Terah
Last seen for girls in 2018 at #15,682 · Last seen for boys in 1991 at #7,271
Given to girls 97.0% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1983 · 64 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,373since 1955
Terah over time
Rank among girls' names. Terah has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
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 | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
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| 2018 | #15,682 | 5 | — | |
| 2017 | #15,902 | 5 | — | |
| 2016 | #14,331 | 6 | — | |
| 2015 | #9,481 | 11 | — | |
| 2014 | #8,053 | 14 | — | |
| 2013 | #13,150 | 7 | — | |
| 2012 | #9,711 | 11 | — | |
| 2011 | #13,347 | 7 | — | |
| 2010 | #9,231 | 12 | — | |
| 2009 | #7,679 | 16 | — | |
| 2008 | #9,476 | 12 | — | |
| 2007 | #9,007 | 13 | — | |
| 2006 | #7,482 | 16 | — | |
| 2005 | #6,820 | 17 | — | |
| 2004 | #5,969 | 20 | — | |
| 2003 | #7,998 | 13 | — | |
| 2002 | #5,673 | 20 | — | |
| 2001 | #5,570 | 20 | — | |
| 2000 | #5,491 | 20 | — | |
| 1999 | #5,424 | 19 | — | |
| 1998 | #4,636 | 23 | — | |
| 1997 | #4,819 | 21 | — | |
| 1996 | #3,723 | 29 | — | |
| 1995 | #5,019 | 19 | — | |
| 1994 | #4,238 | 24 | — | |
| 1993 | #3,290 | 34 | — | |
| 1992 | #4,382 | 23 | — | |
| 1991 | #3,540 | 30 | #7,271 | 6 |
| 1990 | #2,289 | 55 | — | |
| 1989 | #3,104 | 34 | — | |
| 1988 | #2,539 | 42 | — | |
| 1987 | #3,169 | 29 | — | |
| 1986 | #2,470 | 40 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,740 | 65 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,945 | 53 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,700 | 64 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,965 | 53 | #6,385 | 5 |
| 1981 | #1,867 | 58 | #5,468 | 6 |
| 1980 | #2,128 | 48 | #6,250 | 5 |
| 1979 | #2,187 | 45 | — | |
| 1978 | #2,159 | 43 | #5,059 | 6 |
| 1977 | #1,877 | 53 | #5,845 | 5 |
| 1976 | #2,387 | 34 | — | |
| 1975 | #2,411 | 33 | — | |
| 1974 | #2,348 | 33 | #5,227 | 5 |
| 1973 | #2,753 | 25 | — | |
| 1972 | #2,976 | 22 | — | |
| 1971 | #3,652 | 17 | — | |
| 1970 | #7,070 | 6 | — | |
| 1969 | #5,974 | 7 | — | |
| 1968 | — | #4,136 | 5 | |
| 1967 | #5,457 | 7 | — | |
| 1966 | #6,564 | 5 | — | |
| 1965 | #5,817 | 6 | — | |
| 1964 | #6,009 | 6 | — | |
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| 1961 | #6,567 | 5 | — | |
| 1960 | #6,390 | 5 | — | |
| 1959 | #5,566 | 6 | — | |
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| 1955 | #4,740 | 7 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Terah! It came in at #4,740, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1956–1958, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Terah is popular in 1979
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Illinois#1,154 · 1 in 12,449
- Texas#1,500 · 1 in 18,518
Best ever in a state: #485 in Oklahoma, 1981.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Illinois | #1,154 | 6 | 1 in 12,449 |
| Texas | #1,500 | 6 | 1 in 18,518 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Terah
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2018
- Debuted 1955
- Peaked 1983 at #1,700 (64 births)
- Births halved by 1987, 4 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 26,103 girls born in 1983 were named Terah (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 340,215 girls born in 2018 (0.00%)
- 35.4% of all girls named Terah (486) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 13 | #4,740 (1955) | #5,153 |
| 1960s | 41 | #5,457 (1967) | #6,111 |
| 1970s | 311 | #1,877 (1977) | #2,982 |
| 1980s | 486 | #1,700 (1983) | #2,263 |
| 1990s | 277 | #2,289 (1990) | #4,136 |
| 2000s | 167 | #5,491 (2000) | #7,117 |
| 2010s | 78 | #8,053 (2014) | #12,099 |
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.
Terah in 1979
Top girls' names in 1979
More about 1979
girls
1,605,268 girls got a published name in 1979; 1 in 35,673 of them was named Terah, which outranked 81.7% of the 11,972 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,147Tuesday46
- #2,147Vikki46
- #2,147Wendie46
- #2,187Terah45
- #2,187Aneesah45
- #2,187Brieanne45
- #2,187Brooklyn45
- #2,218Antonio44
- #2,218Arielle44
- #2,218Debby44
Tied with 30 names at #2,187; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.