Iridian
Iridian is a name with a single cultural origin: Spanish.
- Spanish
Meaning & Origin of Iridian
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Iridian is a name with a single cultural origin: Spanish.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Spanish
The Story of Iridian
American parents first put Iridian on the record books as a baby girl name in 1994, with 11 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1995, when 214 Iridians were born — ranking #886 that year. The 1990s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 84% of all recorded Iridians. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2006 (6 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 581 Iridians have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1990s through the 2020s.
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About the name Iridian
Iridian is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1994 and has accumulated 581 births in the dataset. Iridian's peak popularity came in 1995 when it ranked #886. Use the chart and map above to compare Iridian's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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