How Many People Are Named Starr?
people named Starr are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 37,296 people in the US has this name
Based on 10,167 babies named Starr in Social Security records from 1914 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
307 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of STAR.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Starr in English. Counting Starr and these spellings together, about 17,116 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Starr, 98% were girls and 2% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Starr rose from 77.7% in the 1930s to 100% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Starr alive today is about 38 years old, and 42% are under 30. Half of them were between 22 and 53 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Starr first appears in the records in 1914 and was given most often in 1997, to 307 babies. In 2025, 63 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1914 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Starr has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #650, in 1948. In 2025 it ranked #2,747.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,747 |
| Best rank | #650 (1948) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,164 in the 1990s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Starr alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Starr were born in California than in any other state: about 846 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Starr was given 2.2 times as often in Michigan, 2.1 times in New York and 1.7 times in Illinois.
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