Iridian — girls' name

What the Data Says About Iridian

The Social Security Administration has registered 581 babies named Iridian between 1994 and 2006, spanning 13 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Iridian currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2006. The name reached its historical peak in 1995, when 214 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Iridian performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 488 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Iridian shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 210 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Iridian in 7 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Iridian in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 581 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.