Terah
Last seen for girls in 2018 at #15,682 · Last seen for boys in 1991 at #7,271
Given to girls 97.0% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1983 · 64 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,373since 1955
Terah over time
Rank among girls' names. Terah 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
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
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| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | #15,682 | 5 | — | |
| 2017 | #15,902 | 5 | — | |
| 2016 | #14,331 | 6 | — | |
| 2015 | #9,481 | 11 | — | |
| 2014 | #8,053 | 14 | — | |
| 2013 | #13,150 | 7 | — | |
| 2012 | #9,711 | 11 | — | |
| 2011 | #13,347 | 7 | — | |
| 2010 | #9,231 | 12 | — | |
| 2009 | #7,679 | 16 | — | |
| 2008 | #9,476 | 12 | — | |
| 2007 | #9,007 | 13 | — | |
| 2006 | #7,482 | 16 | — | |
| 2005 | #6,820 | 17 | — | |
| 2004 | #5,969 | 20 | — | |
| 2003 | #7,998 | 13 | — | |
| 2002 | #5,673 | 20 | — | |
| 2001 | #5,570 | 20 | — | |
| 2000 | #5,491 | 20 | — | |
| 1999 | #5,424 | 19 | — | |
| 1998 | #4,636 | 23 | — | |
| 1997 | #4,819 | 21 | — | |
| 1996 | #3,723 | 29 | — | |
| 1995 | #5,019 | 19 | — | |
| 1994 | #4,238 | 24 | — | |
| 1993 | #3,290 | 34 | — | |
| 1992 | #4,382 | 23 | — | |
| 1991 | #3,540 | 30 | #7,271 | 6 |
| 1990 | #2,289 | 55 | — | |
| 1989 | #3,104 | 34 | — | |
| 1988 | #2,539 | 42 | — | |
| 1987 | #3,169 | 29 | — | |
| 1986 | #2,470 | 40 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,740 | 65 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,945 | 53 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,700 | 64 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,965 | 53 | #6,385 | 5 |
| 1981 | #1,867 | 58 | #5,468 | 6 |
| 1980 | #2,128 | 48 | #6,250 | 5 |
| 1979 | #2,187 | 45 | — | |
| 1978 | #2,159 | 43 | #5,059 | 6 |
| 1977 | #1,877 | 53 | #5,845 | 5 |
| 1976 | #2,387 | 34 | — | |
| 1975 | #2,411 | 33 | — | |
| 1974 | #2,348 | 33 | #5,227 | 5 |
| 1973 | #2,753 | 25 | — | |
| 1972 | #2,976 | 22 | — | |
| 1971 | #3,652 | 17 | — | |
| 1970 | #7,070 | 6 | — | |
| 1969 | #5,974 | 7 | — | |
| 1968 | — | #4,136 | 5 | |
| 1967 | #5,457 | 7 | — | |
| 1966 | #6,564 | 5 | — | |
| 1965 | #5,817 | 6 | — | |
| 1964 | #6,009 | 6 | — | |
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| 1961 | #6,567 | 5 | — | |
| 1960 | #6,390 | 5 | — | |
| 1959 | #5,566 | 6 | — | |
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| 1955 | #4,740 | 7 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Terah! It came in at #4,740, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1956–1958, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
See more about Terah
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2018
- Debuted 1955
- Peaked 1983 at #1,700 (64 births)
- Births halved by 1987, 4 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 26,103 girls born in 1983 were named Terah (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 340,215 girls born in 2018 (0.00%)
- 35.4% of all girls named Terah (486) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 13 | #4,740 (1955) | #5,153 |
| 1960s | 41 | #5,457 (1967) | #6,111 |
| 1970s | 311 | #1,877 (1977) | #2,982 |
| 1980s | 486 | #1,700 (1983) | #2,263 |
| 1990s | 277 | #2,289 (1990) | #4,136 |
| 2000s | 167 | #5,491 (2000) | #7,117 |
| 2010s | 78 | #8,053 (2014) | #12,099 |
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.
Terah in 1981
Top girls' names in 1981
Top boys' names in 1981
More about 1981
girls
1,668,060 girls got a published name in 1981; 1 in 28,760 of them was named Terah, which outranked 84.7% of the 12,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,848Shona59
- #1,848Shonta59
- #1,848Tinisha59
- #1,867Terah58
- #1,867Alexander58
- #1,867Chevonne58
- #1,867Demetrius58
- #1,887Avery57
- #1,887Billi57
- #1,887Brooks57
Tied with 19 names at #1,867; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,791,177 boys got a published name in 1981; 1 in 298,530 of them was named Terah, which outranked 25.0% of the 7,289 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #4,961Zacarias7
- #4,961Zebediah7
- #4,961Zeno7
- #5,468Terah6
- #5,468Aaren6
- #5,468Abby6
- #5,468Abdon6
- #6,262Aakash5
- #6,262Aarion5
- #6,262Abayomi5
Tied with 793 names at #5,468; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.