Terrell

Last seen for girls in 2008 at #15,405 · #1,529 for boys in 2025, 113 births
Given to boys 95.8% of the time

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Peak · boys
1985 · 890 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
36,502
since 1885

Terrell over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Terrell has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201962peak #254, 1985boys
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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#1,529113
2024#1,494120
2023#1,591109
2022#1,220161
2021#1,140177
2020#1,130173
2019#1,072190
2018#964215
2017#876245
2016#927229
2015#890248
2014#822276
2013#725322
2012#675350
2011#621383
2010#639378
2009#584451
2008#15,4056#546480
2007#508521
2006#17,1685#516500
2005#16,4625#482519
2004#484512
2003#482516
2002#473503
2001#13,5216#454531
2000#13,1546#409608
1999#11,3857#370705
1998#9,2609#320862
1997#361688
1996#8,13210#362669
1995#4,51822#353696
1994#7,09712#336734
1993#5,67316#314847
1992#6,00815#310849
1991#7,43011#280949
1990#4,69420#282925
1989#4,35821#259983
1988#3,58526#256918
1987#5,07415#258868
1986#3,20328#260857
1985#3,62123#254890
1984#2,78132#259801
1983#3,34024#286713
1982#3,78021#295682
1981#2,56336#317600
1980#3,13427#316604
1979#2,67133#318593
1978#3,38822#343502
1977#2,71530#315591
1976#2,38734#344502
1975#1,98644#349492
1974#2,06640#425339
1973#2,09438#408364
1972#1,83246#423352
1971#1,59459#439345
1970#1,54463#432354
1969#1,80946#441319
1968#1,67848#444297
1967#1,92137#421327
1966#2,51923#485247
1965#2,83319#492243
1964#2,10932#527220
1963#2,54323#504254
1962#2,46324#531226
1961#2,75220#548207
1960#2,09730#535219
1959#2,19127#529221
1958#1,82036#481263
1957#1,98930#531213
1956#2,32123#528201
1955#2,06327#517199
1954#2,18624#523195
1953#2,51618#535178
1952#2,07424#528177
1951#2,18221#485194
1950#2,00223#469203
1949#1,84527#464202
1948#1,64832#458212
1947#2,35418#499182
1946#1,86024#467187
1945#2,06017#518133
1944#2,09617#530131
1943#3,8017#581119
1942#2,11717#626102
1941#2,53212#520130
1940#3,2088#539119
1939#2,41712#62188
1938#3,4507#71972
1937#4,2555#74267
1936#4,1815#74765
1935#77164
1934#82857
1933#90547
1932#93748
1931#1,30228
1930#1,17336
1929#1,07841
1928#1,07842
1927#1,04145
1926#1,19236
1925#1,18436
1924#1,04546
1923#1,27532
1922#5,0095#1,08442
1921#1,19936
1920#4,9755#1,00447
1919#1,20734
1918#1,17235
1917#1,23830
1916#1,09635
1915#1,18130
1914#1,15325
1913#1,36515
1912#85427
1911#1,2908
1910#1,5895
1909#1,0838
1908#1,1137
1907#9998
1906
1905
1904
1903#8468
1902#1,1375
1901#1,0585
1900#9688
1899
1898
1897
1896
1895
1894
1893
1892
1891
1890#9945
1889
1888
1887
1886
1885#9365
1884
1883
1882
1881
1880
First appearance
1885

The first year at least five boys were named Terrell! It came in at #936, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1885–1899, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Terrell is popular in 1962

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Terrell, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Terrell, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Terrell, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Terrell, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Terrell, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Terrell, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Terrell, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Terrell, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Terrell, so not publishedMNIllinois: #580 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 13,777 boysILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Terrell, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Terrell, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Terrell, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Terrell, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Terrell, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Terrell, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Terrell, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Terrell, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Terrell, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Terrell, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Terrell, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Terrell, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: #518 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 15,850 boysPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Terrell, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Terrell, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #601 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 12,469 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Terrell, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Terrell, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Terrell, so not publishedNEMissouri: #368 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 5,166 boysMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Terrell, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Terrell, so not publishedWVVirginia: #450 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 7,204 boysVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Terrell, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Terrell, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Terrell, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Terrell, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Terrell, so not publishedKSArkansas: #361 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 3,913 boysARTennessee: #256 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 2,279 boysTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Terrell, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: #338 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 3,403 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Terrell, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Terrell, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #279 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 2,022 boysLAMississippi: #351 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 3,355 boysMSAlabama: #263 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 1,915 boysALGeorgia: #234 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 1,617 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Terrell, so not publishedHITexas: #680 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 10,848 boysTXFlorida: #326 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 3,010 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Georgia#234 · 1 in 1,617
  2. Tennessee#256 · 1 in 2,279
  3. Alabama#263 · 1 in 1,915
  4. Louisiana#279 · 1 in 2,022
  5. Florida#326 · 1 in 3,010

Best ever in a state: #60 in District of Columbia, 1994.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Georgia#234291 in 1,617
Tennessee#256171 in 2,279
Alabama#263191 in 1,915
Louisiana#279201 in 2,022
Florida#326181 in 3,010
South Carolina#33881 in 3,403
Mississippi#35181 in 3,355
Arkansas#36151 in 3,913
Missouri#36891 in 5,166
Virginia#45061 in 7,204
Pennsylvania#51871 in 15,850
Illinois#58081 in 13,777
California#601151 in 12,469
Texas#680111 in 10,848
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys 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 Terrell
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 35 spots since 2024 (#1,494#1,529)
  • 399 spots since 2020 (#1,130#1,529)
  • 639 spots since 2015 (#890#1,529)
  • Biggest jump: 436 spots in 1912 (#1,290#854)
  • Biggest drop: 511 spots in 1913 (#854#1,365)
Rise & fade · boys
100 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1885
  • Peaked 1985 at #254 (890 births)
  • Births halved by 2010, 25 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 93 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 93 yrs · run 1932–2018
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,036
  • Highest: 1 in 2,036 boys born in 1989 were named Terrell (0.05%)
  • Latest: 1 in 15,116 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
  • Its best rank, #254 in 1985, was only 1 in 2,077 (0.05%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1990s
  • 21.7% of all boys named Terrell (7,924) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s5#936 (1885)#936
1890s5#994 (1890)#994
1900s49#846 (1903)#1,029
1910s244#854 (1912)#1,215
1920s403#1,004 (1920)#1,118
1930s572#621 (1939)#875
1940s1,517#458 (1948)#520
1950s2,044#469 (1950)#513
1960s2,559#421 (1967)#493
1970s4,434#315 (1977)#380
1980s7,916#254 (1985)#276
1990s7,924#280 (1991)#329
2000s5,141#409 (2000)#494
2010s2,836#621 (2011)#821
2020s853#1,130 (2020)#1,351

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.

Terrell in 1962

girls
#2,463
24 births · 1 in 81,942 girls
boys
#531
226 births · 1 in 9,154 boys

Top girls' names in 1962

  1. #1Lisa46,069
  2. #2Mary43,502
  3. #3Susan35,752
  4. #4Karen35,184
  5. #5Linda31,461
  6. #6Patricia26,532
  7. #7Donna25,719
  8. #8Cynthia24,025
  9. #9Deborah22,889
  10. #10Sandra22,420
  11. #2,463Terrell24

Top boys' names in 1962

  1. #1Michael85,059
  2. #2David81,337
  3. #3John78,427
  4. #4James72,555
  5. #5Robert70,199
  6. #6Mark53,520
  7. #7William44,853
  8. #8Richard39,422
  9. #9Thomas36,529
  10. #10Jeffrey33,537
  11. #531Terrell226
More about 1962

girls

1,966,603 girls got a published name in 1962; 1 in 81,942 of them was named Terrell, which outranked 67.5% of the 7,584 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Terrell
  1. #2,414Vada25
  2. #2,414Verda25
  3. #2,414Veta25
  4. #2,463Terrell24
  5. #2,463Adrianna24
  6. #2,463Alba24
  7. #2,463Albert24
  8. #2,539Adair23
  9. #2,539Alise23
  10. #2,539Apryl23

Tied with 75 names at #2,463; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1961
Risers
  1. 1,281Tiffany#2,070#789
  2. 879Whitney#1,627#748
  3. 541Zina#1,533#992
  4. 414Glynis#1,406#992
  5. 408Lolita#978#570
Fallers
  1. 300Fern#821#1,121
  2. 259Jacklyn#815#1,074
  3. 255Dorthy#929#1,184
  4. 224Laurene#943#1,167
  5. 215Jimmie#911#1,126

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

boys

2,068,772 boys got a published name in 1962; 1 in 9,154 of them was named Terrell, which outranked 88.5% of the 4,631 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Terrell
  1. #528Hal228
  2. #528Kip228
  3. #528Kurtis228
  4. #531Terrell226
  5. #531Elbert226
  6. #533Tomas225
  7. #534Marlin223
  8. #534Ramiro223

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1961
Risers
  1. 490Ritchie#1,262#772
  2. 353King#1,349#996
  3. 338Arlie#1,322#984
  4. 250Robb#1,052#802
  5. 243Pernell#928#685
Fallers
  1. 351Mariano#928#1,279
  2. 349Michal#910#1,259
  3. 337Loran#958#1,295
  4. 292Sid#967#1,259
  5. 275Lorenza#940#1,215

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

See the top 100 for 1962