Viridiana — #6002 US girls' name
4,245 babies named Viridiana in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 1995. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 66% of names given to girls today.
41% of everyone ever named Viridiana was born in this single decade.
233 babies were named Viridiana in 1995 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Viridiana
The Social Security Administration has registered 4,245 babies named Viridiana between 1973 and 2024, spanning 52 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Viridiana currently holds the #6002 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1995, when 233 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Viridiana performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 1,733 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Viridiana shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 1,905 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Arizona. In total, SSA state-level files list Viridiana in 14 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Viridiana 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 4,245 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.
Viridiana at a glance
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Current rank
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Viridiana popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1973
- Peak year (1995)
- 233
- Annual births at peak — across 52 years of records
Currently ranks #6002 among girls.
4,245 total births across 52 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1995 with 233 births in a single year.
Viridiana popularity over time — boys
5 total births recorded since 1992 (Viridiana as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Viridiana accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Viridiana by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 1,733 births that decade — 41% of Viridiana's all-time total
Viridiana decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,733 births
- Runner-up 1,359 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Viridiana's strongest decade
1,733 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 41% of all-time use.
Viridiana by state
Where Viridiana concentrates geographically — total births since 1973
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 1,905 | 44.9% |
| #2 | Texas | | 862 | 20.3% |
| #3 | Arizona | | 217 | 5.1% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 214 | 5.0% |
| #5 | Nevada | | 52 | 1.2% |
| #6 | Colorado | | 41 | 1.0% |
| #7 | Georgia | | 35 | 0.8% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 33 | 0.8% |
1,905 of 4,245 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 14 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 44.9% of nationwide
- Texas 20.3% of nationwide
- Arizona 5.1% of nationwide
- Illinois 5.0% of nationwide
- Nevada 1.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 14 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 44.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
Viridiana appears in 14 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1973–2024 (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.