Staci vs Starlyn
American parents have registered 25,539 Stacis since 1880, against 759 Starlyns. But in 2025 it was Starlyn that was commoner, 9 babies to fewer than five.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Staci Starlyn
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 80 years in which either name was published, Staci for 64 years and Starlyn for 16 years. The lead changed hands 4 times.
Side by side
| Staci | Starlyn | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 25,539 | 759 |
| Most in one year | 1,184 | 21 |
| Babies in 2025 | under 5 | 9 |
| Estimated living today | 24,000 | 720 |
| Median age today | 48 | 29 |
| Peak year | 1971 | 2007 |
| Best rank | 250th girls | 6,323rd girls |
| Rank in 2025 | unranked | 10,107th |
| First recorded | 1950 | 1946 |
| Girls / boys | 25,480 / 59 | 743 / 16 |
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 Starlyns are over 29. That is 19 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 Starlyn.