Girls' name · since 1975

Starlit

Since 1975, U.S. Social Security records show 122 babies named Starlit, peaking in 2011. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.

#24,971 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#13,569 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
122
born since 1975
2010s
peak decade

Yes -- Starlit is the #13569 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 122 recorded since 1975.

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Starlit has been recorded 122 times among girls since 1975, currently ranked #13569 nationally and more common than 22% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1975 to 2025.

  • #24,971 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #13,569 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 122 born since 1975
  • 2010s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Starlit ranks #24,971 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,569 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 122 born since 1975, peaking in the 2010s.

#24,971 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#13,569 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
122
born since 1975
2010s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%21.5%
Starlit vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Starlit's 122 recorded births place it above 65.45% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

How Starlit compares

122 28th percentile among 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

Starlit's all-time total is 68% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Starlit Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 122 376 567,345
Peak-year births 12 21 19,840

Starlit's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Starlit splits its recorded history at 2011: 55% of all births land in the more recent half, 45% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1975 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2011 peak of 12 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.

Starlit popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2011)
12
Annual births at peak, across 51 years of records
468101214 1975199920072011201420222025 6

Starlit by decade

2010s is the heaviest window (49 births, 40% of the file).

2010s was Starlit's strongest decade.

49 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.

Starlit births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2010s at 49 births (40% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Starlit?
Since 1975, Social Security records show 122 babies named Starlit. Across the full SSA archive it ranks #24,971 of 72,339 girls' names by total births. In 2025, it holds #13,569 of 17,297 among girls. Its busiest year on record was 2011, with 12 births.
Where does Starlit sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Starlit ranks #24,971 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,569 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Starlit most popular?
Starlit was most popular in the 2010s decade with 49 total births. The single peak year was 2011.
How long has the name Starlit been used?
The SSA has tracked Starlit since 1975 -- 51 years through the most recent 2025 data.
What names are similar to Starlit?
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.

What to do with Starlit's data

  • Starlit's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (49 total births) through the 2020s (18) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

Keep exploring Starlit

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Names with a similar sound, spelling, or feel to Starlit

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Starlit: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 1975–2025 (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 Starlit 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.