Feminine dossier · first seen 1941

Starlet

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

Stable Decline Gradual decline from 1981

Peak era

1981

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Millennial

1941Peak 19812024

Peak year

1981

Decline from peak

72.4%

2024

All-time

1,050

Starlet is past its period of maximum cultural dominance, but it has not disappeared. Unlike names that burn out quickly, it still carries enough usage to remain cross-generational rather than purely nostalgic.

Your name peaked in 1981, when 29 girls were named Starlet.

In 2024, only 8 girls were given the name.

Down 72.4% from its peak.

All told, about 1,050 Americans have been named Starlet and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1941.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationMillennial

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryGradual decline from 1981

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