How Many People Are Named Star?
people named Star are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 42,980 people in the US has this name
Based on 8,432 babies named Star in Social Security records from 1919 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
221 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From the English word for the celestial body, ultimately from Old English steorra.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Star in English. Counting Star and these spellings together, about 17,116 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Star, 98.2% were girls and 1.8% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Star alive today is about 32 years old, and 56% are under 30. Half of them were between 16 and 46 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Star first appears in the records in 1919 and was given most often in 1997, to 221 babies. In 2025, 101 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1919 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Star has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #897, in 1980. In 2025 it ranked #2,062.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,062 |
| Best rank | #897 (1980) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,232 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Star alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Star were born in California than in any other state: about 1,202 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Star was given 2.1 times as often in California, 1.9 times in New York and 1.7 times in Florida.
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