Shterna
Shterna is a village in Dzhebel Municipality, Kardzhali Province, southern Bulgaria.
Meaning & Origin of Shterna
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Shterna is a village in Dzhebel Municipality, Kardzhali Province, southern Bulgaria.
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The Story of Shterna
The earliest SSA record of Shterna as a baby girl name dates back to 1980, when 6 babies received it. 2015 was its biggest year on record, with 15 newborns named Shterna — #7,612 in the national rankings. About 32% of every Shterna on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Shterna last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 11 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 294 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
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About the name Shterna
Shterna is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1980 and has accumulated 294 births in the dataset. Shterna's peak popularity came in 2015 when it ranked #7,612. Use the chart and map above to compare Shterna's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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