Turquoise — girls' name

What the Data Says About Turquoise

The Social Security Administration has registered 539 babies named Turquoise between 1977 and 2011, spanning 35 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Turquoise currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2011. The name reached its historical peak in 1987, when 63 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Turquoise performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 317 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Turquoise shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 88 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New Jersey and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Turquoise in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Turquoise 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 539 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.