girls:
8.1k births since 1922
#1813 (68th percentile)
boys:
148 births since 1919
#4438 (3rd percentile)
overall:
8.2k births since 1919
#2978 (62nd percentile)
The name Star is the #2,978 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 8,219 recorded births since 1919. This represents the 61.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 61.5% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,813 (68.3% percentile) for all time with 8,071 births since 1922. For boys, it ranks #4,438 (3.2% percentile) for all time with 148 births since 1919.
Star first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1919 (1919 for boys and 1922 for girls). Birth data for Star is available in 93 out of the 105 years between 1919 and 2023 (92 years for girls and 25 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Star has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 98.2% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 94.9% of babies named Star were girls. Interestingly, until around 1922, the name was more popular for boys (100.0% boys from 1919 to 1921), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (98.3% girls from 1922 to 2023).
For girls, Star reached its peak popularity in 1997, achieving the 24.8% percentile (ranked #649) with 116 births per million. The name was most common in 1997, with 116 births per million (ranked 24.8% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Star ranks #858 for girls (9.4% percentile) with 54 births per million, which is 46.4% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Star reached its peak popularity in 1982, achieving the 0.6% percentile (ranked #687) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 2019, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.5% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2019, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Star ranks #911 for boys (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 52.5% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Star".
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