Recorded 1957–1993 Girls' name Peak 1982 112 births

Starletta — girls' name

112 babies named Starletta in U.S. Social Security records since 1957, with the highest year being 1982. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1950s131960s271970s211980s331990s18
1980s
Peak decade

29% of everyone ever named Starletta was born in this single decade.

1982
Single peak year

11 babies were named Starletta in 1982 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Starletta

The Social Security Administration has registered 112 babies named Starletta between 1957 and 1993, spanning 37 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Starletta currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1993. The name reached its historical peak in 1982, when 11 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Starletta performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 33 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Starletta shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Starletta 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 112 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.

Starletta at a glance

Last recorded 1993

Total births

112

Since 1957

37 years of records

Peak year

1982

11 births that year

Strongest decade: 1980s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 1993

Active since

1957

Recorded for 37 years

Last year on file: 1993

Starletta popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–1957

Last recorded 1993
Peak year (1982)
11
Annual births at peak — across 37 years of records
4681012 1993198419811977196519591957 5

Starletta by decade

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

Peak: 1980s
Peak decade
1980s
33 births that decade — 29% of Starletta's all-time total
1950s131960s271970s211980s331990s18

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Starletta?
112 babies have been named Starletta since 1957. It was last recorded in 1993. The peak year was 1982 with 11 births.
When was Starletta most popular?
Starletta was most popular in the 1980s decade with 33 total births. The single peak year was 1982.
How long has the name Starletta been used?
Starletta has been recorded in Social Security data since 1957, spanning 37 years of data through 1993.
What names are similar to Starletta?
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, 1957–1993 (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.