Starsha — girls' name
260 babies named Starsha in U.S. Social Security records since 1978, with the highest year being 1980. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
69% of everyone ever named Starsha was born in this single decade.
24 babies were named Starsha in 1980 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Starsha
The Social Security Administration has registered 260 babies named Starsha between 1978 and 2000, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Starsha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2000. The name reached its historical peak in 1980, when 24 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Starsha performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 179 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Starsha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Starsha 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 260 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.
Starsha at a glance
Last recorded 2000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Starsha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–1978
- Peak year (1980)
- 24
- Annual births at peak — across 23 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2000.
260 total births across 23 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1980 with 24 births in a single year.
Starsha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 179 births that decade — 69% of Starsha's all-time total
Starsha decade highlights
- Peak decade 179 births
- Runner-up 57 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Starsha's strongest decade
179 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 69% 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, 1978–2000 (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.