Starling Popularity by Year
Follow Starling across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Starling birth-count history
The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.
Complete year-by-year record
| Year | Category | Births | Rank | Change from previous recorded year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Boys | 13 | #6,446 | Up 3,448 places |
| 2025 | Girls | 8 | #10,917 | Up 2,560 places |
| 2024 | Boys | 7 | #9,894 | Down 3,674 places |
| 2024 | Girls | 6 | #13,477 | Down 7,068 places |
| 2023 | Boys | 14 | #6,220 | Up 4,579 places |
| 2023 | Girls | 18 | #6,409 | Up 3,974 places |
| 2022 | Girls | 9 | #10,383 | Down 1,919 places |
| 2021 | Boys | 6 | #10,799 | Down 194 places |
| 2021 | Girls | 12 | #8,464 | Down 495 places |
| 2020 | Boys | 6 | #10,605 | Up 1,540 places |
| 2020 | Girls | 13 | #7,969 | Up 1,767 places |
| 2019 | Boys | 5 | #12,145 | Down 3,326 places |
| 2019 | Girls | 10 | #9,736 | Up 4,057 places |
| 2018 | Boys | 8 | #8,819 | Up 3,427 places |
| 2018 | Girls | 6 | #13,793 | Down 3,104 places |
| 2017 | Boys | 5 | #12,246 | Down 4,206 places |
| 2017 | Girls | 9 | #10,689 | Up 5,526 places |
| 2016 | Girls | 5 | #16,215 | Down 7,284 places |
| 2015 | Boys | 9 | #8,040 | Up 4,068 places |
| 2015 | Girls | 12 | #8,931 | Up 586 places |
| 2014 | Boys | 5 | #12,108 | Down 2,508 places |
| 2014 | Girls | 11 | #9,517 | Up 5,065 places |
| 2013 | Girls | 6 | #14,582 | Down 2,383 places |
| 2012 | Girls | 8 | #12,199 | Down 46 places |
| 2011 | Boys | 7 | #9,600 | Up 1,166 places |
| 2011 | Girls | 8 | #12,153 | Up 123 places |
| 2010 | Boys | 6 | #10,766 | Up 1,725 places |
| 2010 | Girls | 8 | #12,276 | Up 5,018 places |
| 2009 | Boys | 5 | #12,491 | Up 62 places |
| 2009 | Girls | 5 | #17,294 | Down 3,462 places |
| 2008 | Boys | 5 | #12,553 | Down 498 places |
| 2008 | Girls | 7 | #13,832 | Down 1,424 places |
| 2006 | Boys | 5 | #12,055 | Down 3,756 places |
| 2005 | Boys | 8 | #8,299 | Up 2,257 places |
| 2003 | Girls | 7 | #12,408 | Down 2,926 places |
| 2002 | Girls | 10 | #9,482 | Up 3,835 places |
| 2001 | Boys | 5 | #10,556 | Down 3,717 places |
| 2000 | Boys | 9 | #6,839 | Up 1,640 places |
| 1998 | Boys | 6 | #8,479 | Down 2,978 places |
| 1995 | Boys | 10 | #5,501 | Up 2,269 places |
| 1994 | Boys | 6 | #7,770 | Down 132 places |
| 1993 | Boys | 6 | #7,638 | Down 968 places |
| 1992 | Boys | 7 | #6,670 | Up 508 places |
| 1992 | Girls | 5 | #13,317 | Down 3,107 places |
| 1990 | Boys | 6 | #7,178 | Down 237 places |
| 1989 | Boys | 6 | #6,941 | Down 2,779 places |
| 1988 | Boys | 11 | #4,162 | Down 21 places |
| 1983 | Boys | 9 | #4,141 | Up 2,121 places |
| 1981 | Boys | 5 | #6,262 | Down 206 places |
| 1979 | Boys | 5 | #6,056 | Down 2,199 places |
| 1979 | Girls | 5 | #10,210 | Down 1,143 places |
| 1978 | Boys | 9 | #3,857 | Up 1,078 places |
| 1976 | Boys | 6 | #4,935 | Down 1,377 places |
| 1975 | Girls | 5 | #9,067 | Down 1,775 places |
| 1974 | Boys | 9 | #3,558 | Down 113 places |
| 1973 | Boys | 9 | #3,445 | Up 996 places |
| 1972 | Boys | 6 | #4,441 | Down 478 places |
| 1972 | Girls | 6 | #7,292 | Down 753 places |
| 1971 | Boys | 7 | #3,963 | Up 267 places |
| 1970 | Boys | 6 | #4,230 | Down 635 places |
| 1969 | Boys | 7 | #3,595 | Up 78 places |
| 1968 | Boys | 6 | #3,673 | Down 688 places |
| 1967 | Boys | 8 | #2,985 | Up 297 places |
| 1965 | Girls | 5 | #6,539 | Down 866 places |
| 1964 | Boys | 7 | #3,282 | Up 36 places |
| 1963 | Boys | 7 | #3,318 | Up 322 places |
| 1962 | Boys | 6 | #3,640 | Down 1,102 places |
| 1961 | Boys | 11 | #2,538 | Up 1,081 places |
| 1959 | Boys | 6 | #3,619 | Down 1,526 places |
| 1957 | Boys | 15 | #2,093 | Up 75 places |
| 1956 | Boys | 14 | #2,168 | Up 796 places |
| 1955 | Boys | 8 | #2,964 | Down 648 places |
| 1954 | Boys | 12 | #2,316 | Up 215 places |
| 1953 | Boys | 10 | #2,531 | Up 344 places |
| 1953 | Girls | 5 | #5,673 | Down 372 places |
| 1952 | Boys | 8 | #2,875 | Down 629 places |
| 1951 | Boys | 12 | #2,246 | Down 135 places |
| 1950 | Boys | 13 | #2,111 | Down 239 places |
| 1950 | Girls | 5 | #5,301 | Down 881 places |
| 1949 | Boys | 16 | #1,872 | Up 571 places |
| 1948 | Boys | 10 | #2,443 | Down 657 places |
| 1947 | Boys | 18 | #1,786 | Up 163 places |
| 1946 | Boys | 14 | #1,949 | Down 177 places |
| 1945 | Boys | 15 | #1,772 | Up 695 places |
| 1944 | Boys | 9 | #2,467 | Down 481 places |
| 1943 | Boys | 14 | #1,986 | Up 726 places |
| 1942 | Boys | 8 | #2,712 | Up 160 places |
| 1941 | Boys | 7 | #2,872 | Down 978 places |
| 1941 | Girls | 5 | #4,420 | Down 373 places |
| 1940 | Boys | 14 | #1,894 | Up 394 places |
| 1939 | Boys | 10 | #2,288 | Up 191 places |
| 1938 | Boys | 9 | #2,479 | Down 723 places |
| 1937 | Boys | 16 | #1,756 | Up 696 places |
| 1936 | Boys | 9 | #2,452 | Down 56 places |
| 1935 | Boys | 10 | #2,396 | Down 613 places |
| 1934 | Boys | 16 | #1,783 | Up 46 places |
| 1933 | Boys | 15 | #1,829 | Down 52 places |
| 1932 | Boys | 17 | #1,777 | Up 1,318 places |
| 1931 | Boys | 7 | #3,095 | Down 1,206 places |
| 1930 | Boys | 16 | #1,889 | Up 563 places |
| 1930 | Girls | 6 | #4,047 | — |
| 1929 | Boys | 11 | #2,452 | Up 391 places |
| 1928 | Boys | 9 | #2,843 | Down 722 places |
| 1927 | Boys | 15 | #2,121 | Up 783 places |
| 1926 | Boys | 9 | #2,904 | Down 1,034 places |
| 1925 | Boys | 18 | #1,870 | Up 262 places |
| 1924 | Boys | 15 | #2,132 | Down 191 places |
| 1923 | Boys | 17 | #1,941 | Up 11 places |
| 1922 | Boys | 17 | #1,952 | Down 48 places |
| 1921 | Boys | 18 | #1,904 | Down 447 places |
| 1920 | Boys | 26 | #1,457 | Up 425 places |
| 1919 | Boys | 17 | #1,882 | Up 378 places |
| 1918 | Boys | 13 | #2,260 | Down 567 places |
| 1917 | Boys | 19 | #1,693 | Down 47 places |
| 1916 | Boys | 19 | #1,646 | Up 232 places |
| 1915 | Boys | 15 | #1,878 | Up 97 places |
| 1914 | Boys | 11 | #1,975 | Up 521 places |
| 1913 | Boys | 6 | #2,496 | Down 750 places |
| 1912 | Boys | 9 | #1,746 | Down 456 places |
| 1911 | Boys | 8 | #1,290 | Up 131 places |
| 1910 | Boys | 6 | #1,421 | Down 266 places |
| 1909 | Boys | 7 | #1,155 | Down 411 places |
| 1908 | Boys | 13 | #744 | Up 393 places |
| 1902 | Boys | 5 | #1,137 | Down 285 places |
| 1897 | Boys | 7 | #852 | Up 249 places |
| 1896 | Boys | 5 | #1,101 | Down 223 places |
| 1889 | Boys | 6 | #878 | Up 81 places |
| 1886 | Boys | 5 | #959 | Down 194 places |
| 1885 | Boys | 7 | #765 | Up 16 places |
| 1881 | Boys | 6 | #781 | Up 128 places |
| 1880 | Boys | 5 | #909 | — |