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
Showing
- 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
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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 | |
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| 1929 | — | #3,959 | 5 | |
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| 1926 | — | #3,708 | 6 | |
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| 1924 | — | #4,347 | 5 | |
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| 1922 | — | #3,872 | 6 | |
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| 1920 | — | #4,286 | 5 | |
| 1919 | — | #4,168 | 5 | |
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| 1917 | — | #3,981 | 5 | |
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First appearance
1917
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.
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Momentum · boys
Faded out
- 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)
Rise & fade · boys
31 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1917
- Peaked 1948 at #708 (89 births)
- Births halved by 1959, 11 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 24 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 24 yrs · run 1967–1979
Share of babies · boys
1 in 12,798
- 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
Era · boys
The 1970s
- 22.6% of all boys named Terrill (987) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
- 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 1979
boys
#864
101 births · 1 in 17,045 boys
Top boys' names in 1979
More about 1979
boys
1,721,536 boys got a published name in 1979; 1 in 17,045 of them was named Terrill, which outranked 87.8% of the 7,071 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).