Starla
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- STAR-luh
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #5,098 for girls
Starla is a girls' name of Modern origin, meaning “star”. In 2025 it ranked 5,098th for girls in the US (25 babies).
What does Starla mean?
Modern: elaboration of the English word star with the suffix -la
“star”
A 20th-century American coinage, shaped like Carla and Darla.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Starla a girl's or a boy's name?
Starla is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 25 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Starla in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2024, with 18 girls.
Half of all the girls named Starla in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Starla in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 18 | #1,726 |
| 2023 | 7 | #3,388 |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 14 | #2,069 |
| 2020 | 10 | #2,566 |
| 2019 | 8 | #3,018 |
| 2018 | 10 | #2,631 |
| 2017 | 8 | #3,102 |
| 2016 | 10 | #2,692 |
| 2015 | 17 | #1,813 |
| 2014 | 13 | #2,189 |
| 2013 | 10 | #2,599 |
| 2012 | 17 | #1,828 |
| 2011 | 7 | #3,360 |
| 2010 | 10 | #2,540 |
| 2009 | 11 | #2,298 |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,858 |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,806 |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
How popular is Starla in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,098among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 25about 1 in 64,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 16% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 25 girls in the US were named Starla, making it the 5,098th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,450th. Its busiest year was 1980, with 243 girls. It first appears in the records in 1942.
2025 had fewer girls named Starla than any year since 1946.
Half of all the girls named Starla in the US since 1880 were born between 1964 and 1993, the years shaded on the chart below.
Starla in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25 | #5,098 |
| 2024 | 40 | #3,758 |
| 2023 | 49 | #3,274 |
| 2022 | 49 | #3,277 |
| 2021 | 40 | #3,734 |
| 2020 | 44 | #3,450 |
| 2019 | 54 | #3,002 |
| 2018 | 37 | #3,917 |
| 2017 | 55 | #2,964 |
| 2016 | 38 | #3,923 |
| 2015 | 51 | #3,211 |
| 2014 | 60 | #2,841 |
| 2013 | 74 | #2,439 |
| 2012 | 75 | #2,449 |
| 2011 | 84 | #2,238 |
| 2010 | 76 | #2,451 |
| 2009 | 62 | #2,825 |
| 2008 | 78 | #2,441 |
| 2007 | 63 | #2,858 |
| 2006 | 71 | #2,555 |
| 2005 | 67 | #2,549 |
| 2004 | 82 | #2,172 |
| 2003 | 62 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 90 | #1,953 |
| 2001 | 75 | #2,167 |
| 2000 | 87 | #1,934 |
| 1999 | 89 | #1,783 |
| 1998 | 81 | #1,880 |
| 1997 | 80 | #1,842 |
| 1996 | 68 | #2,039 |
| 1995 | 67 | #2,023 |
| 1994 | 56 | #2,318 |
| 1993 | 74 | #1,894 |
| 1992 | 72 | #1,923 |
| 1991 | 76 | #1,851 |
| 1990 | 78 | #1,824 |
| 1989 | 120 | #1,308 |
| 1988 | 126 | #1,195 |
| 1987 | 103 | #1,328 |
| 1986 | 111 | #1,233 |
| 1985 | 127 | #1,133 |
| 1984 | 149 | #969 |
| 1983 | 134 | #1,041 |
| 1982 | 164 | #919 |
| 1981 | 218 | #756 |
| 1980 | 243 | #700 |
| 1979 | 171 | #885 |
| 1978 | 176 | #842 |
| 1977 | 162 | #884 |
| 1976 | 110 | #1,098 |
| 1975 | 114 | #1,043 |
| 1974 | 114 | #1,042 |
| 1973 | 135 | #911 |
| 1972 | 128 | #949 |
| 1971 | 123 | #1,010 |
| 1970 | 172 | #803 |
| 1969 | 150 | #845 |
| 1968 | 143 | #855 |
| 1967 | 156 | #800 |
| 1966 | 196 | #698 |
| 1965 | 193 | #708 |
| 1964 | 191 | #752 |
| 1963 | 198 | #728 |
| 1962 | 204 | #721 |
| 1961 | 192 | #750 |
| 1960 | 190 | #736 |
| 1959 | 168 | #785 |
| 1958 | 134 | #877 |
| 1957 | 135 | #877 |
| 1956 | 122 | #907 |
| 1955 | 106 | #960 |
| 1954 | 122 | #858 |
| 1953 | 81 | #1,070 |
| 1952 | 68 | #1,146 |
| 1951 | 56 | #1,238 |
| 1950 | 49 | #1,301 |
| 1949 | 32 | #1,665 |
| 1948 | 33 | #1,620 |
| 1947 | 27 | #1,862 |
| 1946 | 15 | #2,481 |
| 1945 | 13 | #2,457 |
| 1944 | 8 | #3,377 |
| 1943 | 12 | #2,694 |
| 1942 | 8 | #3,442 |
Nicknames for Starla
- Star 20 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Starla
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Lara Myla Sara Fatima Mia Kayla Darcie Lana Ava Scarlett Marnie Heidi
Names related to Starla
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna 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), 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, “Starla: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/starla, updated 20 October 2026.