Star Girl
How popular is Star?
#2,051 girl name in 2025
92 baby girls were named Star in the US in 2025, making it the 2051st most popular girl name. Another 9 boys got the name (#8,239 for boys).
Star popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #2,051 for girls (▼ 156 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 92 girls, 9 boys |
| 10-year trend | Steady (-1% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,088 in 2015, #1,593 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1997 (221 girls) |
| Highest rank | #893 in 1980 |
| First recorded | 1922 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 4% boys, 96% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Star 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 Star is most popular
Babies named Star per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Georgia: 0.1 per 1,000 (20 girls)
- Florida: 0.1 per 1,000 (36 girls)
- California: 0.1 per 1,000 (67 girls)
- Louisiana: 0.1 per 1,000 (6 girls)
- Pennsylvania: 0.1 per 1,000 (16 girls)
Star by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 20 | #2,611 |
| 1930s | 49 | #2,385 |
| 1940s | 273 | #1,096 |
| 1950s | 552 | #1,158 |
| 1960s | 588 | #1,259 |
| 1970s | 902 | #952 |
| 1980s | 1,000 | #893 |
| 1990s | 1,221 | #906 |
| 2000s | 1,820 | #1,047 |
| 2010s | 1,207 | #1,357 |
| 2020s | 643 | #1,593 |
Girl names about as popular as Star
Questions
- Is Star a boy or girl name?
- Star is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 96% of babies named Star were girls.
- How popular is the name Star?
- 92 baby girls were named Star in the US in 2025, making it the 2051st most popular girl name. Another 9 boys got the name (#8,239 for boys).
- When was Star most popular?
- Star peaked in 1997, when 221 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #893 in 1980.
- How many people are named Star?
- 8,432 babies have been named Star in the US since 1880. We estimate about 7,987 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 28.
- Where is Star most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Star was most common in Georgia, 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.