Starling*
#4,246 most common boys' name of all time · #10,391 across all names · 82% male / 18% female · used 1880–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among boys
#4,246
Rank overall
#10,391 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
110 of 146
All-time
1,226
Since 2016
160
Peak year
2023 #6,229
Best rank
#767 1908
Girls
Boys
peak 32/yr
Starling is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | 13 | 21 | #6,456 |
| 2024 | 6 | 7 | 13 | #9,914 |
| 2023 | 18 | 14 | 32 | #6,229 |
| 2022 | 9 | — | 9 | — |
| 2021 | 12 | 6 | 18 | #10,834 |
| 2020 | 13 | 6 | 19 | #10,639 |
| 2019 | 10 | 5 | 15 | #12,176 |
| 2018 | 6 | 8 | 14 | #8,829 |
| 2017 | 9 | 5 | 14 | #12,277 |
| 2016 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 2015 | 12 | 9 | 21 | #8,064 |
| 2014 | 11 | 5 | 16 | #12,146 |
| 2013 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 2012 | 8 | — | 8 | — |
| 2011 | 8 | 7 | 15 | #9,630 |
| 2010 | 8 | 6 | 14 | #10,799 |
| 2009 | 5 | 5 | 10 | #12,537 |
| 2008 | 7 | 5 | 12 | #12,596 |
| 2006 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,092 |
| 2005 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,319 |
| 2003 | 7 | — | 7 | — |
| 2002 | 10 | — | 10 | — |
| 2001 | — | 5 | 5 | #10,582 |
| 2000 | — | 9 | 9 | #6,866 |
| 1998 | — | 6 | 6 | #8,505 |
| 1995 | — | 10 | 10 | #5,517 |
| 1994 | — | 6 | 6 | #7,796 |
| 1993 | — | 6 | 6 | #7,668 |
| 1992 | 5 | 7 | 12 | #6,696 |
| 1990 | — | 6 | 6 | #7,217 |
| 1989 | — | 6 | 6 | #6,985 |
| 1988 | — | 11 | 11 | #4,182 |
| 1983 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,163 |
| 1981 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,309 |
| 1979 | 5 | 5 | 10 | #6,118 |
| 1978 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,874 |
| 1976 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,970 |
| 1975 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1974 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,582 |
| 1973 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,456 |
| 1972 | 6 | 6 | 12 | #4,474 |
| 1971 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,006 |
| 1970 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,262 |
| 1969 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,620 |
| 1968 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,716 |
| 1967 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,015 |
| 1965 | 5 | — | 5 | — |
| 1964 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,320 |
| 1963 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,349 |
| 1962 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,662 |
| 1961 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,562 |
| 1959 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,651 |
| 1957 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,110 |
| 1956 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,184 |
| 1955 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,987 |
| 1954 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,333 |
| 1953 | 5 | 10 | 15 | #2,550 |
| 1952 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,904 |
| 1951 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,261 |
| 1950 | 5 | 13 | 18 | #2,125 |
| 1949 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,882 |
| 1948 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,467 |
| 1947 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,802 |
| 1946 | — | 14 | 14 | #1,966 |
| 1945 | — | 15 | 15 | #1,789 |
| 1944 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,491 |
| 1943 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,008 |
| 1942 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,737 |
| 1941 | 5 | 7 | 12 | #2,900 |
| 1940 | — | 14 | 14 | #1,912 |
| 1939 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,323 |
| 1938 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,508 |
| 1937 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,770 |
| 1936 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,477 |
| 1935 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,415 |
| 1934 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,803 |
| 1933 | — | 15 | 15 | #1,852 |
| 1932 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,795 |
| 1931 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,117 |
| 1930 | 6 | 16 | 22 | #1,895 |
| 1929 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,474 |
| 1928 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,874 |
| 1927 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,128 |
| 1926 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,922 |
| 1925 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,883 |
| 1924 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,153 |
| 1923 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,956 |
| 1922 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,964 |
| 1921 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,922 |
| 1920 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,468 |
| 1919 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,900 |
| 1918 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,279 |
| 1917 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,704 |
| 1916 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,652 |
| 1915 | — | 15 | 15 | #1,900 |
| 1914 | — | 11 | 11 | #1,998 |
| 1913 | — | 6 | 6 | #2,534 |
| 1912 | — | 9 | 9 | #1,770 |
| 1911 | — | 8 | 8 | #1,312 |
| 1910 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,461 |
| 1909 | — | 7 | 7 | #1,197 |
| 1908 | — | 13 | 13 | #767 |
| 1902 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,196 |
| 1897 | — | 7 | 7 | #898 |
| 1896 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,166 |
| 1889 | — | 6 | 6 | #919 |
| 1886 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,024 |
| 1885 | — | 7 | 7 | #813 |
| 1881 | — | 6 | 6 | #840 |
| 1880 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,043 |