Girls' name · since 1943
Starlette
Starlette has 727 recorded births since 1943 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1982 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #9,303 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,433 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 727
- born since 1943
- 1960s
- peak decade
Yes -- Starlette is the #8433 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 727 recorded since 1943.
Starlette has 727 recorded births among girls since 1943, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #8433 as of the latest data, more common than 51% of girls, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1943 to 2025.
- #9,303 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,433 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 727 born since 1943
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Starlette ranks #9,303 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,433 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 727 born since 1943, peaking in the 1960s.
- #9,303 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,433 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 727
- born since 1943
- 1960s
- peak decade
Starlette's 727 recorded births place it above 87.13% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Starlette compares
727 Top 38% higher than 62% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Starlette's all-time total is 93% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Starlette | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 727 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 21 | 21 | 19,840 |
Starlette's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Starlette's SSA record in two at 1982 and the more recent half accounts for 46% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 54%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1943, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1982 peak of 21, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Starlette popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1943–2025
- Peak year (1982)
- 21
- Annual births at peak, across 83 years of records
Starlette by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (144 births, 20% of the file).
1960s was Starlette's strongest decade.
144 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 20% of all-time use.
Starlette births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 27
1940s
27 births
- 1950s
1950s
80 births
- 1960s
1960s
144 births
- 1970s
1970s
114 births
- 1980s
1980s
122 births
- 1990s 26
1990s
26 births
- 2000s
2000s
62 births
- 2010s
2010s
90 births
- 2020s
2020s
62 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 144 births (20% of all-time use).
How Starlette compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Starlette's total volume
Starlette by state
Where Starlette concentrates geographically, total births since 1943
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 0.7% |
5 of 727 births nationwide.
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What to do with Starlette's data
- Starlette's usage has stayed within range of its 1960s decade-level peak (144 total births) through the 2020s (62) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Starlettes (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Starlette: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1982)
Similar record span (~82 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1943–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Starlette draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.