Girls' name · since 1978
Starsha
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.
- #17,244 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 260
- born since 1978
- 1980s
- peak decade
Starsha sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 260 recorded since 1978.
Social Security Administration records show Starsha recorded 260 times among girls since 1978, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1980s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1978 to 2000.
- #17,244 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 260 born since 1978
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Starsha ranks #17,244 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 260 born since 1978, peaking in the 1980s.
- #17,244 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 260
- born since 1978
- 1980s
- peak decade
Starsha's 260 recorded births place it above 76.15% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Starsha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Starsha's full recorded timeline at 1987, 44% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 56% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1979, with just 7 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1980 peak of 24 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Starsha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1978–2000
- Peak year (1980)
- 24
- Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
Starsha by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (179 births, 69% of the file).
1980s was Starsha's strongest decade.
179 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 69% of all-time use.
Starsha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 16
1970s
16 births
- 1980s
1980s
179 births
- 1990s 57
1990s
57 births
- 2000s 8
2000s
8 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 179 births (69% of all-time use).
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- Starsha's decade-level peak was the 1980s (179 total births); usage has since declined to 8 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Starsha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~22 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, 1978–2000 (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 Starsha 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.