Turquoise
Last seen for girls in 2011 at #16,764
- Peak · girls
- 1987 · 63 births
- Debut · girls
- 12 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 539since 1977
Turquoise over time
Rank among girls' names. Turquoise 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.
Show data table
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| 2011 | #16,764 | 5 |
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| 1997 | #6,483 | 14 |
| 1996 | #8,812 | 9 |
| 1995 | #8,079 | 10 |
| 1994 | #6,672 | 13 |
| 1993 | #4,393 | 23 |
| 1992 | #4,528 | 22 |
| 1991 | #3,936 | 26 |
| 1990 | #2,957 | 38 |
| 1989 | #2,714 | 41 |
| 1988 | #2,419 | 45 |
| 1987 | #1,838 | 63 |
| 1986 | #2,903 | 32 |
| 1985 | #3,852 | 21 |
| 1984 | #2,992 | 29 |
| 1983 | #2,552 | 35 |
| 1982 | #4,716 | 15 |
| 1981 | #4,532 | 16 |
| 1980 | #3,853 | 20 |
| 1979 | #2,343 | 40 |
| 1978 | #5,958 | 10 |
| 1977 | #5,213 | 12 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Turquoise! It came in at #5,213, and was given to 12 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1998–2025, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Turquoise is popular in 1989
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Pennsylvania#600 · 1 in 5,525
- New Jersey#825 · 1 in 7,998
- California#3,040 · 1 in 48,797
Best ever in a state: #450 in Pennsylvania, 1987.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Pennsylvania | #600 | 13 | 1 in 5,525 |
| New Jersey | #825 | 6 | 1 in 7,998 |
| California | #3,040 | 5 | 1 in 48,797 |
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See more about Turquoise
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2011
- Debuted 1977
- Peaked 1987 at #1,838 (63 births)
- Births halved by 1991, 4 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 27,597 girls born in 1987 were named Turquoise (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 351,813 girls born in 2011 (0.00%)
- 58.8% of all girls named Turquoise (317) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1970s | 62 | #2,343 (1979) | #4,505 |
| 1980s | 317 | #1,838 (1987) | #3,237 |
| 1990s | 155 | #2,957 (1990) | #5,733 |
| 2000s | 0 | — | — |
| 2010s | 5 | #16,764 (2011) | #16,764 |
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.
Turquoise in 1989
Top girls' names in 1989
More about 1989
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1,843,552 girls got a published name in 1989; 1 in 44,965 of them was named Turquoise, which outranked 81.3% of the 14,550 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,658Tawanda42
- #2,658Theodora42
- #2,658Vianey42
- #2,714Turquoise41
- #2,714Abigale41
- #2,714Alberta41
- #2,714Alva41
- #2,769Alea40
- #2,769Aline40
- #2,769Ariell40
Tied with 54 names at #2,714; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.