Girls' name · since 1946
Starlyn
Since 1946, U.S. Social Security records show 743 babies named Starlyn, peaking in 2007. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #9,189 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,220 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 743
- born since 1946
- 2000s
- peak decade
Starlyn currently ranks #10220 among girls' names in America, with 743 babies recorded since 1946.
Starlyn has 743 recorded births among girls since 1946, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #10220 as of the latest data, more common than 41% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1946 to 2025.
- #9,189 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #10,220 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 743 born since 1946
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Starlyn ranks #9,189 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,220 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 743 born since 1946, peaking in the 2000s.
- #9,189 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,220 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 743
- born since 1946
- 2000s
- peak decade
Starlyn's 743 recorded births place it above 87.29% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Starlyn compares
743 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
Starlyn's all-time total is 98% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Starlyn | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 743 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 21 | 21 | 19,840 |
Starlyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Starlyn's full recorded timeline at 1989, 54% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 46% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1946, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2007 peak of 21 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Starlyn popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1946–2025
- Peak year (2007)
- 21
- Annual births at peak, across 80 years of records
Starlyn popularity over time - boys
16 total births recorded since 2016 (Starlyn as boys' name)
Starlyn by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (138 births, 19% of the file).
2000s was Starlyn's strongest decade.
138 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 19% of all-time use.
Starlyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 33
1940s
33 births
- 1950s
1950s
64 births
- 1960s
1960s
87 births
- 1970s 49
1970s
49 births
- 1980s
1980s
113 births
- 1990s
1990s
91 births
- 2000s
2000s
138 births
- 2010s
2010s
117 births
- 2020s 51
2020s
51 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 138 births (19% of all-time use).
How Starlyn 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 Starlyn's total volume
Starlyn by state
Where Starlyn concentrates geographically, total births since 1946
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 10 | 1.3% |
10 of 743 births nationwide.
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What to do with Starlyn's data
- Starlyn's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (138 total births) through the 2020s (51) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Starlyns (10 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Starlyn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2007)
Similar record span (~79 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, 1946–2025 (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 Starlyn 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.