Setareh
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- seh-tah-REH
- Origin
- Persian
Setareh is a girls' name of Persian origin, meaning “star”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Setareh mean?
Persian
“star”
A well-used Iranian girls' name taken directly from the Persian word for star.
Is Setareh a girl's or a boy's name?
Setareh is a girls' name.
How popular is Setareh in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2012, with 34 girls. It first appears in the records in 1981.
Half of all the girls named Setareh in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Setareh in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7 | #12,156 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 10 | #9,557 |
| 2020 | 9 | #10,245 |
| 2019 | 5 | #15,532 |
| 2018 | 10 | #9,801 |
| 2017 | 12 | #8,772 |
| 2016 | 29 | #4,733 |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 34 | #4,294 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 12 | #8,500 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
| 2000 | 7 | #11,794 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 8 | #9,576 |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,304 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,108 |
Names like Setareh
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Sariyah, Aaliyah, Kaliyah, Naziyah, Saniyah, Zaniyah, Hadassah, Janiyah, Saanvi, Jaliyah, Samiyah, Anaya
More Persian names
Jasper, Esther, Jasmine, Casper, Cyrus, Yasmin, Darius, Zorawar, Kiyan, Rumi, Yasmine, Kasper, Mahnoor, Dario, Arian, Arman
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Setareh: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/setareh, updated 20 October 2026.