Starlette
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- star-LET
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #8,360 for girls
Starlette is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “little star”. In 2025 it ranked 8,360th for girls in the US (12 babies).
What does Starlette mean?
English: from starlet, with the French -ette ending
“little star”
Is Starlette a girl's or a boy's name?
Starlette is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Starlette in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,360among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 130,000 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, 12 girls in the US were named Starlette, making it the 8,360th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,541st. Its busiest year was 1982, with 21 girls. It first appears in the records in 1943.
Half of all the girls named Starlette in the US since 1880 were born between 1965 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
Starlette in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #8,360 |
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 12 | #8,481 |
| 2022 | 12 | #8,536 |
| 2021 | 10 | #9,557 |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,541 |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 13 | #8,295 |
| 2016 | 11 | #9,408 |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 15 | #7,877 |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 16 | #7,480 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
| 2000 | 9 | #9,867 |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 8 | #9,797 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
| 1990 | 8 | #9,241 |
| 1989 | 6 | #10,841 |
| 1988 | 13 | #5,890 |
| 1987 | 11 | #6,330 |
| 1986 | 7 | #8,518 |
| 1985 | 8 | #7,560 |
| 1984 | 15 | #4,736 |
| 1983 | 15 | #4,685 |
| 1982 | 21 | #3,779 |
| 1981 | 16 | #4,531 |
| 1980 | 10 | #6,318 |
| 1979 | 13 | #5,091 |
| 1978 | 16 | #4,242 |
| 1977 | 19 | #3,760 |
| 1976 | 14 | #4,361 |
| 1975 | 11 | #5,159 |
| 1974 | 6 | #7,678 |
| 1973 | 8 | #6,078 |
| 1972 | 9 | #5,479 |
| 1971 | 10 | #5,134 |
| 1970 | 8 | #5,817 |
| 1969 | 16 | #3,460 |
| 1968 | 15 | #3,455 |
| 1967 | 7 | #5,456 |
| 1966 | 16 | #3,147 |
| 1965 | 19 | #2,832 |
| 1964 | 16 | #3,243 |
| 1963 | 14 | #3,457 |
| 1962 | 13 | #3,591 |
| 1961 | 12 | #3,792 |
| 1960 | 16 | #3,094 |
| 1959 | 11 | #3,826 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 13 | #3,308 |
| 1956 | 10 | #3,909 |
| 1955 | 12 | #3,376 |
| 1954 | 8 | #4,276 |
| 1953 | 7 | #4,594 |
| 1952 | 7 | #4,482 |
| 1951 | 7 | #4,384 |
| 1950 | 5 | #5,299 |
| 1949 | 6 | #4,672 |
| 1948 | 5 | #5,241 |
| 1947 | 11 | #3,238 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 5 | #4,690 |
Nicknames for Starlette
- Star 20 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Starlette
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Scarlett Sunday Jade Noelle Nicole Michelle Serene Danielle Stevie Scottie Paige Selene
Names related to Starlette
More English names
Lily Evelyn Hudson Ivy Harper Grace Violet Willow Daisy Poppy Riley Oakley Mason Cooper Ruby Hallie
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, “Starlette: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/starlette, updated 20 October 2026.