Starlet
Starlet is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 8 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 80.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 198129 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1941
- 1,050people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,050 girls have been named Starlet in the United States since 1941, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1981, with 29 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1973, and the 1960s alone account for 21%.
By decade
In 1981, its biggest year
Starlet was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1981 were Jennifer, Jessica, Amanda, Sarah and Melissa. See all of 1981.
Names that rose and fell with Starlet
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Valeriepeak 1959
- Jolynnpeak 1962
- Janapeak 1961
- Joanniepeak 1954
- Jolynpeak 1969
- Starlapeak 1980
- Valeripeak 1964
- Valariepeak 1964
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.