Starr
Starr was given to 63 girls in 2025, #2,747 among girls’ names; 10,167 Americans have been recorded with it since 1914 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 9,120 Americans named Starr and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (90% of everyone recorded); the median is 37 years old and half are between 23 and 54.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Starr by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Starr mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Starr is “a female given name.”
As an English surname, from the noun star.
As a Jewish surname, spelling variant of Star.
/stɑɹ/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Starr?
#2,747 among girls’ names, 2025
Starr fell from #2,499 in 2015 to #2,747 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 40.9 to 39.2 per million.
307 babies in 1997, the peak
Starr peaked in 1997, when 307 babies were given it (302 girls, #714 among girls’ names). The 63 births of 2025 are 21% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 63 | #2,747 | 0.04 |
| 2024 | 71 | #2,529 | 0.04 |
| 2023 | 72 | #2,492 | 0.04 |
| 2022 | 91 | #2,121 | 0.06 |
| 2021 | 105 | #1,895 | 0.06 |
| 2020 | 103 | #1,882 | 0.06 |
| 2019 | 137 | #1,568 | 0.08 |
| 2018 | 62 | #2,776 | 0.04 |
| 2017 | 47 | #3,380 | 0.03 |
| 2016 | 55 | #3,055 | 0.03 |
Every recorded year (103)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 73 | #2,499 | 0.04 |
| 2014 | 85 | #2,231 | 0.05 |
| 2013 | 93 | #2,081 | 0.05 |
| 2012 | 101 | #1,954 | 0.06 |
| 2011 | 98 | #2,015 | 0.06 |
| 2010 | 128 | #1,667 | 0.07 |
| 2009 | 146 | #1,554 | 0.08 |
| 2008 | 150 | #1,546 | 0.08 |
| 2007 | 136 | #1,644 | 0.07 |
| 2006 | 131 | #1,626 | 0.07 |
| 2005 | 135 | #1,531 | 0.07 |
| 2004 | 141 | #1,451 | 0.08 |
| 2003 | 160 | #1,303 | 0.09 |
| 2002 | 194 | #1,095 | 0.11 |
| 2001 | 178 | #1,167 | 0.10 |
| 2000 | 198 | #1,050 | 0.11 |
| 1999 | 209 | #987 | 0.12 |
| 1998 | 259 | #825 | 0.15 |
| 1997 | 302 | #714 | 0.17 |
| 1996 | 166 | #1,101 | 0.09 |
| 1995 | 92 | #1,620 | 0.05 |
| 1994 | 102 | #1,530 | 0.06 |
| 1993 | 103 | #1,525 | 0.06 |
| 1992 | 97 | #1,595 | 0.05 |
| 1991 | 135 | #1,252 | 0.07 |
| 1990 | 122 | #1,324 | 0.06 |
| 1989 | 124 | #1,271 | 0.07 |
| 1988 | 108 | #1,332 | 0.06 |
| 1987 | 89 | #1,465 | 0.05 |
| 1986 | 99 | #1,339 | 0.06 |
| 1985 | 115 | #1,211 | 0.07 |
| 1984 | 145 | #1,001 | 0.09 |
| 1983 | 161 | #928 | 0.10 |
| 1982 | 141 | #1,038 | 0.08 |
| 1981 | 191 | #828 | 0.11 |
| 1980 | 213 | #776 | 0.13 |
| 1979 | 195 | #812 | 0.12 |
| 1978 | 169 | #872 | 0.11 |
| 1977 | 183 | #823 | 0.12 |
| 1976 | 131 | #976 | 0.09 |
| 1975 | 116 | #1,037 | 0.08 |
| 1974 | 94 | #1,197 | 0.06 |
| 1973 | 63 | #1,508 | 0.04 |
| 1972 | 79 | #1,302 | 0.05 |
| 1971 | 64 | #1,543 | 0.04 |
| 1970 | 69 | #1,471 | 0.04 |
| 1969 | 80 | #1,257 | 0.05 |
| 1968 | 71 | #1,322 | 0.04 |
| 1967 | 49 | #1,639 | 0.03 |
| 1966 | 62 | #1,399 | 0.04 |
| 1965 | 71 | #1,288 | 0.04 |
| 1964 | 105 | #1,064 | 0.06 |
| 1963 | 93 | #1,138 | 0.05 |
| 1962 | 105 | #1,056 | 0.05 |
| 1961 | 113 | #1,030 | 0.06 |
| 1960 | 106 | #1,044 | 0.05 |
| 1959 | 115 | #989 | 0.06 |
| 1958 | 136 | #875 | 0.07 |
| 1957 | 111 | #986 | 0.05 |
| 1956 | 135 | #859 | 0.07 |
| 1955 | 87 | #1,085 | 0.04 |
| 1954 | 103 | #956 | 0.05 |
| 1953 | 104 | #928 | 0.06 |
| 1952 | 97 | #951 | 0.05 |
| 1951 | 97 | #943 | 0.05 |
| 1950 | 76 | #1,061 | 0.04 |
| 1949 | 96 | #907 | 0.06 |
| 1948 | 164 | #650 | 0.10 |
| 1947 | 120 | #795 | 0.07 |
| 1946 | 78 | #943 | 0.05 |
| 1945 | 39 | #1,286 | 0.03 |
| 1944 | 37 | #1,334 | 0.03 |
| 1943 | 37 | #1,361 | 0.03 |
| 1942 | 38 | #1,324 | 0.03 |
| 1941 | 38 | #1,239 | 0.03 |
| 1940 | 15 | #2,193 | 0.01 |
| 1939 | 13 | #2,401 | 0.01 |
| 1938 | 23 | #1,643 | 0.02 |
| 1937 | 23 | #1,624 | 0.02 |
| 1936 | 15 | #2,140 | 0.01 |
| 1935 | 7 | #3,707 | 0.01 |
| 1934 | 9 | #3,128 | 0.01 |
| 1933 | 8 | #3,372 | 0.01 |
| 1932 | 12 | #2,615 | 0.01 |
| 1931 | 7 | #3,803 | 0.01 |
| 1930 | 5 | #5,164 | under 0.01 |
| 1927 | 8 | #3,827 | 0.01 |
| 1923 | 8 | #3,920 | 0.01 |
| 1922 | 14 | #2,590 | 0.01 |
| 1921 | 5 | #5,762 | under 0.01 |
| 1919 | 8 | #3,763 | 0.01 |
| 1918 | 5 | #5,484 | under 0.01 |
| 1914 | 6 | #3,554 | 0.01 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Starr a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 10,167 Americans recorded as Starr, 97% are girls and 3% boys. In 2025 it went to 63 girls; SSA lists no boys with it that year (fewer than 5, or none).
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Starr: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Starr, and how old are they?
9,120 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 90% of the 10,167 Americans ever recorded as Starr. The median Starr alive today is 37 years old; half are between 23 and 54.
The 2020 Census counted 7,810 people named Starr (7,556 women and girls, 254 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 8,915 born in the U.S. The Census count is 12% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 154 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 1,640 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 1,650 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 1,980 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 2,650 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 1,050 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Starr born?
The states with the most babies named Starr are California, New York and Texas, with 41% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 901 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| New York | 841 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Texas | 503 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Michigan | 461 | not ranked | 1.2× |
| Illinois | 453 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Pennsylvania | 379 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Florida | 368 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Ohio | 344 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Georgia | 177 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Indiana | 139 | not ranked | 0.5× |
Where Starr is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Starr is most over-represented in Michigan: since 1914 it was given 1.2 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Starr with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 2 names spelled alike, given to 18,599 babies since 1880, Starr is the most given (55% of them). In 2025 it was given to 63 of their 164 babies (38%), the second most given that year.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Starr
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Starr and names like it
- Compare Starr and StarBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1990sStarr peaked in 1997.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Starr since 1910.
- The top names of 1997The year the most babies were named Starr.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Starr alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with SMost given first.