Starr
A girls’ name of Old English origin, meaning star.
Babies a year
47
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#4201
5 babies
Starr by the numbers
In 2025, 5 babies in England and Wales were named Starr. In the US, 47 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 302 babies in 1997, so it is a 1990s name that has since fallen a long way.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Starr. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean a star
Like Starr, 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 Starr
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