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Starling Name Popularity

    

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How popular is Starling?

In 2018 the rare name Starling, ranked the 9,492nd Most Popular Boys Name in the United States.

This once, top 1000 name, Starling is currently less popular.

Its highest popularity RANKING of #774 was reached in 1908.

But, the greatest number of babies were given the name in 1920 with 26 occurrences.

The least amount of newborns dubbed Starling in any given year was less than 5, most recently in 2016.

Starling, decisively moved upwards in popularity around the years 1913-1916, and 1917-1920.

Sometimes the name Starling has been more popular as a girls name and sometimes it has been more popular as a boys.

For a number of years, the name Starling has been moving upward in popularity. In recent years, continuing the trend, the number of babies given the name Starling has risen.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Starling?

Starling's popularity is at a low point when measured against its most notable year.

The name Starling is mostly unused but will probably continue to rise upward in popularity.

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   Starling (Girl)Starling (Boy)
Year %No. of Babies Given NamePopul. RankNo. of Babies Given NamePopul. Rank
2018 6 15,354 8 9,492
2017 9 11,475 5 13,941
2016 5 18,497 < 5 --
2015 12 9,409 9 8,618
2014 11 10,056 5 13,769
2013 6 16,279 < 5 --
2012 8 13,311 < 5 --
2011 8 13,197 7 10,617
2010 8 13,309 6 11,991
2009 5 19,822 5 14,204
2008 7 15,194 5 14,317
2007 < 5 -- < 5 --
2006 < 5 -- 5 13,735
2005 < 5 -- 8 8,971
2004 < 5 -- < 5 --
2003 7 13,663 < 5 --
2002 10 10,136 < 5 --
2001 < 5 -- 5 12,069
2000 < 5 -- 8 8,102
1999 < 5 -- < 5 --
1998 < 5 -- 6 9,493
1997 < 5 -- < 5 --
1996 < 5 -- < 5 --
1995 < 5 -- 10 5,857
1994 < 5 -- 6 8,658
1993 < 5 -- 6 8,560
1992 5 15,284 7 7,292
1991 < 5 -- < 5 --
1990 < 5 -- 6 7,983
1989 < 5 -- 6 7,785
1988 < 5 -- 11 4,414
1987 < 5 -- < 5 --
1986 < 5 -- < 5 --
1985 < 5 -- < 5 --
1984 < 5 -- < 5 --
1983 < 5 -- 9 4,442
1982 < 5 -- < 5 --
1981 < 5 -- 5 7,144
1980 < 5 -- < 5 --
1979 5 11,697 5 6,948
1978 < 5 -- 9 4,123
1977 < 5 -- < 5 --
1976 < 5 -- 6 5,507
1975 5 10,361 < 5 --
1974 < 5 -- 9 3,798
1973 < 5 -- 9 3,659
1972 6 8,115 6 4,921
1971 < 5 -- 7 4,326
1970 < 5 -- 6 4,662
1969 < 5 -- 7 3,892
1968 < 5 -- 6 4,085
1967 < 5 -- 8 3,203
1966 < 5 -- < 5 --
1965 5 7,384 < 5 --
1964 < 5 -- 7 3,565
1963 < 5 -- 7 3,604
1962 < 5 -- 6 3,987
1961 < 5 -- 11 2,684
1960 < 5 -- < 5 --
1959 < 5 -- 6 3,936
1958 < 5 -- < 5 --
1957 < 5 -- 15 2,183
1956 < 5 -- 14 2,249
1955 < 5 -- 8 3,174
1954 < 5 -- 12 2,425
1953 5 6,410 10 2,692
1952 < 5 -- 8 3,076
1951 < 5 -- 12 2,358
1950 5 6,006 13 2,190
1949 < 5 -- 16 1,932
1948 < 5 -- 10 2,595
1947 < 5 -- 18 1,842
1946 < 5 -- 14 2,019
1945 < 5 -- 15 1,848
1944 < 5 -- 10 2,459
1943 < 5 -- 14 2,064
1942 < 5 -- 7 3,185
1941 5 5,002 7 3,105
1940 < 5 -- 14 1,976
1939 < 5 -- 10 2,427
1938 < 5 -- 9 2,631
1937 < 5 -- 16 1,818
1936 < 5 -- 9 2,601
1935 < 5 -- 10 2,512
1934 < 5 -- 16 1,850
1933 < 5 -- 15 1,894
1932 < 5 -- 17 1,839
1931 < 5 -- 7 3,364
1930 6 4,497 16 1,954
1929 < 5 -- 11 2,576
1928 < 5 -- 9 3,053
1927 < 5 -- 15 2,184
1926 < 5 -- 9 3,115
1925 < 5 -- 18 1,928
1924 < 5 -- 15 2,210
1923 < 5 -- 17 2,013
1922 < 5 -- 17 2,029
1921 < 5 -- 18 1,973
1920 < 5 -- 26 1,497
1919 < 5 -- 17 1,962
1918 < 5 -- 13 2,383
1917 < 5 -- 19 1,747
1916 < 5 -- 19 1,691
1915 < 5 -- 15 1,958
1914 < 5 -- 11 2,087
1913 < 5 -- 6 2,770
1912 < 5 -- 9 1,870
1911 < 5 -- 8 1,370
1910 < 5 -- 6 1,564
1909 < 5 -- 7 1,259
1908 < 5 -- 13 774
1907 < 5 -- < 5 --
1906 < 5 -- < 5 --
1905 < 5 -- < 5 --
1904 < 5 -- < 5 --
1903 < 5 -- < 5 --
1902 < 5 -- 5 1,297
1901 < 5 -- < 5 --
1900 < 5 -- < 5 --
1899 < 5 -- < 5 --
1898 < 5 -- < 5 --
1897 < 5 -- 7 932
1896 < 5 -- 5 1,253
1895 < 5 -- < 5 --
1894 < 5 -- < 5 --
1893 < 5 -- < 5 --
1892 < 5 -- < 5 --
1891 < 5 -- < 5 --
1890 < 5 -- < 5 --
1889 < 5 -- 6 962
1888 < 5 -- < 5 --
1887 < 5 -- < 5 --
1886 < 5 -- 5 1,090
1885 < 5 -- 7 828
1884 < 5 -- < 5 --
1883 < 5 -- < 5 --
1882 < 5 -- < 5 --
1881 < 5 -- 6 853
1880 < 5 -- 5 1,043

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.