Teri
#11,932 for girls in 2025, 7 births · Last seen for boys in 1988 at #6,426
Given to girls 99.5% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1960 · 2,329 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 43,957since 1920
Teri over time
Rank among girls' names. Teri has never cracked the top 100 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 | #11,932 | 7 | — | |
| 2024 | #10,271 | 9 | — | |
| 2023 | #13,462 | 6 | — | |
| 2022 | #12,243 | 7 | — | |
| 2021 | #9,562 | 10 | — | |
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | #15,539 | 5 | — | |
| 2018 | #15,682 | 5 | — | |
| 2017 | #8,776 | 12 | — | |
| 2016 | #11,781 | 8 | — | |
| 2015 | #8,008 | 14 | — | |
| 2014 | #7,302 | 16 | — | |
| 2013 | #11,000 | 9 | — | |
| 2012 | #6,341 | 20 | — | |
| 2011 | #7,118 | 17 | — | |
| 2010 | #7,217 | 17 | — | |
| 2009 | #7,341 | 17 | — | |
| 2008 | #4,550 | 33 | — | |
| 2007 | #5,526 | 25 | — | |
| 2006 | #3,734 | 41 | — | |
| 2005 | #3,809 | 38 | — | |
| 2004 | #3,989 | 35 | — | |
| 2003 | #3,187 | 46 | — | |
| 2002 | #2,976 | 49 | — | |
| 2001 | #2,211 | 73 | — | |
| 2000 | #2,258 | 69 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,940 | 81 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,940 | 78 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,766 | 85 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,551 | 102 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,514 | 103 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,389 | 118 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,258 | 136 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,050 | 175 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,065 | 170 | — | |
| 1990 | #836 | 235 | — | |
| 1989 | #813 | 234 | — | |
| 1988 | #708 | 268 | #6,426 | 6 |
| 1987 | #599 | 326 | — | |
| 1986 | #558 | 360 | — | |
| 1985 | #536 | 372 | #6,523 | 5 |
| 1984 | #467 | 448 | — | |
| 1983 | #465 | 434 | — | |
| 1982 | #459 | 465 | #5,003 | 7 |
| 1981 | #407 | 544 | #4,961 | 7 |
| 1980 | #433 | 500 | #4,940 | 7 |
| 1979 | #430 | 482 | — | |
| 1978 | #362 | 587 | #4,157 | 8 |
| 1977 | #350 | 630 | — | |
| 1976 | #335 | 662 | #3,471 | 10 |
| 1975 | #314 | 723 | #4,309 | 7 |
| 1974 | #303 | 777 | #5,227 | 5 |
| 1973 | #296 | 794 | — | |
| 1972 | #263 | 1,002 | #3,152 | 10 |
| 1971 | #264 | 1,110 | #4,907 | 5 |
| 1970 | #274 | 1,075 | #4,230 | 6 |
| 1969 | #254 | 1,153 | — | |
| 1968 | #232 | 1,243 | #3,107 | 8 |
| 1967 | #226 | 1,303 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1966 | #231 | 1,308 | — | |
| 1965 | #223 | 1,460 | — | |
| 1964 | #208 | 1,713 | #3,282 | 7 |
| 1963 | #192 | 1,937 | #3,318 | 7 |
| 1962 | #181 | 2,075 | #2,673 | 10 |
| 1961 | #173 | 2,242 | #2,538 | 11 |
| 1960 | #171 | 2,329 | #2,685 | 10 |
| 1959 | #178 | 2,156 | #2,530 | 11 |
| 1958 | #188 | 1,882 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1957 | #201 | 1,719 | #2,822 | 9 |
| 1956 | #203 | 1,601 | #2,798 | 9 |
| 1955 | #218 | 1,372 | #1,902 | 17 |
| 1954 | #276 | 936 | — | |
| 1953 | #305 | 727 | #2,905 | 8 |
| 1952 | #324 | 630 | #3,734 | 5 |
| 1951 | #389 | 441 | — | |
| 1950 | #416 | 370 | — | |
| 1949 | #451 | 313 | — | |
| 1948 | #463 | 298 | #3,010 | 7 |
| 1947 | #489 | 280 | — | |
| 1946 | #549 | 206 | — | |
| 1945 | #464 | 239 | — | |
| 1944 | #677 | 121 | — | |
| 1943 | #1,006 | 62 | — | |
| 1942 | #1,091 | 52 | — | |
| 1941 | #1,750 | 21 | — | |
| 1940 | #1,549 | 25 | — | |
| 1939 | #1,684 | 21 | — | |
| 1938 | #3,181 | 8 | — | |
| 1937 | #4,255 | 5 | — | |
| 1936 | — | — | ||
| 1935 | #3,156 | 8 | — | |
| 1934 | — | — | ||
| 1933 | #2,868 | 9 | — | |
| 1932 | #4,411 | 5 | — | |
| 1931 | #3,848 | 6 | — | |
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| 1927 | #4,805 | 5 | — | |
| 1926 | #4,851 | 5 | — | |
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| 1920 | #3,957 | 7 | — | |
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| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Teri! It came in at #3,957, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1921–1930, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Teri is popular in 1974
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Utah#132 · 1 in 533
- Nebraska#132 · 1 in 554
- South Dakota#134 · 1 in 493
- Montana#137 · 1 in 507
- Idaho#148 · 1 in 522
Best ever in a state: #58 in Nevada, 1958.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nebraska | #132 | 17 | 1 in 554 |
| Utah | #132 | 22 | 1 in 533 |
| South Dakota | #134 | 8 | 1 in 493 |
| Montana | #137 | 8 | 1 in 507 |
| Idaho | #148 | 10 | 1 in 522 |
| North Dakota | #153 | 6 | 1 in 648 |
| Iowa | #175 | 20 | 1 in 842 |
| Oklahoma | #193 | 17 | 1 in 932 |
| Minnesota | #202 | 20 | 1 in 1,190 |
| Wisconsin | #213 | 23 | 1 in 1,194 |
| Hawaii | #217 | 6 | 1 in 748 |
| Michigan | #220 | 46 | 1 in 1,240 |
| Oregon | #221 | 12 | 1 in 1,087 |
| Missouri | #224 | 25 | 1 in 1,187 |
| Washington | #227 | 17 | 1 in 1,155 |
| West Virginia | #254 | 8 | 1 in 1,396 |
| Arkansas | #257 | 10 | 1 in 1,281 |
| Virginia | #287 | 16 | 1 in 1,735 |
| Georgia | #288 | 20 | 1 in 1,650 |
| Ohio | #290 | 38 | 1 in 1,845 |
| California | #292 | 89 | 1 in 1,535 |
| Colorado | #296 | 10 | 1 in 1,567 |
| Alabama | #304 | 13 | 1 in 1,734 |
| Texas | #305 | 57 | 1 in 1,674 |
| Arizona | #308 | 10 | 1 in 1,537 |
| Mississippi | #316 | 10 | 1 in 1,607 |
| Illinois | #320 | 36 | 1 in 1,937 |
| Connecticut | #331 | 7 | 1 in 2,034 |
| Massachusetts | #335 | 12 | 1 in 2,549 |
| Indiana | #338 | 15 | 1 in 2,327 |
| Louisiana | #344 | 14 | 1 in 1,773 |
| Maryland | #358 | 8 | 1 in 2,318 |
| Florida | #370 | 20 | 1 in 2,185 |
| Kansas | #372 | 5 | 1 in 2,409 |
| Tennessee | #374 | 10 | 1 in 2,749 |
| Pennsylvania | #378 | 24 | 1 in 2,785 |
| North Carolina | #432 | 10 | 1 in 3,384 |
| New York | #451 | 34 | 1 in 3,034 |
| Kentucky | #453 | 6 | 1 in 3,796 |
| New Jersey | #534 | 9 | 1 in 4,179 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Maine | — | — | — |
| Nevada | — | — | — |
| New Hampshire | — | — | — |
| New Mexico | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| South Carolina | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Teri
- 1,661 spots since 2024 (#10,271 → #11,932)
- 3,924 spots since 2015 (#8,008 → #11,932)
- Biggest jump: 329 spots in 1944 (#1,006 → #677)
- Biggest drop: 229 spots in 1991 (#836 → #1,065)
- Debuted 1920
- Peaked 1960 at #171 (2,329 births)
- Births halved by 1969, 9 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 47 yrs · run 1944–1990
- Highest: 1 in 868 girls born in 1960 were named Teri (0.12%)
- Latest: 1 in 229,610 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 38.1% of all girls named Teri (16,763) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 17 | #3,957 (1920) | #4,538 |
| 1930s | 62 | #1,684 (1939) | #3,343 |
| 1940s | 1,617 | #451 (1949) | #849 |
| 1950s | 11,834 | #178 (1959) | #270 |
| 1960s | 16,763 | #171 (1960) | #209 |
| 1970s | 7,842 | #263 (1972) | #319 |
| 1980s | 3,951 | #407 (1981) | #545 |
| 1990s | 1,283 | #836 (1990) | #1,431 |
| 2000s | 426 | #2,211 (2001) | #3,958 |
| 2010s | 123 | #6,341 (2012) | #9,876 |
| 2020s | 39 | #9,562 (2021) | #11,494 |
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.
Teri in 1974
Top girls' names in 1974
Top boys' names in 1974
More about 1974
girls
1,467,534 girls got a published name in 1974; 1 in 1,889 of them was named Teri, which outranked 97.0% of the 10,247 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,572,334 boys got a published name in 1974; 1 in 314,467 of them was named Teri, which outranked 12.9% of the 6,004 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 777 names at #5,227; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.