Starla
Starla is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 40 births. Its best rank was 700th, in 1966.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 400.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1980243 births
- Best rank
- #700in 1966
- Since 1942
- 8,206people given the name
The story in the numbers
8,206 girls have been named Starla in the United States since 1942, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1980, with 243 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 1978, and the 1960s alone account for 22%. It has spent 26 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Starla | |
|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 148 | |
| 1950s | 1,041 | |
| 1960s | 1,813 | |
| 1970s | 1,405 | |
| 1980s | 1,495 | |
| 1990s | 741 | |
| 2000s | 737 | |
| 2010s | 604 | |
| 2020s | 222 |
In 1980, its biggest year
Starla was the 702nd most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1980 were Jennifer, Amanda, Jessica, Melissa and Sarah. See all of 1980.
Names that rose and fell with Starla
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Jolynnpeak 1962
- Jonapeak 1964
- Dainapeak 1964
- Janapeak 1961
- Leannpeak 1963
- Leeannpeak 1962
- Monalisapeak 1965
- Nelidapeak 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.