Starla

Starla: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“star”
Origin
American (modern coinage)
Say it
STAR-luh · 2 syllables
Used for
Girls

Modern American coinage formed from star with the feminine suffix -la. It is not an ancient traditional name.

How popular is Starla?

202412.0 per million US babies
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Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Starla in 202440

2024 rank#3,761 girls

Peak year1980

Total US babies since 18808,206

Starla is fading: recent use is about 67% of its level ten years before.

Names like Starla

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Samanthauncertain; probably feminine form of Samuel · American (modern coinage)
  • Raelynnmodern blend of Rae and Lynn · American (modern coinage)
  • Nevaehheaven spelled backward · American (modern coinage)
  • Ellianamodern blend of Ellie and Ana · American (modern coinage)
  • Wrenleymodern blend using Wren and -ley · American (modern coinage)
  • Oaklynnmodern blend of Oak and Lynn · American (modern coinage)
  • Adalynnmodern blend of Ada and Lynn · American (modern coinage)
  • Kayleemodern blend of Kay and Lee · American (modern coinage)

Starla questions

What does the name Starla mean?

Starla means "star". It comes from American (modern coinage). Modern American coinage formed from star with the feminine suffix -la. It is not an ancient traditional name.

Is Starla a boy or girl name?

Starla is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Starla?

40 US babies were named Starla in 2024. Its peak year was 1980.

How do you pronounce Starla?

Starla is usually pronounced STAR-luh.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.