Total births
47
Girls' name · since 1979
Starlight
Starlight has 47 recorded births since 1979 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2022 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #15809
- among girls today
- 47
- born since 1979
- 2020s
- peak decade
- 11%
- more common than other girls
Yes -- Starlight is the #15809 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 47 recorded since 1979.
Starlight has 47 recorded births among girls since 1979, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #15809 as of the latest data, more common than 11% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1979 to 2025.
- #15809 among girls today
- 47 born since 1979
- 2020s peak decade
- 11% more common than other girls
Data updated Jul 2026
The verdict
Starlight is currently the #15809 girls' name in America, more common than 11% of girls - 47 born since 1979, peaking in the 2020s.
- #15809
- among girls today
- 47
- born since 1979
- 2020s
- peak decade
- 11%
- more common than other girls
Starlight vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
#15809
of 17,726 girls in use
More common than 11% of names given to girls today.
2020s
Peak decade
53% of everyone ever named Starlight was born in this single decade.
2022
Single peak year
7 babies were named Starlight in 2022 - its busiest year on record.
How Starlight compares
47 14th percentile among 17,726 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
Starlight's all-time total is 88% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Starlight | Median girls name (Emerly) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 47 | 382 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 7 | 48 | 19,840 |
Starlight's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Starlight's full recorded timeline at 2020, 53% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 47% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1996, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2022 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Starlight at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
2022
Current rank
#15,809
Active since
1979
Starlight popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 47 years of records
Starlight by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2020s was Starlight's strongest decade.
25 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 53% of all-time use.
Starlight births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 6
1970s
6 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s 6
2000s
6 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
- 2020s
2020s
25 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 25 births (53% of all-time use).
Frequently Asked Questions
How popular is the name Starlight? ▼
Starlight has been given to 47 babies in the U.S. since 1979, according to SSA data. Among girls, it ranks #15809 as of the latest data. 7 babies were born in 2022, its single highest year.
When was Starlight most popular? ▼
Starlight was most popular in the 2020s decade with 25 total births. The single peak year was 2022.
How long has the name Starlight been used? ▼
Records for Starlight go back to 1979, giving 47 years of history through 2025.
What names are similar to Starlight? ▼
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.
Keep exploring Starlight
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1979–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Starlight: #15809 Girls' Name - 47 Births, Peak 2022." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/starlight. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Starlight 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 July 2026.