Recorded 1880–2025 · United States
Starling was most popular in 2023, when 32 American babies were given the name — ranking #7,619 that year. In 2025 it ranked #9,947, with 21 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,226 people named Starling.
Across the whole record Starling is mostly a boy’s name — 18.4% of the 1,226 Americans given it were girls and 81.7% were boys. It changed hands: since 2023 it has gone mainly to girls, having gone mainly to boys before that. In births since 2016 it is 60% girls and 40% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org