# Starr (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/starr/  
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 | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /stɑɹ/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 10,167 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 324 / 9,843 (97% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 378, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

* As an English surname, from the noun star. * As a Jewish surname, spelling variant of 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 | 98 | 2,015 |
| 2012 | 101 | 1,954 |
| 2013 | 93 | 2,081 |
| 2014 | 85 | 2,231 |
| 2015 | 73 | 2,499 |
| 2016 | 55 | 3,055 |
| 2017 | 47 | 3,380 |
| 2018 | 62 | 2,777 |
| 2019 | 137 | 1,568 |
| 2020 | 103 | 1,882 |
| 2021 | 105 | 1,895 |
| 2022 | 91 | 2,121 |
| 2023 | 72 | 2,492 |
| 2024 | 71 | 2,529 |
| 2025 | 63 | 2,747 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 9 | 3,966 |
| 1977 | 7 | 5,051 |
| 1978 | 8 | 4,510 |
| 1980 | 5 | 7,166 |
| 1981 | 5 | 7,144 |
| 1982 | 6 | 6,294 |
| 1983 | 7 | 5,416 |
| 1984 | 5 | 7,191 |
| 1986 | 5 | 7,683 |
| 1988 | 8 | 5,669 |
| 1989 | 6 | 7,787 |
| 1993 | 6 | 8,561 |
| 1997 | 5 | 10,600 |
| 1999 | 6 | 9,743 |
| 2005 | 5 | 13,091 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 16 | 1,729 |
| 2012 | 25 | 1,297 |
| 2013 | 15 | 1,864 |
| 2014 | 8 | 2,862 |
| 2015 | 7 | 3,252 |
| 2016 | 10 | 2,547 |
| 2017 | 6 | 3,583 |
| 2018 | 11 | 2,340 |
| 2019 | 18 | 1,634 |
| 2020 | 13 | 2,042 |
| 2021 | 10 | 2,499 |
| 2022 | 10 | 2,488 |
| 2023 | 12 | 2,201 |
| 2024 | 11 | 2,411 |
| 2025 | 5 | 4,201 |

## People named Starr

- Thomas Starr King, American minister (1824-1864)

## 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.