Turkessa
Last seen for girls in 1987 at #9,825
- Peak · girls
- 1975 · 119 births
- Debut · girls
- 119 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 280since 1975
Turkessa over time
Rank among girls' names. Turkessa has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
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| 1987 | #9,825 | 6 |
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| 1981 | #5,885 | 11 |
| 1980 | #8,178 | 7 |
| 1979 | #7,313 | 8 |
| 1978 | #4,079 | 17 |
| 1977 | #2,666 | 31 |
| 1976 | #1,330 | 81 |
| 1975 | #1,012 | 119 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Turkessa! It came in at #1,012, and was given to 119 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1982–1986, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Turkessa is popular in 1975
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- South Carolina#284 · 1 in 1,507
- Georgia#290 · 1 in 1,630
- Alabama#364 · 1 in 2,185
- Mississippi#437 · 1 in 2,592
- North Carolina#581 · 1 in 5,390
Best ever in a state: #284 in South Carolina, 1975.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| South Carolina | #284 | 11 | 1 in 1,507 |
| Georgia | #290 | 19 | 1 in 1,630 |
| Alabama | #364 | 10 | 1 in 2,185 |
| Mississippi | #437 | 6 | 1 in 2,592 |
| North Carolina | #581 | 6 | 1 in 5,390 |
| Florida | #699 | 7 | 1 in 5,905 |
| Illinois | #1,179 | 5 | 1 in 13,936 |
| Texas | #1,324 | 6 | 1 in 15,953 |
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See more about Turkessa
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1987
- Debuted 1975
- Peaked 1975 at #1,012 (119 births)
- Births halved by 1977, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 12,251 girls born in 1975 were named Turkessa (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 289,772 girls born in 1987 (0.00%)
- 91.4% of all girls named Turkessa (256) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1970s | 256 | #1,012 (1975) | #3,280 |
| 1980s | 24 | #5,885 (1981) | #7,963 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Turkessa in 1975
Top girls' names in 1975
More about 1975
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1,457,861 girls got a published name in 1975; 1 in 12,251 of them was named Turkessa, which outranked 90.5% of the 10,618 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,007Jolie120
- #1,007Michaela120
- #1,007Rebeca120
- #1,012Turkessa119
- #1,012Cicely119
- #1,012Jenniffer119
- #1,012Julianna119
- #1,022Cathryn118
- #1,022Claudette118
- #1,022Dawna118
Tied with 9 names at #1,012; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.