Terrel

Last seen for girls in 1985 at #10,677 · Last seen for boys in 2024 at #9,894
Given to boys 97.3% of the time

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Peak · boys
1989 · 94 births
Debut · boys
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
2,961
since 1915

Terrel over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Terrel has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201915peak #1,082, 1989boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025
2024#9,8947
2023#10,8216
2022
2021#7,08911
2020#5,98014
2019#10,8036
2018#6,34513
2017#7,54610
2016#5,78915
2015#5,74615
2014#7,04811
2013#8,1189
2012#5,25617
2011#5,94514
2010#5,04718
2009#5,10218
2008#4,26723
2007#3,37932
2006#3,22733
2005#2,84637
2004#3,07432
2003#3,36627
2002#2,88232
2001#2,00753
2000#2,08748
1999#1,90351
1998#1,74158
1997#1,77354
1996#1,76452
1995#1,33877
1994#1,39970
1993#1,26680
1992#1,28178
1991#1,21683
1990#1,37066
1989#1,08294
1988#1,10881
1987#1,14070
1986#1,11871
1985#10,6775#1,15865
1984#1,29451
1983#1,37546
1982#1,62237
1981#1,72633
1980#1,80831
1979#1,53238
1978#1,65233
1977#1,90426
1976#1,78128
1975#1,53034
1974#1,52033
1973#1,78225
1972#1,72126
1971#8,3245#1,98721
1970#7,9955#2,21317
1969#1,86120
1968#1,50627
1967#1,44928
1966#1,72320
1965#1,36032
1964#6,0096#1,90018
1963#1,95717
1962#1,51527
1961#1,43931
1960#6,3905#1,34135
1959#1,55926
1958#1,53426
1957#1,63424
1956#1,76520
1955#5,8285#1,57224
1954#4,6557#1,26835
1953#1,55124
1952#5,5635#1,80418
1951#4,8336#1,37329
1950#1,34029
1949#3,8928#1,34829
1948#5,2435#1,51923
1947#3,06112#1,21336
1946#3,9947#1,35527
1945#1,53619
1944#1,57419
1943#1,63619
1942#2,14512
1941#1,82115
1940#1,33425
1939#2,15911
1938#1,74116
1937#2,33210
1936#3,1476
1935#1,83715
1934#2,12112
1933#1,82915
1932#3,3616
1931#2,47110
1930
1929#3,5596
1928#3,0768
1927#2,9129
1926#3,7086
1925#2,9369
1924#3,0239
1923#3,4677
1922
1921#2,50212
1920#3,2088
1919
1918
1917#3,2177
1916#2,9268
1915#3,0827
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First appearance
1915

The first year at least five boys were named Terrel! It came in at #3,082, and was given to 7 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1918–1919, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Terrel
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
Rise & fade · boys
74 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1915
  • Peaked 1989 at #1,082 (94 births)
  • Births halved by 2002, 13 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 21,286
  • Highest: 1 in 21,286 boys born in 1989 were named Terrel (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 246,127 boys born in 2024 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1990s
  • 22.6% of all boys named Terrel (669) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s22#2,926 (1916)#3,075
1920s74#2,502 (1921)#3,155
1930s101#1,741 (1938)#2,333
1940s224#1,213 (1947)#1,548
1950s255#1,268 (1954)#1,540
1960s255#1,341 (1960)#1,605
1970s281#1,520 (1974)#1,762
1980s579#1,082 (1989)#1,343
1990s669#1,216 (1991)#1,505
2000s335#2,007 (2001)#3,224
2010s128#5,047 (2010)#6,764
2020s38#5,980 (2020)#8,446

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.

Terrel in 1915

boys
#3,082
7 births · 1 in 121,225 boys

Top boys' names in 1915

  1. #1John47,576
  2. #2William38,563
  3. #3James33,773
  4. #4Robert28,737
  5. #5Joseph23,051
  6. #6George22,307
  7. #7Charles21,960
  8. #8Edward15,889
  9. #9Frank15,006
  10. #10Thomas11,490
  11. #3,082Terrel7
More about 1915

boys

848,575 boys got a published name in 1915; 1 in 121,225 of them was named Terrel, which outranked 29.8% of the 4,390 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Terrel
  1. #2,829Yancey8
  2. #2,829Yasuo8
  3. #2,829Zell8
  4. #3,082Terrel7
  5. #3,082Aage7
  6. #3,082Abelino7
  7. #3,082Acy7
  8. #3,392Acey6
  9. #3,392Adair6
  10. #3,392Agustus6

Tied with 309 names at #3,082; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1914
Risers
  1. 691Eston#1,687#996
  2. 565Estill#1,545#980
  3. 545Garth#1,260#715
  4. 474Hiroshi#1,342#868
  5. 439Domingo#1,101#662
Fallers
  1. 674Gilmore#986#1,660
  2. 667Barnett#933#1,600
  3. 526Rose#884#1,410
  4. 517Toivo#855#1,372
  5. 461Sampson#949#1,410

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1915