Viridiana
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- vee-ree-DYAH-nuh
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #5,553 for girls
Viridiana is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “green”. In 2025 it ranked 5,553rd for girls in the US (22 babies).
What does Viridiana mean?
Latin: Italian and Spanish name, from Latin viridis
“green”
St Viridiana (Verdiana) was a 13th-century Italian hermit; Luis Bunuel's 1961 film Viridiana is named after its heroine.
Is Viridiana a girl's or a boy's name?
Viridiana is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 22 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Viridiana in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,553rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 22 about 1 in 73,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 39% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 22 girls in the US were named Viridiana, making it the 5,553rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,356th. Its busiest year was 1995, with 233 girls. It first appears in the records in 1973.
2025 had more girls named Viridiana than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Viridiana in the US since 1880 were born between 1992 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.
Viridiana in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22 | #5,553 |
| 2024 | 21 | #5,796 |
| 2023 | 14 | #7,635 |
| 2022 | 21 | #5,790 |
| 2021 | 21 | #5,744 |
| 2020 | 31 | #4,356 |
| 2019 | 27 | #4,908 |
| 2018 | 36 | #4,000 |
| 2017 | 26 | #5,043 |
| 2016 | 21 | #5,983 |
| 2015 | 22 | #5,831 |
| 2014 | 35 | #4,176 |
| 2013 | 28 | #4,885 |
| 2012 | 45 | #3,522 |
| 2011 | 62 | #2,795 |
| 2010 | 62 | #2,802 |
| 2009 | 81 | #2,374 |
| 2008 | 115 | #1,854 |
| 2007 | 127 | #1,713 |
| 2006 | 135 | #1,590 |
| 2005 | 159 | #1,362 |
| 2004 | 158 | #1,343 |
| 2003 | 125 | #1,541 |
| 2002 | 132 | #1,443 |
| 2001 | 164 | #1,230 |
| 2000 | 163 | #1,215 |
| 1999 | 164 | #1,183 |
| 1998 | 138 | #1,293 |
| 1997 | 147 | #1,216 |
| 1996 | 204 | #942 |
| 1995 | 233 | #837 |
| 1994 | 204 | #925 |
| 1993 | 198 | #952 |
| 1992 | 155 | #1,136 |
| 1991 | 150 | #1,164 |
| 1990 | 140 | #1,204 |
| 1989 | 142 | #1,154 |
| 1988 | 92 | #1,476 |
| 1987 | 97 | #1,386 |
| 1986 | 108 | #1,254 |
| 1985 | 56 | #1,947 |
| 1984 | 65 | #1,684 |
| 1983 | 67 | #1,644 |
| 1982 | 33 | #2,770 |
| 1981 | 9 | #6,802 |
| 1980 | 6 | #9,093 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 7 | #6,664 |
Names like Viridiana
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Viviana, Mariana, Ariana, Victoria, Liliana, Juliana, Vivianna, Dayana, Tiana, Julianna, Luciana, Adriana
Names related to Viridiana
More Latin names
Oliver, Olivia, Leo, Roman, Aurora, Emily, Florence, Mabel, Luna, Nora, Rosie, Emilia, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Viridiana: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/viridiana, updated 20 October 2026.