How rare is the name Starr?

7,810 people in the United States have the first name Starr, about 1 in 38,672. It ranks #2,913 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

STARR

#2,913

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
7,810
About
1 in 38,672
This common or more
81.2%
Who bears it

Of the 7,810 people named Starr, 56.2% reported their origin as White, 25.4% as Black and 9.9% as Hispanic or Latino. 96.7% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Starr peaked in 1997, when 307 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19142025
Peak year
1997
Births that year
307
In 2025*
63 ▼79%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 10,167 babies have been given the name since 1914. 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.

Starr by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1950s, when it ranked #1,592. The largest share of babies named Starr, 26.4%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1910s#6,46940
1920s#6,48970
1930s#3,612157
1940s#1,673720
1950s#1,5921,108
1960s#1,945873
1970s#1,7731,204
1980s#1,7621,433
1990s#1,9811,604
2000s#2,4171,574
2010s#3,881879
2020s#3,977505
Greatest Generation 1901–271%
Silent Generation 1928–453.9%
Baby boom 1946–6420.9%
Generation X 1965–8017.3%
Millennials 1981–9620%
Generation Z 1997–1226.4%
2013 and later10.4%

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 Starr is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Starr has been most common in Michigan (2.2×), New York (2×), and Florida (2×), and least common in Massachusetts (0.25×).

5,441 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 Starr

1 other first name also has 7,810 people.

#2,913 Zariah · 7,810

Either side of Starr

#2,911 Anjali · 7,815#2,912 Bao · 7,814#2,913 Zariah · 7,810#2,915 Katelin · 7,807

Spelled almost the same

2 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Starr, most common first.

#2,900 Star · 7,873#50,823 Starry · 117

Also a last name

As a last name, Starr ranks #1,176 of 156,621, with 29,409 people. See Starr as a last name

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