How Many People Are Named Starlet?
An estimated 892 people in the United States have the first name Starlet. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 46 years old, and Starlet peaked in popularity in 1981 with 29 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Starlet 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 Starlet paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
892
About 1 in 384,254 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
46
years old
Peak Year
1981
29 births
Total Registered
1,050
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Starlet
Starlet is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 1,050 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Starlet as a female name
Ranked #11,987 in 2024
8 female births in 2024
Peak: 1981 (29 births)
Starlet: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Starlet span from the 1940s to the 2020s, covering 9 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1960s, when 220 babies were registered. Starlet has declined significantly from its peak in the 1960s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Starlet by Decade
How has Starlet 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.
Starlet by State
Starlet + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Starlet as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Starlet
Other first names starting with S with a similar number of bearers.
Starlet: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Starlet?
We estimate approximately 892 people named Starlet 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 384,254 Americans share this first name.
Is Starlet a common name?
Starlet is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 89.4% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 1,050 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Starlet most popular?
Starlet reached peak popularity in 1981, when 29 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Starlet is approximately 46 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Starlet a female name?
Starlet is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Starlet Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Starlet Smith, Starlet Johnson, Starlet 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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