Turkessa — girls' name

What the Data Says About Turkessa

The Social Security Administration has registered 280 babies named Turkessa between 1975 and 1987, spanning 13 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Turkessa currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1987. The name reached its historical peak in 1975, when 119 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Turkessa performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 256 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Turkessa shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 28 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by South Carolina and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Turkessa in 10 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Turkessa 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 280 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.