Terrill
Last seen for girls in 1995 at #11,783 · Last seen for boys in 2024 at #10,938
Given to boys 85.9% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1948 · 89 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 4,365since 1917
Terrill over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. 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 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | #10,938 | 6 | |
| 2023 | — | #7,738 | 10 | |
| 2022 | — | #7,262 | 11 | |
| 2021 | — | #8,825 | 8 | |
| 2020 | — | #4,698 | 20 | |
| 2019 | — | #8,215 | 9 | |
| 2018 | — | #8,819 | 8 | |
| 2017 | — | #5,788 | 15 | |
| 2016 | — | #6,349 | 13 | |
| 2015 | — | #5,999 | 14 | |
| 2014 | — | #5,252 | 17 | |
| 2013 | — | #4,463 | 21 | |
| 2012 | — | #4,533 | 21 | |
| 2011 | — | #4,822 | 19 | |
| 2010 | — | #3,633 | 29 | |
| 2009 | — | #3,831 | 27 | |
| 2008 | — | #5,487 | 16 | |
| 2007 | — | #6,262 | 13 | |
| 2006 | — | #3,384 | 31 | |
| 2005 | — | #4,326 | 20 | |
| 2004 | — | #4,005 | 22 | |
| 2003 | — | #3,626 | 24 | |
| 2002 | — | #3,188 | 28 | |
| 2001 | — | #3,228 | 27 | |
| 2000 | — | #2,621 | 35 | |
| 1999 | — | #2,510 | 35 | |
| 1998 | — | #2,157 | 42 | |
| 1997 | — | #2,347 | 35 | |
| 1996 | — | #2,017 | 43 | |
| 1995 | #11,783 | 6 | #1,801 | 48 |
| 1994 | — | #1,894 | 44 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,933 | 42 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,429 | 64 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,170 | 89 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,096 | 95 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,184 | 81 | |
| 1988 | — | #970 | 99 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,077 | 79 | |
| 1986 | #10,912 | 5 | #1,174 | 65 |
| 1985 | #10,677 | 5 | #1,389 | 49 |
| 1984 | — | #1,214 | 57 | |
| 1983 | #8,047 | 7 | #1,130 | 63 |
| 1982 | — | #1,124 | 66 | |
| 1981 | #10,411 | 5 | #976 | 85 |
| 1980 | #8,178 | 7 | #1,010 | 80 |
| 1979 | — | #864 | 101 | |
| 1978 | #6,385 | 9 | #798 | 113 |
| 1977 | #7,567 | 7 | #803 | 114 |
| 1976 | #5,215 | 11 | #820 | 104 |
| 1975 | #5,516 | 10 | #754 | 122 |
| 1974 | #8,775 | 5 | #867 | 85 |
| 1973 | #8,423 | 5 | #817 | 94 |
| 1972 | #4,523 | 12 | #943 | 73 |
| 1971 | #5,136 | 10 | #791 | 103 |
| 1970 | #5,413 | 9 | #905 | 78 |
| 1969 | #4,198 | 12 | #931 | 67 |
| 1968 | #4,489 | 10 | #946 | 59 |
| 1967 | #4,625 | 9 | #843 | 72 |
| 1966 | #4,198 | 10 | #1,259 | 36 |
| 1965 | #3,402 | 14 | #1,206 | 40 |
| 1964 | #3,692 | 13 | #1,236 | 39 |
| 1963 | #3,176 | 16 | #1,165 | 44 |
| 1962 | #5,293 | 7 | #1,341 | 34 |
| 1961 | #3,318 | 15 | #1,303 | 37 |
| 1960 | #3,095 | 16 | #1,320 | 36 |
| 1959 | #2,234 | 26 | #1,302 | 36 |
| 1958 | #2,322 | 24 | #1,148 | 45 |
| 1957 | #2,218 | 25 | #1,151 | 45 |
| 1956 | #2,103 | 27 | #1,071 | 50 |
| 1955 | #2,108 | 26 | #1,066 | 50 |
| 1954 | #2,295 | 22 | #1,068 | 49 |
| 1953 | #2,236 | 22 | #1,025 | 50 |
| 1952 | #2,126 | 23 | #968 | 54 |
| 1951 | #2,182 | 21 | #892 | 62 |
| 1950 | #1,452 | 40 | #791 | 74 |
| 1949 | #2,013 | 23 | #782 | 77 |
| 1948 | #2,126 | 21 | #708 | 89 |
| 1947 | #1,357 | 46 | #836 | 69 |
| 1946 | #1,678 | 28 | #1,076 | 41 |
| 1945 | #2,339 | 14 | #954 | 46 |
| 1944 | #2,401 | 14 | #974 | 44 |
| 1943 | #2,151 | 17 | #856 | 60 |
| 1942 | #2,214 | 16 | #1,110 | 38 |
| 1941 | #3,252 | 8 | #1,276 | 27 |
| 1940 | #2,572 | 11 | #1,107 | 35 |
| 1939 | #4,250 | 5 | #1,219 | 29 |
| 1938 | #2,940 | 9 | #1,818 | 15 |
| 1937 | — | #2,332 | 10 | |
| 1936 | #4,181 | 5 | #2,301 | 10 |
| 1935 | — | #2,396 | 10 | |
| 1934 | — | #2,393 | 10 | |
| 1933 | — | #3,004 | 7 | |
| 1932 | #3,901 | 6 | #2,849 | 8 |
| 1931 | — | #2,207 | 12 | |
| 1930 | — | — | ||
| 1929 | — | #3,959 | 5 | |
| 1928 | — | — | ||
| 1927 | — | — | ||
| 1926 | — | #3,708 | 6 | |
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| 1924 | — | #4,347 | 5 | |
| 1923 | — | — | ||
| 1922 | — | #3,872 | 6 | |
| 1921 | — | — | ||
| 1920 | — | #4,286 | 5 | |
| 1919 | — | #4,168 | 5 | |
| 1918 | — | — | ||
| 1917 | — | #3,981 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Terrill! It came in at #3,981, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1917–1921, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Terrill
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
- Biggest jump: 416 spots in 1967 (#1,259 → #843)
- Biggest drop: 214 spots in 1989 (#970 → #1,184)
- Debuted 1917
- Peaked 1948 at #708 (89 births)
- Births halved by 1959, 11 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 24 yrs · run 1967–1979
- Highest: 1 in 12,798 boys born in 1975 were named Terrill (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 287,148 boys born in 2024 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #708 in 1948, was only 1 in 19,715 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 22.6% of all boys named Terrill (987) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 10 | #3,981 (1917) | #4,075 |
| 1920s | 27 | #3,708 (1926) | #4,034 |
| 1930s | 111 | #1,219 (1939) | #2,280 |
| 1940s | 526 | #708 (1948) | #968 |
| 1950s | 515 | #791 (1950) | #1,048 |
| 1960s | 464 | #843 (1967) | #1,155 |
| 1970s | 987 | #754 (1975) | #836 |
| 1980s | 724 | #970 (1988) | #1,125 |
| 1990s | 537 | #1,096 (1990) | #1,835 |
| 2000s | 243 | #2,621 (2000) | #3,996 |
| 2010s | 166 | #3,633 (2010) | #5,787 |
| 2020s | 55 | #4,698 (2020) | #7,892 |
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.
Terrill in 1949
Top girls' names in 1949
Top boys' names in 1949
More about 1949
girls
1,710,877 girls got a published name in 1949; 1 in 74,386 of them was named Terrill, which outranked 66.8% of the 6,066 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,967Verlie24
- #1,967Vernelle24
- #1,967Vernette24
- #2,013Terrill23
- #2,013Adriane23
- #2,013Arden23
- #2,013Arlean23
- #2,069Almeta22
- #2,069Andrew22
- #2,069Betti22
Tied with 55 names at #2,013; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,773,939 boys got a published name in 1949; 1 in 23,038 of them was named Terrill, which outranked 81.4% of the 4,205 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).