Sitara
Feminine · “star”
Sitara is a star in Persian and Urdu — and the word is a cousin of the English 'star', through the Indo-European family.
How old is the name Sitara?
Sitara first appears in US birth records in 1987 — 38 years ago. The typical Sitara is a kid of about 7 — this name's wave is very recent. About 800 people named Sitara are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Sitara most popular?
Sitara peaked in 2025, reaching #2326 nationally. Today it ranks #2326, exactly where it peaked. See the whole 2025 chart.
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Where it comes from
From sitara to Sitara
The story of Sitara
The word for a star is among the clearest demonstrations of the Indo-European family, appearing in nearly every branch with regular sound changes. Persian sitara gives Urdu and Hindi their word too, and Sitara is a standard South Asian given name. It appears in American records in current use.
Meaning
star
From the Persian sitara, 'star', cognate with the Sanskrit tara, the Greek aster, the Latin stella and the English star — one of the most widely shared words in the Indo-European family. The Persian is ordinary and the etymology documented.
How the name formed
- sitara
- Sitara
Related forms: ستاره · Sitara · सितारा
Pronouncing Sitara
sih-TAH-rah
Three syllables, stress in the middle. Persian says si-tah-REH.
Nicknames for Sitara
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1987
- Most girls named
- 202578 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2326reached in 2025
- Change vs 2024
- +21.9%78 in 2025, from 64
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Sitara in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- ستاره in Persian — transliteration
- Sitara in Urdu — same name
- सितारा in Hindi — transliteration
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, Washington.
Sitaras among us
people named Sitara are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 20,606 born in 2025 was named Sitara
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Marygrace test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Sitara's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Marygrace climbed just as high around 2004, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Marygrace's path sketches the road Sitara is walking now.
Sitara sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Sitara is headed
Sitara looks set to keep climbing gently, with roughly 22% more babies a year by 2030 if the current curve holds. Its history is short or jumpy, though, so read this as a sketch rather than a promise.
Low confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Sitara beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Sitara in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- That sitara and 'star' are cousins is a first-rate etymology.
- Sita and Tara are two short forms, both real names in their own right.
- Three syllables of open vowels, which carries unusually well.
- It reads as specifically Persian or South Asian.
- Sitara and Sitar are close on the page.
- It will need spelling out every time.
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Frequently asked
- How many Sitaras are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 800 people named Sitara are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Sitara in 2025?
- Sitara ranks #2326 among US girl names in 2025, with 78 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Sitara?
- About 1 in every 20,606 US girls born in 2025 was named Sitara — 78 in all.
- Will my child share the name Sitara with classmates?
- Sitara will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Sitara
Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.
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US figures from the Social Security Administration. 1880–2025. Data & methodology
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