Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Star” in the USA?

Number of people named “Star” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Star” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Star” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Star” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Star” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Star” by birth year

This chart shows how “Star” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1919 5 0.000002369 5 -100%
1922 13 0.000005679 13 100%
1926 7 0.000003049 7 100%
1930 5 0.000002249 5 100%
1932 5 0.000002368 5 100%
1936 12 0.000005776 12 100%
1937 10 0.000004693 10 100%
1938 7 0.000003164 7 100%
1939 10 0.000004538 10 100%
1940 7 0.00000304 7 100%
1941 14 0.000005746 14 100%
1942 14 0.000005125 14 100%
1943 16 0.000005669 16 100%
1944 18 0.000006691 18 100%
1945 17 0.000006408 17 100%
1946 25 0.000007824 25 100%
1947 66 0.000018322 66 100%
1948 52 0.000015061 52 100%
1949 44 0.000012626 44 100%
1950 41 0.000011703 41 100%
1951 41 0.00001113 41 100%
1952 42 0.000011058 42 100%
1953 42 0.000010899 42 100%
1954 51 0.000012812 51 100%
1955 51 0.000012702 51 100%
1956 72 0.000017463 72 100%
1957 83 0.000019752 83 100%
1958 64 0.000015482 59 5 84%
1959 70 0.000016835 70 100%
1960 75 0.000018056 75 100%
1961 77 0.000018589 77 100%
1962 69 0.000017099 69 100%
1963 65 0.000016422 65 100%
1964 66 0.000016977 66 100%
1965 43 0.000011861 43 100%
1966 51 0.000014673 51 100%
1967 49 0.000014433 49 100%
1968 48 0.000014208 48 100%
1969 45 0.000012948 45 100%
1970 39 0.000010814 39 100%
1971 66 0.000019229 66 100%
1972 72 0.000022908 67 5 86%
1973 65 0.000021545 60 5 85%
1974 74 0.000024342 69 5 86%
1975 76 0.000025171 76 100%
1976 96 0.000031638 96 100%
1977 140 0.000044074 134 6 91%
1978 154 0.000048521 147 7 91%
1979 154 0.000046288 148 6 92%
1980 175 0.000050806 170 5 94%
1981 140 0.00004047 133 7 90%
1982 132 0.000037629 123 9 86%
1983 117 0.000033782 112 5 91%
1984 93 0.000026657 93 100%
1985 62 0.000017371 62 100%
1986 89 0.000025021 83 6 87%
1987 72 0.000019969 72 100%
1988 70 0.000018944 70 100%
1989 82 0.000021329 82 100%
1990 76 0.000019228 76 100%
1991 73 0.000018741 73 100%
1992 83 0.000021607 83 100%
1993 78 0.000020688 78 100%
1994 79 0.00002125 79 100%
1995 79 0.000021572 73 6 85%
1996 149 0.000040853 143 6 92%
1997 221 0.000060953 221 100%
1998 215 0.000058452 209 6 94%
1999 186 0.000050354 186 100%
2000 204 0.00005397 198 6 94%
2001 191 0.000051023 186 5 95%
2002 174 0.000046545 174 100%
2003 187 0.000049181 181 6 94%
2004 168 0.000043968 168 100%
2005 186 0.000048376 186 100%
2006 194 0.000049037 194 100%
2007 199 0.000049779 199 100%
2008 187 0.000047575 187 100%
2009 147 0.00003848 147 100%
2010 172 0.00004654 172 100%
2011 152 0.000041555 152 100%
2012 136 0.000037185 136 100%
2013 104 0.000028527 104 100%
2014 107 0.000028869 107 100%
2015 98 0.00002648 93 5 90%
2016 98 0.000026712 93 5 90%
2017 124 0.000034674 117 7 89%
2018 103 0.000029296 103 100%
2019 140 0.000040335 130 10 86%
2020 129 0.000038616 129 100%
2021 131 0.000038666 126 5 92%
2022 95 0.00002808 95 100%
2023 99 0.000029899 94 5 90%
2024 105 0.000031546 105 100%

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