Starlet
Girl · STAR-let · English
Starlet is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “little star”. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does Starlet mean?
English: English word, star + diminutive -let
“little star”
From star plus the diminutive suffix -let; also a word for a promising young actress.
- Say it
- STAR-let
Is Starlet a girl's or a boy's name?
Starlet is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Starlet in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #13,203among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 270,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named Starlet, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 1981, with 29 girls. It first appears in the records in 1941.
Half of all the girls named Starlet in the US since 1880 were born between 1960 and 1990, the years shaded on the chart below.
Starlet in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 8 | #11,117 |
| 2023 | 12 | #8,481 |
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 12 | #8,612 |
| 2017 | 10 | #9,939 |
| 2016 | 12 | #8,872 |
| 2015 | 15 | #7,610 |
| 2014 | 11 | #9,512 |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 12 | #9,146 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 14 | #8,450 |
| 2008 | 14 | #8,525 |
| 2007 | 11 | #10,125 |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,147 |
| 2005 | 9 | #10,915 |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 12 | #8,500 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
| 1993 | 7 | #10,581 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
| 1990 | 8 | #9,241 |
| 1989 | 7 | #9,675 |
| 1988 | 10 | #7,106 |
| 1987 | 14 | #5,307 |
| 1986 | 10 | #6,609 |
| 1985 | 16 | #4,633 |
| 1984 | 12 | #5,538 |
| 1983 | 15 | #4,685 |
| 1982 | 22 | #3,646 |
| 1981 | 29 | #2,986 |
| 1980 | 26 | #3,215 |
| 1979 | 13 | #5,091 |
| 1978 | 20 | #3,637 |
| 1977 | 12 | #5,212 |
| 1976 | 15 | #4,152 |
| 1975 | 14 | #4,368 |
| 1974 | 18 | #3,558 |
| 1973 | 15 | #3,970 |
| 1972 | 18 | #3,404 |
| 1971 | 16 | #3,787 |
| 1970 | 17 | #3,576 |
| 1969 | 24 | #2,704 |
| 1968 | 18 | #3,056 |
| 1967 | 14 | #3,483 |
| 1966 | 27 | #2,307 |
| 1965 | 22 | #2,604 |
| 1964 | 24 | #2,529 |
| 1963 | 27 | #2,305 |
| 1962 | 23 | #2,538 |
| 1961 | 18 | #2,956 |
| 1960 | 23 | #2,511 |
| 1959 | 12 | #3,618 |
| 1958 | 17 | #2,861 |
| 1957 | 28 | #2,066 |
| 1956 | 20 | #2,529 |
| 1955 | 18 | #2,634 |
| 1954 | 20 | #2,449 |
| 1953 | 22 | #2,235 |
| 1952 | 20 | #2,326 |
| 1951 | 16 | #2,576 |
| 1950 | 16 | #2,534 |
| 1949 | 13 | #2,849 |
| 1948 | 9 | #3,591 |
| 1947 | 11 | #3,238 |
| 1946 | 5 | #4,958 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 5 | #4,572 |
| 1943 | 5 | #4,690 |
| 1942 | 9 | #3,192 |
| 1941 | 5 | #4,418 |
Nicknames for Starlet
- Star 20 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Starlet
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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