Girls' name · since 1977
Turquoise
Turquoise has 539 recorded births since 1977 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1987 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #11,316 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 539
- born since 1977
- 1980s
- peak decade
539 girls have been named Turquoise since 1977, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Turquoise has 539 recorded births among girls since 1977, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1977 to 2011.
- #11,316 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 539 born since 1977
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Turquoise ranks #11,316 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 539 born since 1977, peaking in the 1980s.
- #11,316 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 539
- born since 1977
- 1980s
- peak decade
Turquoise's 539 recorded births place it above 84.35% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by Pennsylvania.
Turquoise's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Turquoise's SSA record in two at 1988 and the more recent half accounts for 46% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 54%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2011, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1987 peak of 63, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Turquoise popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1977–2011
- Peak year (1987)
- 63
- Annual births at peak, across 35 years of records
Turquoise by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (317 births, 59% of the file).
1980s was Turquoise's strongest decade.
317 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 59% of all-time use.
Turquoise births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 62
1970s
62 births
- 1980s
1980s
317 births
- 1990s
1990s
155 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 317 births (59% of all-time use).
How Turquoise compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Turquoise's total volume
Turquoise by state
Where Turquoise concentrates geographically, total births since 1977
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Pennsylvania | | 88 | 16.3% |
| #2 | New Jersey | | 35 | 6.5% |
| #3 | California | | 15 | 2.8% |
88 of 539 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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What to do with Turquoise's data
- Turquoise's decade-level peak was the 1980s (317 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Pennsylvania records the most Turquoises (88 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Pennsylvania names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
Names with a similar number of total births
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Turquoise: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1987)
Similar record span (~34 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1977–2011 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Turquoise draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.