Starlette — #13624 US girls' name
714 babies named Starlette in U.S. Social Security records since 1943, with the highest year being 1982. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 23% of names given to girls today.
20% of everyone ever named Starlette was born in this single decade.
21 babies were named Starlette in 1982 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Starlette
The Social Security Administration has registered 714 babies named Starlette between 1943 and 2024, spanning 82 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Starlette currently holds the #13624 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1982, when 21 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Starlette performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 144 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Starlette shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Starlette in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Starlette 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 714 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.
Starlette at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Starlette popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1943
- Peak year (1982)
- 21
- Annual births at peak — across 82 years of records
Currently ranks #13624 among girls.
714 total births across 82 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1982 with 21 births in a single year.
Starlette by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 144 births that decade — 20% of Starlette's all-time total
Starlette decade highlights
- Peak decade 144 births
- Runner-up 122 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Starlette's strongest decade
144 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 20% of all-time use.
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 714 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 0.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 0.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1943–2024 (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.