Topaz — girls' name
300 babies named Topaz in U.S. Social Security records since 1971, with the highest year being 1989. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
31% of everyone ever named Topaz was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Topaz in 1989 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Topaz
The Social Security Administration has registered 300 babies named Topaz between 1971 and 2023, spanning 53 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Topaz currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1989, when 17 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Topaz performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 92 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Topaz shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Topaz in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Topaz 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 300 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.
Topaz at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Topaz popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1971
- Peak year (1989)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 53 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
300 total births across 53 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1989 with 17 births in a single year.
Topaz popularity over time — boys
6 total births recorded since 1994 (Topaz as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Topaz accounts for 2% of total recorded use across both genders.
Topaz by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 92 births that decade — 31% of Topaz's all-time total
Topaz decade highlights
- Peak decade 92 births
- Runner-up 89 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Topaz's strongest decade
92 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 31% of all-time use.
Topaz by state
Where Topaz concentrates geographically — total births since 1971
Top 5 states
- New York 3.3% of nationwide
- Florida 1.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 3.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1971–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.