Starnisha — girls' name
58 babies named Starnisha in U.S. Social Security records since 1983, with the highest year being 1987. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
67% of everyone ever named Starnisha was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Starnisha in 1987 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Starnisha
The Social Security Administration has registered 58 babies named Starnisha between 1983 and 1992, spanning 10 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Starnisha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1992. The name reached its historical peak in 1987, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Starnisha performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 39 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Starnisha shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Starnisha 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 58 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.
Starnisha at a glance
Last recorded 1992Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Starnisha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1992–1983
- Peak year (1987)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 10 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1992.
58 total births across 10 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1987 with 8 births in a single year.
Starnisha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 39 births that decade — 67% of Starnisha's all-time total
Starnisha decade highlights
- Peak decade 39 births
- Runner-up 19 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Starnisha's strongest decade
39 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 67% of all-time use.
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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, 1983–1992 (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.