Starr Girl
How popular is Starr?
#2,719 girl name in 2025
63 baby girls were named Starr in the US in 2025, making it the 2719th most popular girl name.
Starr popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #2,719 for girls (▼ 211 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 63 girls |
| 10-year trend | Steady (-14% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,471 in 2015, #1,872 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1997 (302 girls) |
| Highest rank | #650 in 1948 |
| First recorded | 1914 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Starr counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Star family of names ranked #1,180 for girls in 2025 (#1,117 the year before), with 155 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Star | 92 | 59% |
| Starr | 63 | 41% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Starr is most popular
Babies named Starr per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- North Carolina: 0.1 per 1,000 (13 girls)
- Maryland: 0.1 per 1,000 (6 girls)
- South Carolina: 0.1 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- Florida: 0.1 per 1,000 (23 girls)
- Ohio: 0.1 per 1,000 (12 girls)
Starr by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 19 | #3,187 |
| 1920s | 35 | #2,479 |
| 1930s | 122 | #1,580 |
| 1940s | 662 | #650 |
| 1950s | 1,061 | #857 |
| 1960s | 855 | #1,023 |
| 1970s | 1,163 | #808 |
| 1980s | 1,386 | #772 |
| 1990s | 1,587 | #714 |
| 2000s | 1,569 | #1,047 |
| 2010s | 879 | #1,566 |
| 2020s | 505 | #1,872 |
Girl names about as popular as Starr
Questions
- Is Starr a boy or girl name?
- Starr is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Starr were girls.
- How popular is the name Starr?
- 63 baby girls were named Starr in the US in 2025, making it the 2719th most popular girl name.
- When was Starr most popular?
- Starr peaked in 1997, when 302 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #650 in 1948.
- How many people are named Starr?
- 10,167 babies have been named Starr in the US since 1880. We estimate about 9,222 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 37.
- Where is Starr most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Starr was most common in North Carolina, at 0.1 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.