How Many People Are Named Starla?
An estimated 7,239 people in the United States have the first name Starla. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 44 years old, and Starla peaked in popularity in 1980 with 243 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Starla as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Starla paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
7,239
About 1 in 47,348 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
44
years old
Peak Year
1980
243 births
Total Registered
8,206
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Starla
Starla is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 8,206 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Starla as a female name
Ranked #3,801 in 2024
40 female births in 2024
Peak: 1980 (243 births)
Starla: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Starla span from the 1940s to the 2020s, covering 9 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1960s, when 1,813 babies were registered. Starla has declined significantly from its peak in the 1960s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Starla by Decade
How has Starla tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Starla by State
Birth registrations for Starla span all 31 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in California, Texas, Oklahoma. The lowest are in Wyoming, New York, Utah. On average, about 147 Starlas were registered per state.
Starla + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Starla as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Starla
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Starla: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Starla?
We estimate approximately 7,239 people named Starla are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 47,348 Americans share this first name.
Is Starla a common name?
Starla is classified as "Rare" and is more popular than 97.2% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 8,206 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Starla most popular?
Starla reached peak popularity in 1980, when 243 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Starla is approximately 44 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Starla a female name?
Starla is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Starla Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Starla Smith, Starla Johnson, Starla Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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