Starley — unisex name

What the Data Says About Starley

The Social Security Administration has registered 50 babies named Starley between 1938 and 2023, spanning 86 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Starley currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 10 babies received it in a single year. Starley is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 10 additional births since 1937.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Starley performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 18 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Starley shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.

No etymological entry is currently available for Starley 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 50 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.