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How popular is “Starr” in the USA?

Number of people named “Starr” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Starr” 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 “Starr” by birth year

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

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

Bias in sex for “Starr” by birth year

This chart shows how “Starr” 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
1914 13 0.000009179 6 7 -8%
1916 6 0.000003102 6 -100%
1918 13 0.000005988 5 8 -23%
1919 8 0.000003791 8 100%
1920 6 0.000002652 6 -100%
1921 10 0.000004284 5 5 0%
1922 14 0.000006116 14 100%
1923 14 0.00000608 8 6 14%
1925 6 0.000002571 6 -100%
1927 14 0.000006036 8 6 14%
1929 6 0.000002737 6 -100%
1930 5 0.000002249 5 100%
1931 7 0.000003326 7 100%
1932 17 0.000008052 12 5 41%
1933 8 0.000004001 8 100%
1934 15 0.000007223 9 6 20%
1935 14 0.000006699 7 7 0%
1936 20 0.000009627 15 5 50%
1937 23 0.000010795 23 100%
1938 29 0.000013107 23 6 59%
1939 19 0.000008623 13 6 37%
1940 20 0.000008686 15 5 50%
1941 44 0.000018059 38 6 73%
1942 38 0.00001391 38 100%
1943 45 0.000015943 37 8 64%
1944 42 0.000015613 37 5 76%
1945 49 0.00001847 39 10 59%
1946 78 0.000024411 78 100%
1947 130 0.000036088 120 10 85%
1948 173 0.000050108 164 9 90%
1949 101 0.000028983 96 5 90%
1950 76 0.000021693 76 100%
1951 102 0.000027689 97 5 90%
1952 104 0.000027383 97 7 87%
1953 110 0.000028544 104 6 89%
1954 103 0.000025875 103 100%
1955 87 0.000021668 87 100%
1956 143 0.000034683 135 8 89%
1957 117 0.000027843 111 6 90%
1958 142 0.00003435 136 6 92%
1959 124 0.000029822 115 9 85%
1960 106 0.000025519 106 100%
1961 120 0.000028969 113 7 88%
1962 110 0.000027259 105 5 91%
1963 93 0.000023496 93 100%
1964 105 0.000027009 105 100%
1965 71 0.000019584 71 100%
1966 62 0.000017838 62 100%
1967 49 0.000014433 49 100%
1968 77 0.000022792 71 6 84%
1969 80 0.000023019 80 100%
1970 75 0.000020796 69 6 84%
1971 70 0.000020394 64 6 83%
1972 79 0.000025135 79 100%
1973 63 0.000020882 63 100%
1974 99 0.000032566 94 5 90%
1975 116 0.000038418 116 100%
1976 140 0.000046139 131 9 87%
1977 190 0.000059814 183 7 93%
1978 177 0.000055768 169 8 91%
1979 195 0.000058611 195 100%
1980 218 0.000063289 213 5 95%
1981 196 0.000056658 191 5 95%
1982 147 0.000041905 141 6 92%
1983 168 0.000048508 161 7 92%
1984 150 0.000042995 145 5 93%
1985 115 0.000032221 115 100%
1986 104 0.000029237 99 5 90%
1987 89 0.000024684 89 100%
1988 116 0.000031393 108 8 86%
1989 130 0.000033815 124 6 91%
1990 122 0.000030867 122 100%
1991 135 0.000034657 135 100%
1992 97 0.000025252 97 100%
1993 109 0.00002891 103 6 89%
1994 102 0.000027437 102 100%
1995 92 0.000025122 92 100%
1996 166 0.000045514 166 100%
1997 307 0.000084672 302 5 97%
1998 259 0.000070415 259 100%
1999 215 0.000058205 209 6 94%
2000 198 0.000052382 198 100%
2001 178 0.00004755 178 100%
2002 194 0.000051895 194 100%
2003 160 0.00004208 160 100%
2004 141 0.000036902 141 100%
2005 140 0.000036412 135 5 93%
2006 131 0.000033113 131 100%
2007 136 0.00003402 136 100%
2008 150 0.000038161 150 100%
2009 146 0.000038218 146 100%
2010 127 0.000034364 127 100%
2011 98 0.000026792 98 100%
2012 101 0.000027615 101 100%
2013 93 0.00002551 93 100%
2014 85 0.000022933 85 100%
2015 73 0.000019725 73 100%
2016 55 0.000014992 55 100%
2017 47 0.000013142 47 100%
2018 62 0.000017634 62 100%
2019 136 0.000039183 136 100%
2020 103 0.000030833 103 100%
2021 105 0.000030992 105 100%
2022 91 0.000026898 91 100%
2023 71 0.000021442 71 100%
2024 70 0.00002103 70 100%

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