Feminine dossier · first seen 1922

Star

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Star
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1997

Peak rank proxy

221

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Gen Z

1922Peak 19972024

Peak year

1997

Decline from peak

52.5%

2024

105

All-time

8,181

Star has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1997, when 221 girls were named Star.

In 2024, only 105 girls were given the name.

Down 52.5% from its peak.

All told, about 8,181 Americans have been named Star and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1922.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGen Z

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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