Sithara
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- sih-TAH-rah
- Origin
- Persian
- US rank, 2025
- #7,489 for girls
Sithara is a girls' name of Persian origin, meaning “star”. In 2025 it ranked 7,489th for girls in the US (14 babies).
What does Sithara mean?
Persian: South Indian spelling of Sitara, from Persian setareh
“star”
A South Indian spelling of Sitara, the Hindi and Urdu word for 'star', from Persian.
Is Sithara a girl's or a boy's name?
Sithara is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sithara in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,489among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 14about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 85% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 14 girls in the US were named Sithara, making it the 7,489th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,401st. Its busiest year was 2024, with 22 girls. It first appears in the records in 2018.
Half of all the girls named Sithara in the US since 1880 were born between 2020 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sithara in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #7,489 |
| 2024 | 22 | #5,612 |
| 2023 | 12 | #8,481 |
| 2022 | 14 | #7,626 |
| 2021 | 14 | #7,625 |
| 2020 | 12 | #8,401 |
| 2019 | 7 | #12,442 |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
Names like Sithara
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Anvika Adhara Saanvika Prisha Saanvi Aavya Viha Divisha Srinika Akshara Advika Avira
Names related to Sithara
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, “Sithara: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sithara, updated 20 October 2026.