Terryl
Last seen for girls in 1979 at #9,010 · Last seen for boys in 2008 at #11,037
Given to boys 50.8% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1949 · 25 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 740since 1938
Terryl 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 | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
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| 2008 | — | #11,037 | 6 | |
| 2007 | — | #7,590 | 10 | |
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| 2001 | — | #10,556 | 5 | |
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| 1999 | — | #6,530 | 9 | |
| 1998 | — | #8,479 | 6 | |
| 1997 | — | #6,100 | 9 | |
| 1996 | — | #7,971 | 6 | |
| 1995 | — | #8,868 | 5 | |
| 1994 | — | #5,868 | 9 | |
| 1993 | — | #6,816 | 7 | |
| 1992 | — | #4,327 | 13 | |
| 1991 | — | #5,942 | 8 | |
| 1990 | — | #5,823 | 8 | |
| 1989 | — | #5,165 | 9 | |
| 1988 | — | #5,200 | 8 | |
| 1987 | — | #4,968 | 8 | |
| 1986 | — | #3,440 | 13 | |
| 1985 | — | #3,401 | 13 | |
| 1984 | — | — | ||
| 1983 | — | #3,884 | 10 | |
| 1982 | — | #4,234 | 9 | |
| 1981 | — | #4,153 | 9 | |
| 1980 | — | #6,250 | 5 | |
| 1979 | #9,010 | 6 | #3,357 | 12 |
| 1978 | — | #3,857 | 9 | |
| 1977 | — | #3,386 | 11 | |
| 1976 | — | #3,471 | 10 | |
| 1975 | #9,067 | 5 | #3,659 | 9 |
| 1974 | — | #5,227 | 5 | |
| 1973 | #5,580 | 9 | #3,013 | 11 |
| 1972 | #4,091 | 14 | #4,441 | 6 |
| 1971 | #5,136 | 10 | #2,813 | 12 |
| 1970 | #5,818 | 8 | #2,891 | 11 |
| 1969 | — | #3,062 | 9 | |
| 1968 | #3,456 | 15 | #2,907 | 9 |
| 1967 | #4,982 | 8 | #1,974 | 16 |
| 1966 | #3,148 | 16 | #2,043 | 15 |
| 1965 | #2,833 | 19 | #2,366 | 12 |
| 1964 | #3,244 | 16 | #1,900 | 18 |
| 1963 | #2,131 | 31 | #2,673 | 10 |
| 1962 | #2,357 | 26 | #1,896 | 18 |
| 1961 | #2,957 | 18 | #2,070 | 16 |
| 1960 | #2,432 | 24 | #1,581 | 26 |
| 1959 | #2,395 | 23 | #1,665 | 23 |
| 1958 | #2,449 | 22 | #2,177 | 14 |
| 1957 | #2,823 | 17 | #1,952 | 17 |
| 1956 | #1,835 | 34 | #2,263 | 13 |
| 1955 | #1,978 | 29 | #1,611 | 23 |
| 1954 | #2,027 | 27 | #1,956 | 16 |
| 1953 | #1,872 | 29 | #2,099 | 14 |
| 1952 | #1,861 | 29 | #2,251 | 12 |
| 1951 | #2,314 | 19 | #2,367 | 11 |
| 1950 | #1,576 | 35 | #1,815 | 17 |
| 1949 | #1,469 | 39 | #1,462 | 25 |
| 1948 | #1,669 | 31 | #1,817 | 17 |
| 1947 | #2,045 | 23 | #1,519 | 24 |
| 1946 | #1,647 | 29 | #1,642 | 19 |
| 1945 | #1,874 | 20 | #2,743 | 7 |
| 1944 | #1,867 | 21 | #2,080 | 12 |
| 1943 | #2,352 | 15 | #1,833 | 16 |
| 1942 | #3,444 | 8 | #3,212 | 6 |
| 1941 | #3,559 | 7 | #3,505 | 5 |
| 1940 | #3,208 | 8 | #2,871 | 7 |
| 1939 | #2,922 | 9 | #2,829 | 7 |
| 1938 | — | #3,534 | 5 | |
| 1937 | #4,255 | 5 | — | |
| 1936 | #4,181 | 5 | — | |
| 1935 | #3,156 | 8 | — | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Terryl! It came in at #3,534, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1984, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Terryl
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2008
- Debuted 1938
- Peaked 1949 at #1,462 (25 births)
- Births halved by 1951, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 70,958 boys born in 1949 were named Terryl (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 340,025 boys born in 2008 (0.00%)
- 21.6% of all boys named Terryl (160) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1972, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 12 | #2,829 (1939) | #3,182 |
| 1940s | 138 | #1,462 (1949) | #2,268 |
| 1950s | 160 | #1,611 (1955) | #2,016 |
| 1960s | 149 | #1,581 (1960) | #2,247 |
| 1970s | 96 | #2,813 (1971) | #3,612 |
| 1980s | 84 | #3,401 (1985) | #4,522 |
| 1990s | 80 | #4,327 (1992) | #6,672 |
| 2000s | 21 | #7,590 (2007) | #9,728 |
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.
Terryl in 1938
Top boys' names in 1938
More about 1938
boys
1,109,147 boys got a published name in 1938; 1 in 221,829 of them was named Terryl, which outranked 12.4% of the 4,035 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 501 names at #3,534; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.