Terry
#9,457 for girls in 2025, 10 births · #1,115 for boys in 2025, 192 births
Given to boys 81.4% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1947 · 12,751 births
- Debut · boys
- 10 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 42 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 424,523since 1880
Terry 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 | #9,457 | 10 | #1,115 | 192 |
| 2024 | #9,556 | 10 | #1,186 | 174 |
| 2023 | #10,312 | 9 | #1,064 | 204 |
| 2022 | #12,243 | 7 | #975 | 231 |
| 2021 | — | #1,025 | 214 | |
| 2020 | #11,090 | 8 | #932 | 238 |
| 2019 | #7,342 | 15 | #841 | 267 |
| 2018 | #9,806 | 10 | #751 | 314 |
| 2017 | #10,689 | 9 | #691 | 358 |
| 2016 | #9,411 | 11 | #666 | 388 |
| 2015 | #11,835 | 8 | #661 | 389 |
| 2014 | #10,955 | 9 | #623 | 423 |
| 2013 | #7,748 | 15 | #594 | 427 |
| 2012 | #7,144 | 17 | #542 | 482 |
| 2011 | #6,855 | 18 | #531 | 478 |
| 2010 | #6,182 | 21 | #497 | 521 |
| 2009 | #5,891 | 23 | #548 | 482 |
| 2008 | #8,109 | 15 | #480 | 580 |
| 2007 | #5,377 | 26 | #455 | 608 |
| 2006 | #5,545 | 24 | #444 | 614 |
| 2005 | #5,113 | 25 | #406 | 693 |
| 2004 | #3,127 | 49 | #399 | 657 |
| 2003 | #5,419 | 22 | #392 | 667 |
| 2002 | #4,179 | 30 | #380 | 687 |
| 2001 | #3,631 | 36 | #342 | 803 |
| 2000 | #4,079 | 30 | #331 | 847 |
| 1999 | #2,991 | 44 | #315 | 905 |
| 1998 | #2,188 | 65 | #302 | 947 |
| 1997 | #2,259 | 60 | #269 | 1,046 |
| 1996 | #2,423 | 53 | #258 | 1,094 |
| 1995 | #2,367 | 55 | #245 | 1,176 |
| 1994 | #1,862 | 76 | #242 | 1,218 |
| 1993 | #1,611 | 94 | #213 | 1,426 |
| 1992 | #1,537 | 101 | #196 | 1,595 |
| 1991 | #1,656 | 90 | #180 | 1,740 |
| 1990 | #1,385 | 114 | #164 | 1,893 |
| 1989 | #1,157 | 142 | #151 | 2,003 |
| 1988 | #1,037 | 155 | #141 | 2,065 |
| 1987 | #928 | 177 | #133 | 2,102 |
| 1986 | #1,029 | 147 | #122 | 2,251 |
| 1985 | #886 | 180 | #119 | 2,374 |
| 1984 | #848 | 181 | #118 | 2,335 |
| 1983 | #754 | 215 | #110 | 2,470 |
| 1982 | #729 | 235 | #105 | 2,761 |
| 1981 | #730 | 227 | #105 | 2,815 |
| 1980 | #625 | 292 | #101 | 2,981 |
| 1979 | #592 | 304 | #95 | 3,040 |
| 1978 | #613 | 275 | #91 | 3,089 |
| 1977 | #557 | 315 | #83 | 3,443 |
| 1976 | #475 | 387 | #75 | 3,668 |
| 1975 | #410 | 491 | #67 | 3,971 |
| 1974 | #393 | 519 | #69 | 4,027 |
| 1973 | #341 | 638 | #65 | 4,374 |
| 1972 | #320 | 748 | #62 | 4,770 |
| 1971 | #286 | 987 | #56 | 5,858 |
| 1970 | #269 | 1,114 | #54 | 6,186 |
| 1969 | #240 | 1,243 | #52 | 6,415 |
| 1968 | #217 | 1,399 | #48 | 7,089 |
| 1967 | #201 | 1,594 | #42 | 7,685 |
| 1966 | #191 | 1,710 | #40 | 8,455 |
| 1965 | #173 | 2,021 | #40 | 9,088 |
| 1964 | #139 | 2,909 | #35 | 10,867 |
| 1963 | #123 | 3,521 | #32 | 12,463 |
| 1962 | #112 | 4,039 | #34 | 12,301 |
| 1961 | #108 | 4,362 | #32 | 13,194 |
| 1960 | #101 | 4,840 | #34 | 13,932 |
| 1959 | #95 | 5,215 | #33 | 14,545 |
| 1958 | #89 | 5,327 | #33 | 15,006 |
| 1957 | #92 | 5,266 | #33 | 15,624 |
| 1956 | #91 | 5,272 | #31 | 15,064 |
| 1955 | #83 | 5,353 | #28 | 15,586 |
| 1954 | #88 | 4,787 | #27 | 15,553 |
| 1953 | #117 | 3,374 | #30 | 13,259 |
| 1952 | #120 | 3,032 | #29 | 12,438 |
| 1951 | #115 | 3,042 | #30 | 12,216 |
| 1950 | #127 | 2,526 | #30 | 11,433 |
| 1949 | #115 | 2,791 | #28 | 11,457 |
| 1948 | #133 | 2,280 | #26 | 12,136 |
| 1947 | #135 | 2,291 | #26 | 12,751 |
| 1946 | #143 | 1,917 | #26 | 10,678 |
| 1945 | #204 | 950 | #33 | 6,834 |
| 1944 | #217 | 914 | #43 | 5,974 |
| 1943 | #217 | 923 | #49 | 5,737 |
| 1942 | #235 | 818 | #52 | 4,810 |
| 1941 | #307 | 444 | #64 | 3,606 |
| 1940 | #331 | 370 | #73 | 2,982 |
| 1939 | #369 | 315 | #83 | 2,444 |
| 1938 | #406 | 273 | #86 | 2,336 |
| 1937 | #425 | 232 | #113 | 1,684 |
| 1936 | #451 | 200 | #126 | 1,291 |
| 1935 | #456 | 195 | #154 | 962 |
| 1934 | #536 | 146 | #182 | 720 |
| 1933 | #528 | 145 | #205 | 572 |
| 1932 | #536 | 149 | #262 | 430 |
| 1931 | #607 | 119 | #321 | 290 |
| 1930 | #553 | 152 | #321 | 296 |
| 1929 | #630 | 120 | #390 | 222 |
| 1928 | #592 | 142 | #406 | 218 |
| 1927 | #556 | 162 | #457 | 180 |
| 1926 | #589 | 145 | #469 | 165 |
| 1925 | #593 | 148 | #433 | 190 |
| 1924 | #688 | 116 | #532 | 140 |
| 1923 | #751 | 94 | #524 | 134 |
| 1922 | #734 | 98 | #554 | 130 |
| 1921 | #753 | 94 | #562 | 125 |
| 1920 | #1,005 | 54 | #511 | 142 |
| 1919 | #954 | 55 | #624 | 94 |
| 1918 | #977 | 54 | #615 | 100 |
| 1917 | #1,040 | 46 | #617 | 92 |
| 1916 | #1,298 | 31 | #630 | 85 |
| 1915 | #1,231 | 32 | #544 | 105 |
| 1914 | #972 | 37 | #667 | 58 |
| 1913 | #1,120 | 24 | #519 | 69 |
| 1912 | #1,297 | 17 | #574 | 49 |
| 1911 | #1,113 | 16 | #562 | 29 |
| 1910 | #1,110 | 16 | #512 | 30 |
| 1909 | #1,290 | 11 | #496 | 27 |
| 1908 | #1,862 | 6 | #522 | 23 |
| 1907 | #1,206 | 11 | #540 | 20 |
| 1906 | #1,229 | 10 | #674 | 13 |
| 1905 | #1,298 | 9 | #615 | 15 |
| 1904 | — | #515 | 18 | |
| 1903 | #1,592 | 6 | #505 | 18 |
| 1902 | — | #507 | 18 | |
| 1901 | — | #559 | 13 | |
| 1900 | — | #518 | 21 | |
| 1899 | — | #857 | 7 | |
| 1898 | — | #573 | 14 | |
| 1897 | — | #515 | 15 | |
| 1896 | — | #438 | 20 | |
| 1895 | — | #579 | 13 | |
| 1894 | — | #594 | 12 | |
| 1893 | — | #768 | 8 | |
| 1892 | #1,171 | 7 | #597 | 12 |
| 1891 | — | #963 | 5 | |
| 1890 | — | #566 | 12 | |
| 1889 | — | #673 | 9 | |
| 1888 | — | #505 | 15 | |
| 1887 | — | #420 | 16 | |
| 1886 | — | #540 | 12 | |
| 1885 | — | #641 | 9 | |
| 1884 | — | #613 | 10 | |
| 1883 | — | #597 | 10 | |
| 1882 | — | #754 | 7 | |
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | #600 | 10 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Terry was already there! It came in at #600, and was given to 10 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1881, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Terry
- 71 spots since 2024 (#1,186 → #1,115)
- 183 spots since 2020 (#932 → #1,115)
- 454 spots since 2015 (#661 → #1,115)
- Biggest jump: 366 spots in 1892 (#963 → #597)
- Biggest drop: 397 spots in 1891 (#566 → #963)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1947 at #26 (12,751 births)
- Births halved by 1970, 23 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 42 yrs · run 1938–1979
- Top 1,000: 141 yrs · run 1882–2020
- Highest: 1 in 131 boys born in 1954 were named Terry (0.76%)
- Latest: 1 in 8,896 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #26 in 1947, was only 1 in 143 (0.70%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 33.1% of all boys named Terry (140,724) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 98 | #420 (1887) | #594 |
| 1890s | 118 | #438 (1896) | #645 |
| 1900s | 186 | #496 (1909) | #545 |
| 1910s | 711 | #512 (1910) | #586 |
| 1920s | 1,646 | #390 (1929) | #484 |
| 1930s | 11,025 | #83 (1939) | #185 |
| 1940s | 76,965 | #26 (1947) | #42 |
| 1950s | 140,724 | #27 (1954) | #30 |
| 1960s | 101,489 | #32 (1961) | #39 |
| 1970s | 42,426 | #54 (1970) | #72 |
| 1980s | 24,157 | #101 (1980) | #121 |
| 1990s | 13,040 | #164 (1990) | #238 |
| 2000s | 6,638 | #331 (2000) | #418 |
| 2010s | 4,047 | #497 (2010) | #640 |
| 2020s | 1,253 | #932 (2020) | #1,050 |
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.
Terry in 1918
Top girls' names in 1918
Top boys' names in 1918
More about 1918
girls
1,157,631 girls got a published name in 1918; 1 in 21,438 of them was named Terry, which outranked 82.5% of the 5,585 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #969Margueritte55
- #969Merna55
- #969Noreen55
- #977Terry54
- #977Audry54
- #977Emeline54
- #977Ivory54
- #989Alba53
- #989Alida53
- #989Delta53
Tied with 11 names at #977; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 547Jesse#1,507 → #960
- ↑ 494Liberty#1,079 → #585
- ↑ 389Marilynn#1,337 → #948
- ↑ 312Margueritte#1,281 → #969
- ↑ 306Syble#807 → #501
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,013,480 boys got a published name in 1918; 1 in 10,135 of them was named Terry, which outranked 87.2% of the 4,813 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).