Starling
- Gender
- Mostly girls
- Say it
- STAR-ling
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #10,913 for girls
Starling is a name of English origin, meaning “starling, the songbird”. In 2025 it ranked 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).
What does Starling mean?
English: the bird name, also an English surname
“starling, the songbird”
The name of the songbird, from Old English staerlinc, a diminutive of staer 'starling'.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Starling a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Starling has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls and 13 boys in the US.
How popular is Starling in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,913among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 200,000 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, 8 girls in the US were named Starling, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,964th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 18 girls. It first appears in the records in 1930. 13 boys were also named Starling in 2025 (6,442nd for boys).
Half of all the girls named Starling in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Starling in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,913 |
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 18 | #6,404 |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 12 | #8,459 |
| 2020 | 13 | #7,964 |
| 2019 | 10 | #9,730 |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,685 |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 12 | #8,926 |
| 2014 | 11 | #9,512 |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 10 | #9,476 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,208 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,065 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 6 | #7,290 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 5 | #6,538 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 5 | #5,672 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 5 | #5,299 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 5 | #4,418 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 6 | #4,045 |
Nicknames for Starling
- Star 20 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Starling
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Sterling Harlow Miller Harper Scottie Oakley Saylor Ellie Collins Leighton Scarlett Everly
Names related to Starling
More English names
Lily Evelyn Hudson Ivy Grace Violet Willow Daisy Poppy Riley Mason Cooper Ruby Hallie Hazel Carter
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, “Starling: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/starling, updated 20 October 2026.