Starla — #3758 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Starla

The Social Security Administration has registered 8,206 babies named Starla between 1942 and 2024, spanning 83 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Starla currently holds the #3758 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1980, when 243 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Starla performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 1,813 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Starla shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 938 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Oklahoma. In total, SSA state-level files list Starla in 31 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Starla 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 8,206 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.