Starlet — #11187 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Starlet

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,050 babies named Starlet between 1941 and 2024, spanning 84 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Starlet currently holds the #11187 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1981, when 29 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Starlet performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 220 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Starlet shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Starlet in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Starlet 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 1,050 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.