Terri
#6,116 for girls in 2025, 19 births · Last seen for boys in 2008 at #12,553
Given to girls 99.4% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1959 · 8,783 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 16 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 146,113since 1922
Terri over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
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 | #6,116 | 19 | — | |
| 2024 | #5,021 | 26 | — | |
| 2023 | #5,960 | 20 | — | |
| 2022 | #4,378 | 32 | — | |
| 2021 | #4,413 | 31 | — | |
| 2020 | #3,399 | 45 | — | |
| 2019 | #4,072 | 35 | — | |
| 2018 | #4,237 | 33 | — | |
| 2017 | #3,479 | 44 | — | |
| 2016 | #3,777 | 40 | — | |
| 2015 | #3,650 | 42 | — | |
| 2014 | #3,184 | 51 | — | |
| 2013 | #3,778 | 40 | — | |
| 2012 | #3,213 | 51 | — | |
| 2011 | #3,550 | 44 | — | |
| 2010 | #3,256 | 50 | — | |
| 2009 | #3,298 | 50 | — | |
| 2008 | #2,802 | 64 | #12,553 | 5 |
| 2007 | #2,368 | 80 | — | |
| 2006 | #2,186 | 88 | — | |
| 2005 | #2,073 | 90 | #11,472 | 5 |
| 2004 | #1,942 | 96 | — | |
| 2003 | #1,486 | 131 | — | |
| 2002 | #1,345 | 144 | #6,088 | 11 |
| 2001 | #1,458 | 129 | #9,243 | 6 |
| 2000 | #1,369 | 136 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,114 | 178 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,094 | 176 | — | |
| 1997 | #976 | 200 | #6,618 | 8 |
| 1996 | #865 | 229 | #9,015 | 5 |
| 1995 | #886 | 214 | #6,407 | 8 |
| 1994 | #795 | 256 | #6,372 | 8 |
| 1993 | #746 | 278 | #6,228 | 8 |
| 1992 | #707 | 305 | #6,128 | 8 |
| 1991 | #611 | 369 | — | |
| 1990 | #554 | 426 | #3,166 | 19 |
| 1989 | #529 | 438 | #4,811 | 10 |
| 1988 | #472 | 480 | #3,915 | 12 |
| 1987 | #412 | 541 | #4,968 | 8 |
| 1986 | #372 | 630 | #3,882 | 11 |
| 1985 | #333 | 711 | #3,401 | 13 |
| 1984 | #298 | 796 | #3,270 | 13 |
| 1983 | #267 | 906 | #3,630 | 11 |
| 1982 | #234 | 1,090 | #3,692 | 11 |
| 1981 | #234 | 1,066 | #3,030 | 14 |
| 1980 | #242 | 1,068 | #3,838 | 10 |
| 1979 | #231 | 1,128 | #2,669 | 17 |
| 1978 | #222 | 1,116 | #3,215 | 12 |
| 1977 | #192 | 1,389 | #2,556 | 17 |
| 1976 | #184 | 1,388 | #2,177 | 21 |
| 1975 | #165 | 1,601 | #2,288 | 19 |
| 1974 | #151 | 1,826 | #2,050 | 21 |
| 1973 | #136 | 2,089 | #1,548 | 31 |
| 1972 | #124 | 2,495 | #1,928 | 22 |
| 1971 | #115 | 3,166 | #1,668 | 28 |
| 1970 | #113 | 3,402 | #1,462 | 33 |
| 1969 | #93 | 3,903 | #1,914 | 19 |
| 1968 | #83 | 4,267 | #1,455 | 29 |
| 1967 | #77 | 4,523 | #1,573 | 24 |
| 1966 | #72 | 4,921 | #1,237 | 37 |
| 1965 | #69 | 5,373 | #1,625 | 23 |
| 1964 | #62 | 7,144 | #1,219 | 40 |
| 1963 | #58 | 7,704 | #1,305 | 36 |
| 1962 | #54 | 8,433 | #1,588 | 25 |
| 1961 | #51 | 8,730 | #1,496 | 29 |
| 1960 | #49 | 8,743 | #1,463 | 30 |
| 1959 | #46 | 8,783 | #1,522 | 27 |
| 1958 | #51 | 8,184 | #1,321 | 34 |
| 1957 | #68 | 6,972 | #1,436 | 30 |
| 1956 | #81 | 5,744 | #1,532 | 26 |
| 1955 | #85 | 5,153 | #1,902 | 17 |
| 1954 | #100 | 4,130 | #2,449 | 11 |
| 1953 | #130 | 2,725 | #2,099 | 14 |
| 1952 | #158 | 2,071 | — | |
| 1951 | #185 | 1,563 | #3,066 | 7 |
| 1950 | #228 | 1,106 | #3,021 | 7 |
| 1949 | #246 | 938 | #2,802 | 8 |
| 1948 | #259 | 849 | #3,316 | 6 |
| 1947 | #274 | 780 | #3,733 | 5 |
| 1946 | #330 | 510 | #3,525 | 5 |
| 1945 | #350 | 389 | — | |
| 1944 | #461 | 242 | — | |
| 1943 | #545 | 189 | — | |
| 1942 | #628 | 143 | — | |
| 1941 | #934 | 62 | — | |
| 1940 | #997 | 51 | — | |
| 1939 | #1,132 | 41 | — | |
| 1938 | #1,382 | 29 | — | |
| 1937 | #1,784 | 19 | — | |
| 1936 | #1,950 | 16 | — | |
| 1935 | #2,006 | 16 | — | |
| 1934 | #2,289 | 13 | — | |
| 1933 | #1,906 | 17 | — | |
| 1932 | #2,365 | 13 | — | |
| 1931 | #3,226 | 8 | — | |
| 1930 | #3,345 | 8 | — | |
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| 1928 | #3,164 | 9 | — | |
| 1927 | #2,552 | 13 | — | |
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| 1925 | #3,664 | 8 | — | |
| 1924 | #5,061 | 5 | — | |
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| 1922 | #5,009 | 5 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Terri! It came in at #5,009, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1922–1924, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Terri is popular in 1998
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Alabama#374 · 1 in 2,085
- South Carolina#433 · 1 in 2,398
- Arkansas#453 · 1 in 2,380
- Kentucky#492 · 1 in 3,399
- Georgia#557 · 1 in 3,712
Best ever in a state: #22 in Oklahoma, 1962.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | #374 | 10 | 1 in 2,085 |
| South Carolina | #433 | 7 | 1 in 2,398 |
| Arkansas | #453 | 5 | 1 in 2,380 |
| Kentucky | #492 | 6 | 1 in 3,399 |
| Georgia | #557 | 12 | 1 in 3,712 |
| North Carolina | #565 | 11 | 1 in 3,826 |
| Maryland | #601 | 6 | 1 in 3,990 |
| Indiana | #612 | 8 | 1 in 4,135 |
| Louisiana | #696 | 5 | 1 in 4,370 |
| Michigan | #1,139 | 5 | 1 in 10,303 |
| Illinois | #1,167 | 7 | 1 in 10,059 |
| Ohio | #1,193 | 5 | 1 in 12,324 |
| Florida | #1,342 | 6 | 1 in 12,380 |
| Texas | #1,435 | 11 | 1 in 13,040 |
| California | #1,627 | 13 | 1 in 17,001 |
| New York | #1,725 | 6 | 1 in 16,787 |
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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 Terri
- 1,095 spots since 2024 (#5,021 → #6,116)
- 2,717 spots since 2020 (#3,399 → #6,116)
- 2,466 spots since 2015 (#3,650 → #6,116)
- Biggest jump: 306 spots in 1942 (#934 → #628)
- Biggest drop: 118 spots in 1998 (#976 → #1,094)
- Debuted 1922
- Peaked 1959 at #46 (8,783 births)
- Births halved by 1968, 9 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 16 yrs · run 1954–1969
- Top 1,000: 58 yrs · run 1940–1997
- Highest: 1 in 230 girls born in 1959 were named Terri (0.43%)
- Latest: 1 in 84,593 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 43.6% of all girls named Terri (63,741) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 40 | #2,552 (1927) | #3,890 |
| 1930s | 180 | #1,132 (1939) | #2,139 |
| 1940s | 4,153 | #246 (1949) | #502 |
| 1950s | 46,431 | #46 (1959) | #113 |
| 1960s | 63,741 | #49 (1960) | #67 |
| 1970s | 19,600 | #113 (1970) | #163 |
| 1980s | 7,726 | #234 (1982) | #339 |
| 1990s | 2,631 | #554 (1990) | #835 |
| 2000s | 1,008 | #1,345 (2002) | #2,033 |
| 2010s | 430 | #3,184 (2014) | #3,620 |
| 2020s | 173 | #3,399 (2020) | #4,881 |
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.
Terri in 1998
Top girls' names in 1998
More about 1998
girls
1,766,949 girls got a published name in 1998; 1 in 10,039 of them was named Terri, which outranked 93.4% of the 16,601 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,088Sommer178
- #1,088Tyanna178
- #1,093Jennie177
- #1,094Terri176
- #1,094Annmarie176
- #1,094Caylee176
- #1,094Elexis176
- #1,099Dylan175
- #1,099Keanna175
- #1,099Keira175
Tied with 4 names at #1,094; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.