How rare is the name Star?

7,873 people in the United States have the first name Star, about 1 in 38,363. It ranks #2,900 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

STAR

#2,900

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
7,873
About
1 in 38,363
This common or more
81.2%
Who bears it

Of the 7,873 people named Star, 45.4% reported their origin as White, 22.1% as Black and 20.5% as Hispanic or Latino. 96.3% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Star peaked in 1997, when 221 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19192025
Peak year
1997
Births that year
221
In 2025*
101 ▼54%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 8,432 babies have been given the name since 1919. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Star by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1970s, when it ranked #2,035. The largest share of babies named Star, 34.6%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1910s#11,6155
1920s#10,18220
1930s#6,60649
1940s#2,859273
1950s#2,270557
1960s#2,374588
1970s#2,035936
1980s#2,1441,032
1990s#2,3331,239
2000s#2,1751,837
2010s#3,0941,234
2020s#3,331662
Greatest Generation 1901–270.3%
Silent Generation 1928–451.6%
Baby boom 1946–6413%
Generation X 1965–8016%
Millennials 1981–9617.5%
Generation Z 1997–1234.6%
2013 and later17%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Star is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Star has been most common in California (2.8×), Florida (2.4×), and Texas (1.9×), and least common in Virginia (0.35×).

4,438 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Star

1 other first name also has 7,873 people.

#2,900 Marquise · 7,873

Either side of Star

#2,898 Letitia · 7,875#2,900 Marquise · 7,873#2,902 Alysia · 7,857#2,903 Kamal · 7,855

Spelled almost the same

One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Star, most common first.

#2,913 Starr · 7,810

Also a last name

As a last name, Star ranks #13,005 of 156,621, with 2,258 people. See Star as a last name

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