Astara
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- a-STAR-a
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,276 for girls
Astara is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies).
Where does Astara come from?
Modern: modern coinage, probably inspired by Latin astra 'stars'
Is Astara a girl's or a boy's name?
Astara is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Astara in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,276th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Astara, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,326th.
2025 had the most girls named Astara of any year since it first appeared, in 2005.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Astara in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 1 | #7,326 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
Names like Astara
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Amara, Amira, Ayra, Ayla, Abeeha, Alyana, Alayna, Khadija, Anaya, Athena, Raya, Amayra
Names related to Astara
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya, Oaklynn
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Astara: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/astara, updated 20 October 2026.