# Star (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/star/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | “starling”, “star”, “stiff”, “rigid”, “old” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 8,432 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 157 / 8,275 (98% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 997, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

* As a German and Jewish surname, from Star (“starling”). * Also as a German and Jewish surname, semantic loan from German Stern (“star”). * As a Dutch surname, from star (“stiff, rigid”). * As a Slovene surname, from star (“old”). * As an English given name, from star, sometimes originating as a nickname.

## What it means

Star is grouped under star.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 152 | 1,477 |
| 2012 | 136 | 1,601 |
| 2013 | 104 | 1,927 |
| 2014 | 107 | 1,890 |
| 2015 | 93 | 2,102 |
| 2016 | 93 | 2,114 |
| 2017 | 117 | 1,790 |
| 2018 | 103 | 1,936 |
| 2019 | 130 | 1,640 |
| 2020 | 131 | 1,606 |
| 2021 | 126 | 1,664 |
| 2022 | 95 | 2,047 |
| 2023 | 94 | 2,074 |
| 2024 | 105 | 1,911 |
| 2025 | 92 | 2,062 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 5 | 7,191 |
| 1986 | 6 | 6,624 |
| 1995 | 6 | 8,741 |
| 1996 | 6 | 8,865 |
| 1998 | 6 | 9,493 |
| 2000 | 6 | 10,182 |
| 2001 | 5 | 12,073 |
| 2003 | 6 | 10,694 |
| 2015 | 5 | 13,779 |
| 2016 | 5 | 13,922 |
| 2017 | 7 | 10,614 |
| 2019 | 10 | 8,131 |
| 2021 | 5 | 13,817 |
| 2023 | 5 | 13,913 |
| 2025 | 9 | 8,825 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 48 | 776 |
| 2012 | 61 | 679 |
| 2013 | 36 | 999 |
| 2014 | 33 | 1,070 |
| 2015 | 36 | 984 |
| 2016 | 28 | 1,211 |
| 2017 | 37 | 982 |
| 2018 | 29 | 1,170 |
| 2019 | 34 | 1,017 |
| 2020 | 29 | 1,127 |
| 2021 | 23 | 1,351 |
| 2022 | 41 | 857 |
| 2023 | 35 | 981 |
| 2024 | 26 | 1,262 |
| 2025 | 20 | 1,512 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 3 | 4,527 |
| 2015 | 3 | 4,747 |
| 2022 | 3 | 4,789 |
| 2023 | 8 | 2,546 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4,270 |
| 2025 | 5 | 3,684 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.