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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201981peak #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.

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 1981

girls
#2,563
36 births · 1 in 46,335 girls
boys
#317
600 births · 1 in 2,985 boys

Top girls' names in 1981

  1. #1Jennifer57,046
  2. #2Jessica42,531
  3. #3Amanda34,372
  4. #4Sarah28,175
  5. #5Melissa28,005
  6. #6Amy20,345
  7. #7Nicole20,310
  8. #8Stephanie20,212
  9. #9Elizabeth20,168
  10. #10Heather17,946
  11. #2,563Terrell36

Top boys' names in 1981

  1. #1Michael68,750
  2. #2Christopher50,221
  3. #3Matthew43,330
  4. #4Jason41,927
  5. #5David40,629
  6. #6Joshua39,024
  7. #7James38,283
  8. #8John34,868
  9. #9Robert34,395
  10. #10Daniel30,985
  11. #317Terrell600
More about 1981

girls

1,668,060 girls got a published name in 1981; 1 in 46,335 of them was named Terrell, which outranked 79.0% of the 12,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Terrell
  1. #2,529Torri37
  2. #2,529Tory37
  3. #2,529Zakiya37
  4. #2,563Terrell36
  5. #2,563Adena36
  6. #2,563Aleasha36
  7. #2,563Analisa36
  8. #2,614Acacia35
  9. #2,614Aviva35
  10. #2,614Azure35

Tied with 50 names at #2,563; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1980
Risers
  1. 3,850Tashina#4,743#893
  2. 2,742Krystle#3,215#473
  3. 1,800Tierra#2,342#542
  4. 1,398Martine#2,189#791
  5. 999Nereida#1,981#982
Fallers
  1. 764Kylene#990#1,754
  2. 607Renada#708#1,315
  3. 560Ashanti#822#1,382
  4. 399Renata#336#735
  5. 395Tracee#959#1,354

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

boys

1,791,177 boys got a published name in 1981; 1 in 2,985 of them was named Terrell, which outranked 95.7% of the 7,289 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Terrell
  1. #314Emmanuel606
  2. #315Bryant605
  3. #316Dusty602
  4. #317Terrell600
  5. #317Branden600
  6. #319Bradford599
  7. #320Neal596
  8. #321Fredrick595

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

Biggest movers since 1980
Risers
  1. 1,321Marchello#2,162#841
  2. 1,104Skylar#2,058#954
  3. 816Kellen#1,432#616
  4. 499Marcello#1,291#792
  5. 456Tyrel#1,089#633
Fallers
  1. 306Kenyatta#871#1,177
  2. 284Seneca#718#1,002
  3. 247Kimberly#989#1,236
  4. 216Chadd#927#1,143
  5. 214Levar#911#1,125

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

See the top 100 for 1981