorded 1993
Peak year (1993)
7
Annual births at peak — across 12 years of records
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Starkesha by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1980s
Peak decade
1980s
22 births that decade — 63% of Starkesha's all-time total
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Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Starkesha?
35 babies have been named Starkesha since 1982. It was last recorded in 1993. The peak year was 1993 with 7 births.
When was Starkesha most popular?
Starkesha was most popular in the 1980s decade with 22 total births. The single peak year was 1993.
How long has the name Starkesha been used?
Starkesha has been recorded in Social Security data since 1982, spanning 12 years of data through 1993.
What names are similar to Starkesha?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Stacy, Stacey, Stacie, Staci, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1982–1993 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.