Staci vs Starling
American parents have registered 25,539 Stacis since 1880, against 1,226 Starlings. But in 2025 it was Starling that was commoner, 21 babies to fewer than five.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Staci Starling
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 126 years in which either name was published, Starling for 63 years and Staci for 63 years. The lead changed hands 6 times.
Side by side
| Staci | Starling | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 25,539 | 1,226 |
| Most in one year | 1,184 | 32 |
| Babies in 2025 | under 5 | 21 |
| Estimated living today | 24,000 | 640 |
| Median age today | 48 | 31 |
| Peak year | 1971 | 1920 |
| Best rank | 250th girls | 1,457th boys |
| Rank in 2025 | unranked | 6,446th |
| First recorded | 1950 | 1880 |
| Girls / boys | 25,480 / 59 | 225 / 1,001 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Stacis alive today are over 48; half the Starlings are over 31. That is 17 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Staci and Starling.