Recorded 1980–2014 Girls' name Peak 1981 23 births

Starleigh — girls' name

23 babies named Starleigh in U.S. Social Security records since 1980, with the highest year being 1981. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

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1980s
Peak decade

57% of everyone ever named Starleigh was born in this single decade.

1981
Single peak year

8 babies were named Starleigh in 1981 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Starleigh

The Social Security Administration has registered 23 babies named Starleigh between 1980 and 2014, spanning 35 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Starleigh currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2014. The name reached its historical peak in 1981, when 8 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Starleigh performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 13 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Starleigh shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Starleigh 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 23 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.

Starleigh at a glance

Last recorded 2014

Total births

23

Since 1980

35 years of records

Peak year

1981

8 births that year

Strongest decade: 1980s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2014

Active since

1980

Recorded for 35 years

Last year on file: 2014

Starleigh popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2014–1980

Last recorded 2014
Peak year (1981)
8
Annual births at peak — across 35 years of records
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Starleigh by decade

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

Peak: 1980s
Peak decade
1980s
13 births that decade — 57% of Starleigh's all-time total
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Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Starleigh?
23 babies have been named Starleigh since 1980. It was last recorded in 2014. The peak year was 1981 with 8 births.
When was Starleigh most popular?
Starleigh was most popular in the 1980s decade with 13 total births. The single peak year was 1981.
How long has the name Starleigh been used?
Starleigh has been recorded in Social Security data since 1980, spanning 35 years of data through 2014.
What names are similar to Starleigh?
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.

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, 1980–2014 (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.