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
- Peak · boys
- 1989 · 94 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,961since 1915
Terrel over time
Rank among boys' names. Terrel 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | #9,894 | 7 | |
| 2023 | — | #10,821 | 6 | |
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | #7,089 | 11 | |
| 2020 | — | #5,980 | 14 | |
| 2019 | — | #10,803 | 6 | |
| 2018 | — | #6,345 | 13 | |
| 2017 | — | #7,546 | 10 | |
| 2016 | — | #5,789 | 15 | |
| 2015 | — | #5,746 | 15 | |
| 2014 | — | #7,048 | 11 | |
| 2013 | — | #8,118 | 9 | |
| 2012 | — | #5,256 | 17 | |
| 2011 | — | #5,945 | 14 | |
| 2010 | — | #5,047 | 18 | |
| 2009 | — | #5,102 | 18 | |
| 2008 | — | #4,267 | 23 | |
| 2007 | — | #3,379 | 32 | |
| 2006 | — | #3,227 | 33 | |
| 2005 | — | #2,846 | 37 | |
| 2004 | — | #3,074 | 32 | |
| 2003 | — | #3,366 | 27 | |
| 2002 | — | #2,882 | 32 | |
| 2001 | — | #2,007 | 53 | |
| 2000 | — | #2,087 | 48 | |
| 1999 | — | #1,903 | 51 | |
| 1998 | — | #1,741 | 58 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,773 | 54 | |
| 1996 | — | #1,764 | 52 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,338 | 77 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,399 | 70 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,266 | 80 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,281 | 78 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,216 | 83 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,370 | 66 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,082 | 94 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,108 | 81 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,140 | 70 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,118 | 71 | |
| 1985 | #10,677 | 5 | #1,158 | 65 |
| 1984 | — | #1,294 | 51 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,375 | 46 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,622 | 37 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,726 | 33 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,808 | 31 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,532 | 38 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,652 | 33 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,904 | 26 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,781 | 28 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,530 | 34 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,520 | 33 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,782 | 25 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,721 | 26 | |
| 1971 | #8,324 | 5 | #1,987 | 21 |
| 1970 | #7,995 | 5 | #2,213 | 17 |
| 1969 | — | #1,861 | 20 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,506 | 27 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,449 | 28 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,723 | 20 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,360 | 32 | |
| 1964 | #6,009 | 6 | #1,900 | 18 |
| 1963 | — | #1,957 | 17 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,515 | 27 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,439 | 31 | |
| 1960 | #6,390 | 5 | #1,341 | 35 |
| 1959 | — | #1,559 | 26 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,534 | 26 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,634 | 24 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,765 | 20 | |
| 1955 | #5,828 | 5 | #1,572 | 24 |
| 1954 | #4,655 | 7 | #1,268 | 35 |
| 1953 | — | #1,551 | 24 | |
| 1952 | #5,563 | 5 | #1,804 | 18 |
| 1951 | #4,833 | 6 | #1,373 | 29 |
| 1950 | — | #1,340 | 29 | |
| 1949 | #3,892 | 8 | #1,348 | 29 |
| 1948 | #5,243 | 5 | #1,519 | 23 |
| 1947 | #3,061 | 12 | #1,213 | 36 |
| 1946 | #3,994 | 7 | #1,355 | 27 |
| 1945 | — | #1,536 | 19 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,574 | 19 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,636 | 19 | |
| 1942 | — | #2,145 | 12 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,821 | 15 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,334 | 25 | |
| 1939 | — | #2,159 | 11 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,741 | 16 | |
| 1937 | — | #2,332 | 10 | |
| 1936 | — | #3,147 | 6 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,837 | 15 | |
| 1934 | — | #2,121 | 12 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,829 | 15 | |
| 1932 | — | #3,361 | 6 | |
| 1931 | — | #2,471 | 10 | |
| 1930 | — | — | ||
| 1929 | — | #3,559 | 6 | |
| 1928 | — | #3,076 | 8 | |
| 1927 | — | #2,912 | 9 | |
| 1926 | — | #3,708 | 6 | |
| 1925 | — | #2,936 | 9 | |
| 1924 | — | #3,023 | 9 | |
| 1923 | — | #3,467 | 7 | |
| 1922 | — | — | ||
| 1921 | — | #2,502 | 12 | |
| 1920 | — | #3,208 | 8 | |
| 1919 | — | — | ||
| 1918 | — | — | ||
| 1917 | — | #3,217 | 7 | |
| 1916 | — | #2,926 | 8 | |
| 1915 | — | #3,082 | 7 | |
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| 1880 | — | — | ||
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
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
- Debuted 1915
- Peaked 1989 at #1,082 (94 births)
- Births halved by 2002, 13 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- 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%)
- 22.6% of all boys named Terrel (669) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 22 | #2,926 (1916) | #3,075 |
| 1920s | 74 | #2,502 (1921) | #3,155 |
| 1930s | 101 | #1,741 (1938) | #2,333 |
| 1940s | 224 | #1,213 (1947) | #1,548 |
| 1950s | 255 | #1,268 (1954) | #1,540 |
| 1960s | 255 | #1,341 (1960) | #1,605 |
| 1970s | 281 | #1,520 (1974) | #1,762 |
| 1980s | 579 | #1,082 (1989) | #1,343 |
| 1990s | 669 | #1,216 (1991) | #1,505 |
| 2000s | 335 | #2,007 (2001) | #3,224 |
| 2010s | 128 | #5,047 (2010) | #6,764 |
| 2020s | 38 | #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 1985
Top girls' names in 1985
Top boys' names in 1985
More about 1985
girls
1,720,828 girls got a published name in 1985; 1 in 344,166 of them was named Terrel, which outranked 14.6% of the 12,505 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 1,828 names at #10,677; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,848,210 boys got a published name in 1985; 1 in 28,434 of them was named Terrel, which outranked 84.7% of the 7,586 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,147Laura66
- #1,147Micahel66
- #1,147Tou66
- #1,158Terrel65
- #1,158Colter65
- #1,158Dallin65
- #1,158Derrik65
- #1,170Alfonzo64
- #1,170Billie64
- #1,170Brodie64
Tied with 11 names at #1,158; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.