NameTides

Star

Star was the #2,051 girls' name in the US in 2025 (92 babies), and #1,512 in England & Wales and #1,429 in Canada.

Star as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Canada
Star as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesUS
Star as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandCanada
2025#2,051 (92)#1,512 (20)——#1,429 (17)
2024#1,895 (105)#1,262 (26)——#2,259 (9)
2023#2,062 (94)#981 (35)#540 (5)—#1,678 (13)
2022#2,034 (95)#857 (41)——#2,133 (9)
2021#1,652 (126)#1,351 (23)——#1,381 (17)
2020#1,593 (131)#1,127 (29)——#1,877 (11)
2019#1,629 (130)#1,017 (34)#560 (5)—#1,600 (14)
2018#1,925 (103)#1,170 (29)——#2,892 (6)
2017#1,779 (117)#982 (37)——#2,609 (7)
2016#2,093 (93)#1,211 (28)——#1,906 (11)
2015#2,088 (93)#984 (36)———
2014#1,876 (107)#1,070 (33)——#2,185 (9)
2013#1,918 (104)#999 (36)#663 (4)—#2,595 (7)
2012#1,591 (136)#679 (61)#665 (4)—#2,921 (6)
2011#1,469 (152)#776 (48)#810 (3)—#2,348 (8)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1997 at #907.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1922.
  • In 2025, 91% of US babies named Star were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 18,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 18,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 13,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 8,800uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Star is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 18,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 15,000 to 1 in 23,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Star by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: #1,392PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #2,276CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #1,138NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,213GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,386TXFlorida: #1,545FL
Star (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
StarCanadaGirls#1,42917
StarCanadaBoys—too few
StarEngland & WalesGirls#1,51220
StarEngland & WalesBoys#3,6845
StarNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
StarScotlandGirls—too few
StarUSGirls#2,05192
StarUSBoys#8,2439