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Girl name

Starlene

100% girls · last recorded 2020

Starlene has been given to about 1,283 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 1950, which makes it a midcentury name.

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Pronunciation—
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Living in the US≈ 1,143
Median age today60 years

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Starlene per year · US Social Security Administration
18802025
  • Peak year1950 · 51
  • Born in 20250
  • All time1,283

How popular is Starlene?

Its best year was 1950, when 51 babies were given the name, ranking 1293rd. The typical living American called Starlene is about 60 years old today.

Names that sound like Starlene

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Sharlene0.91
  2. Darlene0.81
  3. Arlene0.81
  4. Charlene0.81
  5. Marlene0.81
  6. Carlene0.81
  7. Karlene0.81
  8. Earlene0.78

Middle names for Starlene

Ranked by flow score
  1. Starlene Rose0.83
  2. Starlene Marie0.83
  3. Starlene Grace0.83
  4. Starlene Louise0.83
  5. Starlene Claire0.82
  6. Starlene Mae0.82

Sibling names for Starlene

Same era, comparable use, no clash
  1. Rockybrother · 0.78
  2. Laurelsister · 0.75
  3. Gwensister · 0.75
  4. Margosister · 0.74
  5. Rudybrother · 0.73
  6. Jaybrother · 0.70

Where Starlene is strongest

Share of 2025 births by state

    With a common surname

    Flow score against the most-used American surnames · try your own
    1. Starlene White0.78
    2. Starlene Nguyen0.78
    3. Starlene Moore0.78
    4. Starlene Hill0.78
    5. Starlene Hall0.78
    6. Starlene Brown0.78

    How to read these numbers

    Every score on this page is explained
    1. Phonetic similarity0–1
    2. Middle-name flow0–1
    3. Sibling fit0–1
    4. Living population estimatemethod
    5. PronunciationCMU dictionary

    Sources for Starlene

    Every figure on this page is public record
    1. United States1880–2025

    Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.