Starlett
A girls’ name of Modern American origin, meaning variant of Starlet; a small star.
Babies a year
9
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Starlett by the numbers
Starlett was given to 9 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 26 babies in 1981, making it a 1980s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Starlett. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Scarlettdeep red; a dyer of cloth7,679 in the US (2017)
- Skarlettbright red; a variant of Scarlett60 in the US (2017)
- Starlettelittle star; a diminutive of Star13 in the US (2017)
- Starleta small star9 in the US (2017)
- Scarletscarlet cloth; bright red color783 in the US (2017)
- Scarlettebright red cloth; variant of Scarlett336 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a star
Like Starlett, each of these has a star in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Stellastar5,038 in the US (2017)
- Novanew; a brightening star650 in England and Wales (2025)
- Marystar of the sea; beloved2,381 in the US (2017)
- Estherstar333 in England and Wales (2025)
- Miriamstar of the sea; beloved197 in England and Wales (2025)
- Maryamstar of the sea or beloved825 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Starlett
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