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Star

Rank in 2024
#1,892
Born in 2024
105
Peak year
1997 · #907
Origin
English

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 105 girls were named Star, about 1 in every 15,364.
  • It peaked in 1997 with 221 babies, ranked #907.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1922.
  • 8,181 girls have been named Star since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Star per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

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Greatest: 20 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 135 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Boomers: 1,091 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Gen X: 1,308 babies, 0.05 per 1,000. Millennials: 1,435 babies, 0.05 per 1,000. Gen Z: 2,896 babies, 0.10 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 1,296 babies, 0.06 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

As a German and Jewish surname, from Star (“starling”). Also as a German and Jewish surname, semantic loan from German Stern (“star”). As a Dutch surname, from star (“stiff, rigid”). As a Slovene surname, from star (“old”). As an English given name, from star, sometimes originating as a nickname.

  • A female given name from English.
Origin
English
Say it
Not recorded

From Wiktionary’s entry for Star, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Other spellings

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    Starr

    Rank
    #2,530
    Born '24
    70
    Origin
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    1880peak 19972024