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“Variant of Star — Star” — English origin
Girl's name · #2747 in the US (2025) · 90s
Starr reached its best rank, #651, in 1948 and ranked #2747 in 2025. Roughly 9,800 girls have been named Starr since 1914. It is also an American family name — about 30,000 people carry it as a surname, according to US census data. Together with its spelling variant Star (#2062), Starr would rank around #1406 with about 160 births last year — the newborns split about 59/41 between Star and Starr.
Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 9 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
Among 25 notable people named Starr:
Sports figures appear 1.97× more often than among typical names — e.g. Starr Andrews, American figure skater.
Similar names: Star · Roxanna · Stacey · Dianna · Stormy · Farrah
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