Starlett
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- STAR-let
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Starlett 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 Starlett mean?
English: spelling of Starlet; English word, star + diminutive -let
“little star”
From star plus the diminutive suffix -let; also a word for a promising young actress.
Meaning borrowed from Starlet.
Is Starlett a girl's or a boy's name?
Starlett 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 Starlett in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 13,203rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 270,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named Starlett, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,401st. Its busiest year was 1981, with 26 girls. It first appears in the records in 1942.
Half of all the girls named Starlett in the US since 1880 were born between 1962 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
Starlett in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 14 | #7,590 |
| 2023 | 11 | #8,984 |
| 2022 | 12 | #8,536 |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 12 | #8,401 |
| 2019 | 7 | #12,442 |
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 10 | #9,939 |
| 2016 | 10 | #10,109 |
| 2015 | 15 | #7,610 |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 18 | #6,725 |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 12 | #9,146 |
| 2010 | 13 | #8,697 |
| 2009 | 9 | #11,454 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
| 2000 | 6 | #13,147 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,263 |
| 1990 | 6 | #11,403 |
| 1989 | 7 | #9,675 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 7 | #8,773 |
| 1986 | 11 | #6,153 |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,304 |
| 1984 | 10 | #6,290 |
| 1983 | 16 | #4,475 |
| 1982 | 15 | #4,714 |
| 1981 | 26 | #3,253 |
| 1980 | 12 | #5,543 |
| 1979 | 13 | #5,091 |
| 1978 | 21 | #3,512 |
| 1977 | 18 | #3,910 |
| 1976 | 8 | #6,609 |
| 1975 | 10 | #5,514 |
| 1974 | 6 | #7,678 |
| 1973 | 9 | #5,578 |
| 1972 | 9 | #5,479 |
| 1971 | 9 | #5,541 |
| 1970 | 13 | #4,245 |
| 1969 | 10 | #4,722 |
| 1968 | 13 | #3,788 |
| 1967 | 11 | #4,052 |
| 1966 | 8 | #4,865 |
| 1965 | 14 | #3,401 |
| 1964 | 12 | #3,878 |
| 1963 | 9 | #4,538 |
| 1962 | 17 | #3,032 |
| 1961 | 14 | #3,459 |
| 1960 | 8 | #4,772 |
| 1959 | 10 | #4,030 |
| 1958 | 14 | #3,231 |
| 1957 | 13 | #3,308 |
| 1956 | 10 | #3,909 |
| 1955 | 6 | #5,207 |
| 1954 | 10 | #3,717 |
| 1953 | 10 | #3,686 |
| 1952 | 6 | #4,906 |
| 1951 | 14 | #2,809 |
| 1950 | 12 | #3,051 |
| 1949 | 8 | #3,891 |
| 1948 | 8 | #3,881 |
| 1947 | 14 | #2,768 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 9 | #3,131 |
| 1944 | 5 | #4,572 |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 5 | #4,620 |
Nicknames for Starlett
- Star 20 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Starlett
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Scarlett, Sunday, Sunny, Ivy, Holly, Kimberly, Merritt, Melody, Scottie, Autumn, Amy, Stevie
Names related to Starlett
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie, Hazel
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, “Starlett: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/starlett, updated 20 October 2026.