Terence
Last seen for girls in 1989 at #9,681 · #2,718 for boys in 2025, 47 births
Given to boys 99.5% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1964 · 1,014 births
- Debut · boys
- 9 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 34,290since 1885
Terence over time
Rank among boys' names. Terence has never cracked the top 200 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #2,718 | 47 | |
| 2024 | — | #2,915 | 43 | |
| 2023 | — | #3,228 | 37 | |
| 2022 | — | #2,325 | 61 | |
| 2021 | — | #2,410 | 56 | |
| 2020 | — | #2,292 | 59 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,917 | 77 | |
| 2018 | — | #2,046 | 70 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,829 | 81 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,641 | 97 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,588 | 101 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,465 | 111 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,427 | 116 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,293 | 135 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,331 | 127 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,232 | 143 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,341 | 129 | |
| 2008 | — | #1,329 | 130 | |
| 2007 | — | #1,215 | 145 | |
| 2006 | — | #1,214 | 138 | |
| 2005 | — | #1,272 | 122 | |
| 2004 | — | #1,152 | 136 | |
| 2003 | — | #926 | 177 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,033 | 148 | |
| 2001 | — | #944 | 164 | |
| 2000 | — | #799 | 202 | |
| 1999 | — | #731 | 223 | |
| 1998 | — | #771 | 204 | |
| 1997 | — | #836 | 172 | |
| 1996 | — | #667 | 247 | |
| 1995 | — | #603 | 289 | |
| 1994 | — | #553 | 343 | |
| 1993 | — | #543 | 358 | |
| 1992 | — | #480 | 437 | |
| 1991 | — | #478 | 425 | |
| 1990 | — | #452 | 482 | |
| 1989 | #9,681 | 7 | #385 | 572 |
| 1988 | #9,244 | 7 | #349 | 595 |
| 1987 | #7,353 | 9 | #394 | 481 |
| 1986 | #7,749 | 8 | #370 | 503 |
| 1985 | #5,678 | 12 | #343 | 549 |
| 1984 | #9,144 | 6 | #338 | 551 |
| 1983 | — | #346 | 524 | |
| 1982 | #8,224 | 7 | #367 | 479 |
| 1981 | — | #400 | 413 | |
| 1980 | — | #409 | 395 | |
| 1979 | — | #405 | 380 | |
| 1978 | #6,948 | 8 | #386 | 406 |
| 1977 | — | #379 | 425 | |
| 1976 | — | #372 | 421 | |
| 1975 | #6,484 | 8 | #352 | 480 |
| 1974 | #7,680 | 6 | #347 | 485 |
| 1973 | — | #338 | 502 | |
| 1972 | #5,959 | 8 | #335 | 529 |
| 1971 | #6,619 | 7 | #343 | 539 |
| 1970 | #7,070 | 6 | #324 | 595 |
| 1969 | #7,471 | 5 | #303 | 624 |
| 1968 | #5,642 | 7 | #254 | 786 |
| 1967 | #6,042 | 6 | #263 | 766 |
| 1966 | #4,493 | 9 | #255 | 805 |
| 1965 | — | #270 | 768 | |
| 1964 | #4,355 | 10 | #241 | 1,014 |
| 1963 | #5,891 | 6 | #269 | 810 |
| 1962 | #5,293 | 7 | #281 | 747 |
| 1961 | #6,567 | 5 | #287 | 729 |
| 1960 | — | #288 | 754 | |
| 1959 | #5,566 | 6 | #289 | 740 |
| 1958 | — | #285 | 715 | |
| 1957 | — | #266 | 795 | |
| 1956 | — | #244 | 887 | |
| 1955 | #5,828 | 5 | #250 | 767 |
| 1954 | — | #275 | 661 | |
| 1953 | — | #324 | 478 | |
| 1952 | — | #330 | 445 | |
| 1951 | — | #339 | 405 | |
| 1950 | — | #322 | 447 | |
| 1949 | — | #341 | 390 | |
| 1948 | — | #335 | 402 | |
| 1947 | #5,295 | 5 | #327 | 436 |
| 1946 | — | #348 | 349 | |
| 1945 | — | #383 | 243 | |
| 1944 | — | #414 | 212 | |
| 1943 | — | #377 | 264 | |
| 1942 | — | #433 | 203 | |
| 1941 | — | #450 | 171 | |
| 1940 | — | #499 | 136 | |
| 1939 | — | #519 | 120 | |
| 1938 | — | #516 | 126 | |
| 1937 | — | #529 | 120 | |
| 1936 | — | #549 | 108 | |
| 1935 | — | #585 | 97 | |
| 1934 | — | #751 | 66 | |
| 1933 | — | #770 | 63 | |
| 1932 | — | #722 | 74 | |
| 1931 | — | #939 | 48 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,037 | 44 | |
| 1929 | — | #940 | 51 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,254 | 33 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,145 | 39 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,296 | 31 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,390 | 28 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,187 | 37 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,157 | 38 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,084 | 42 | |
| 1921 | — | #834 | 68 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,020 | 46 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,408 | 26 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,596 | 22 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,362 | 26 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,505 | 22 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,553 | 20 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,388 | 19 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,803 | 10 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,059 | 19 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,740 | 5 | |
| 1910 | — | — | ||
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | #927 | 8 | |
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | #1,064 | 6 | |
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | #704 | 9 | |
| 1887 | — | #921 | 5 | |
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | #641 | 9 | |
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Terence! It came in at #641, and was given to 9 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1886–1887, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Terence
- 197 spots since 2024 (#2,915 → #2,718)
- 426 spots since 2020 (#2,292 → #2,718)
- 1,130 spots since 2015 (#1,588 → #2,718)
- Biggest jump: 314 spots in 1929 (#1,254 → #940)
- Biggest drop: 250 spots in 1922 (#834 → #1,084)
- Debuted 1885
- Peaked 1964 at #241 (1,014 births)
- Births halved by 1973, 9 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 78 yrs · run 1931–2001
- Highest: 1 in 1,965 boys born in 1964 were named Terence (0.05%)
- Latest: 1 in 36,342 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 22.8% of all boys named Terence (7,803) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 23 | #641 (1885) | #755 |
| 1890s | 0 | — | — |
| 1900s | 14 | #927 (1906) | #996 |
| 1910s | 169 | #1,059 (1912) | #1,490 |
| 1920s | 413 | #834 (1921) | #1,131 |
| 1930s | 866 | #516 (1938) | #692 |
| 1940s | 2,806 | #327 (1947) | #391 |
| 1950s | 6,340 | #244 (1956) | #292 |
| 1960s | 7,803 | #241 (1964) | #271 |
| 1970s | 4,762 | #324 (1970) | #358 |
| 1980s | 5,062 | #338 (1984) | #370 |
| 1990s | 3,180 | #452 (1990) | #611 |
| 2000s | 1,491 | #799 (2000) | #1,123 |
| 2010s | 1,058 | #1,232 (2010) | #1,577 |
| 2020s | 303 | #2,292 (2020) | #2,648 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Terence in 1986
Top girls' names in 1986
Top boys' names in 1986
More about 1986
girls
1,715,547 girls got a published name in 1986; 1 in 214,443 of them was named Terence, which outranked 39.6% of the 12,836 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #7,134Zeinab9
- #7,134Zelma9
- #7,134Zora9
- #7,749Terence8
- #7,749Aamber8
- #7,749Abbigayle8
- #7,749Abigael8
- #8,523Aaisha7
- #8,523Abagael7
- #8,523Abbygail7
Tied with 773 names at #7,749; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,841,515 boys got a published name in 1986; 1 in 3,661 of them was named Terence, which outranked 95.3% of the 7,830 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).