Starling was the #6,446 boys' name in the US in 2025 (13 babies).
Starling as a boy’s name
US
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
2025
#6,446 (13)
2024
#9,894 (7)
2023
#6,220 (14)
2021
#10,799 (6)
2020
#10,605 (6)
2019
#12,145 (5)
2018
#8,819 (8)
2017
#12,246 (5)
2015
#8,040 (9)
2014
#12,108 (5)
2011
#9,600 (7)
2010
#10,766 (6)
2009
#12,491 (5)
2008
#12,553 (5)
2006
#12,055 (5)
Starling as a girl’s name
US
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
2025
#10,917 (8)
2024
#13,477 (6)
2023
#6,409 (18)
2022
#10,383 (9)
2021
#8,464 (12)
2020
#7,969 (13)
2019
#9,736 (10)
2018
#13,793 (6)
2017
#10,689 (9)
2016
#16,215 (5)
2015
#8,931 (12)
2014
#9,517 (11)
2013
#14,582 (6)
2012
#12,199 (8)
2011
#12,153 (8)
The tide so far
Peaked in the US in 1908 at #744.
Rising over the last five years.
In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.
In 2025, 38% of US babies named Starling were girls.
How common is it?
about 1 in 130,000 baby boys 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.