Sitara
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- si-TAR-a
- Origin
- Persian
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,776 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,326 for girls
Sitara is a girls' name of Persian origin, meaning “star”. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies) and 2,326th for girls in the US (78 babies).
What does Sitara mean?
Persian: Persian, also used in Hindi and Urdu
“star”
The word shares an ancient Indo-European root with English star.
Is Sitara a girl's or a boy's name?
Sitara is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the UK and 78 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sitara in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,776among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 13% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Sitara, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,630th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 12 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Sitara than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Sitara in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,704th in England and Wales.
Sitara in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,776 |
| 2024 | 12 | #2,323 |
| 2023 | 8 | #3,098 |
| 2022 | 8 | #3,050 |
| 2021 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,630 |
| 2019 | 7 | #3,340 |
| 2018 | 10 | #2,631 |
| 2017 | 7 | #3,395 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,788 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 1 | #7,592 |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 7 | #3,471 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 6 | #3,603 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 3 | #3,991 |
How popular is Sitara in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,326among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 78about 1 in 21,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 75% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 78 girls in the US were named Sitara, making it the 2,326th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,338th. It first appears in the records in 1987.
2025 had the most girls named Sitara of any year since it first appeared, in 1987.
Half of all the girls named Sitara in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sitara in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 78 | #2,326 |
| 2024 | 64 | #2,694 |
| 2023 | 75 | #2,397 |
| 2022 | 58 | #2,894 |
| 2021 | 32 | #4,322 |
| 2020 | 46 | #3,338 |
| 2019 | 42 | #3,610 |
| 2018 | 36 | #4,000 |
| 2017 | 40 | #3,768 |
| 2016 | 30 | #4,631 |
| 2015 | 21 | #6,034 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,124 |
| 2013 | 17 | #7,027 |
| 2012 | 19 | #6,573 |
| 2011 | 17 | #7,115 |
| 2010 | 19 | #6,638 |
| 2009 | 15 | #8,054 |
| 2008 | 16 | #7,738 |
| 2007 | 10 | #10,814 |
| 2006 | 22 | #5,904 |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 14 | #7,823 |
| 2003 | 13 | #7,993 |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,274 |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,344 |
| 2000 | 8 | #10,738 |
| 1999 | 7 | #11,378 |
| 1998 | 16 | #6,068 |
| 1997 | 8 | #9,797 |
| 1996 | 8 | #9,576 |
| 1995 | 12 | #7,036 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 11 | #7,491 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 6 | #10,841 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,820 |
Names like Sitara
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Prisha Anvika Saanvika Anaya Arya Saanvi Hanvika Divisha Advika Akshara Arisha Varnika
Names related to Sitara
More Persian names
Jasper Esther Jasmine Casper Cyrus Yasmin Darius Zorawar Kiyan Rumi Yasmine Kasper Mahnoor Dario Arian Arman
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Sitara: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sitara, updated 20 October 2026.