Starr

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Starr: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Starr: Recorded every year since 1996, its highest recorded position is #1,126, and it stood at #2,411 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1126highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3126
1997	#1126
1998	#1979
1999	#2189
2000	#1475
2001	#1520
2002	#1530
2003	#1996
2004	#1836
2005	#2247
2006	#1280
2007	#2085
2008	#1447
2009	#1171
2010	#1294
2011	#1729
2012	#1297
2013	#1864
2014	#2862
2015	#3252
2016	#2547
2017	#3583
2018	#2340
2019	#1634
2020	#2042
2021	#2499
2022	#2488
2023	#2201
2024	#2411

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #3126 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #1126 among girls in England and Wales, in 1997 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2411 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Starr by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Starr in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	36	4 of 10	9
2000sbusiest	141	10 of 10	14
2010s	140	10 of 10	14
2020s	56	5 of 10	11

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 14 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Starr appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1126 in England and Wales in 1997.

Starr's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#2411	11	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2201	12	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2488	10	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2499	10	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2042	13	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1634	18	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2340	11	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#3583	6	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2547	10	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#3252	7	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2862	8	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1864	15	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1297	25	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1729	16	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1294	24	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1171	26	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1447	19	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2085	11	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1280	20	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2247	9	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1836	11	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1996	9	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1530	12	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1520	12	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1475	12	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2189	7	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1979	8	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1126	17	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3126	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,126, first reached in 1997.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 26 births, registered in England and Wales in 2009.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
29 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
1unbroken stretch — never absent from the recordUnbroken since it first appeared →
#2,411position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
26births registered in its largest year, 200925 to 49 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Amreen · #1126, 29y
Hamida · #1126, 26y
Safina · #1126, 29y
Ebenezer · #1125, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Amreen · #1126, 29y
Hamida · #1126, 26y
Safina · #1126, 29y
Ebenezer · #1125, 29y

Starr and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Starr without appearing here.

Starr moved ahead of

Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2340 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #1634 and #5591.
Kim Compare
In 2017 they stood at #3583 and #3583 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #2340 and #5666.
Belinda Compare
In 2015 they stood at #3252 and #2945 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #2547 and #5785.
Kristine Compare
In 2015 they stood at #3252 and #3252 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #2547 and #5785.

Moved ahead of Starr

Ezra Compare
In 2013 they stood at #1864 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #2862 and #1628.
Meabh Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2042 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2499 and #1286.
Fiadh Compare
In 2016 they stood at #2547 and #2757 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #3583 and #2502.
Eabha Compare
In 2019 they stood at #1634 and #2458 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2042 and #1313.

Moved the opposite way to Starr

Blake Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Starr went from #1126 to #2411 while Blake went from #3824 to #432.
Ezra Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Starr went from #1126 to #2411 while Ezra went from #3824 to #1302.
Harper Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Starr went from #1520 to #2411 while Harper went from #3262 to #22.
Vicki Compare
Between 1996 and 2012 in England and Wales · Girls, Starr went from #3126 to #1297 while Vicki went from #848 to #5876.

Moved the same way as Starr

Hayden Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Starr went from #1475 to #2411 and Hayden from #3912 to #5891.
Dianne Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Starr went from #1530 to #2411 and Dianne from #4137 to #5891.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1126 in England and Wales in 1997. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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What the data shows

Popularity journey

Starr by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Starr at a glance

Starr by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Starr moved ahead of

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