Teryl
Last seen for girls in 1993 at #13,442 · Last seen for boys in 1999 at #8,704
Given to girls 74.8% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1945 · 28 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 779since 1939
Teryl 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
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| 1999 | — | #8,704 | 6 | |
| 1998 | — | #9,631 | 5 | |
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| 1993 | #13,442 | 5 | — | |
| 1992 | #13,317 | 5 | #6,128 | 8 |
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| 1989 | — | #6,941 | 6 | |
| 1988 | — | #6,426 | 6 | |
| 1987 | #9,825 | 6 | — | |
| 1986 | #9,545 | 6 | — | |
| 1985 | — | #6,523 | 5 | |
| 1984 | #9,144 | 6 | #4,973 | 7 |
| 1983 | #10,275 | 5 | — | |
| 1982 | #6,371 | 10 | #5,619 | 6 |
| 1981 | — | — | ||
| 1980 | #6,789 | 9 | — | |
| 1979 | — | #4,068 | 9 | |
| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 | — | |
| 1977 | #6,892 | 8 | — | |
| 1976 | — | #4,935 | 6 | |
| 1975 | #7,173 | 7 | — | |
| 1974 | #5,011 | 11 | — | |
| 1973 | #5,580 | 9 | #5,101 | 5 |
| 1972 | #5,959 | 8 | #3,344 | 9 |
| 1971 | #5,543 | 9 | #4,375 | 6 |
| 1970 | #3,712 | 16 | #4,724 | 5 |
| 1969 | #3,958 | 13 | #4,404 | 5 |
| 1968 | #3,789 | 13 | — | |
| 1967 | #3,085 | 17 | #2,470 | 11 |
| 1966 | #2,668 | 21 | — | |
| 1965 | #2,938 | 18 | #3,244 | 7 |
| 1964 | #3,379 | 15 | #2,665 | 10 |
| 1963 | #1,981 | 35 | #3,044 | 8 |
| 1962 | #1,989 | 34 | #3,305 | 7 |
| 1961 | #2,543 | 23 | #2,900 | 9 |
| 1960 | #2,196 | 28 | #2,210 | 14 |
| 1959 | #2,054 | 30 | #2,414 | 12 |
| 1958 | #2,376 | 23 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1957 | #1,957 | 31 | #3,257 | 7 |
| 1956 | #1,796 | 35 | #2,798 | 9 |
| 1955 | #1,803 | 34 | #2,764 | 9 |
| 1954 | #1,987 | 28 | #2,743 | 9 |
| 1953 | #2,122 | 24 | — | |
| 1952 | #2,074 | 24 | #2,680 | 9 |
| 1951 | #1,921 | 26 | #3,364 | 6 |
| 1950 | #1,720 | 30 | #3,021 | 7 |
| 1949 | #1,666 | 32 | #3,019 | 7 |
| 1948 | #1,820 | 27 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,946 | 25 | #2,862 | 8 |
| 1946 | #2,228 | 18 | #2,919 | 7 |
| 1945 | #1,543 | 28 | — | |
| 1944 | #3,687 | 7 | — | |
| 1943 | #4,691 | 5 | #2,964 | 7 |
| 1942 | #4,622 | 5 | — | |
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| 1939 | #4,250 | 5 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Teryl! It came in at #4,250, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1939–1943, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Teryl
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1993
- Debuted 1939
- Peaked 1945 at #1,543 (28 births)
- Births halved by 1968, 23 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 46,682 girls born in 1945 were named Teryl (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 361,814 girls born in 1993 (0.00%)
- 36.6% of all girls named Teryl (285) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1997, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 5 | #4,250 (1939) | #4,250 |
| 1940s | 147 | #1,543 (1945) | #2,775 |
| 1950s | 285 | #1,720 (1950) | #1,981 |
| 1960s | 217 | #1,981 (1963) | #2,853 |
| 1970s | 73 | #3,712 (1970) | #6,203 |
| 1980s | 42 | #6,371 (1982) | #8,658 |
| 1990s | 10 | #13,317 (1992) | #13,380 |
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.
Teryl 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 53,465 of them was named Teryl, which outranked 72.5% 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).
- #1,627Thresa33
- #1,627Vivien33
- #1,627Wilhelmenia33
- #1,666Teryl32
- #1,666Allyn32
- #1,666Arnita32
- #1,666Belen32
- #1,697Adelita31
- #1,697Adella31
- #1,697Anastasia31
Tied with 30 names at #1,666; 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 253,420 of them was named Teryl, which outranked 28.2% 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).
- #2,802Yancey8
- #2,802York8
- #2,802Zeno8
- #3,019Teryl7
- #3,019Abdullah7
- #3,019Abran7
- #3,019Addie7
- #3,298Abron6
- #3,298Acey6
- #3,298Adolpho6
Tied with 278 names at #3,019; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.