Terance
Last seen for boys in 2024 at #7,765
- Peak · boys
- 1966 · 60 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,840since 1938
Terance over time
Rank among boys' names. Terance has never cracked the top 900 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | #7,765 | 10 |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | #12,330 | 5 |
| 2021 | #8,825 | 8 |
| 2020 | #10,605 | 6 |
| 2019 | #12,145 | 5 |
| 2018 | #7,617 | 10 |
| 2017 | #8,140 | 9 |
| 2016 | #9,664 | 7 |
| 2015 | #7,491 | 10 |
| 2014 | #7,562 | 10 |
| 2013 | #5,171 | 17 |
| 2012 | #5,035 | 18 |
| 2011 | #7,009 | 11 |
| 2010 | #4,517 | 21 |
| 2009 | #5,334 | 17 |
| 2008 | #5,767 | 15 |
| 2007 | #4,640 | 20 |
| 2006 | #3,686 | 27 |
| 2005 | #5,578 | 14 |
| 2004 | #4,264 | 20 |
| 2003 | #4,426 | 18 |
| 2002 | #3,909 | 21 |
| 2001 | #3,617 | 23 |
| 2000 | #3,922 | 20 |
| 1999 | #3,279 | 24 |
| 1998 | #3,017 | 26 |
| 1997 | #2,164 | 40 |
| 1996 | #2,115 | 40 |
| 1995 | #2,140 | 38 |
| 1994 | #1,868 | 45 |
| 1993 | #2,007 | 40 |
| 1992 | #1,750 | 48 |
| 1991 | #1,282 | 76 |
| 1990 | #1,409 | 63 |
| 1989 | #1,362 | 65 |
| 1988 | #1,189 | 72 |
| 1987 | #1,272 | 59 |
| 1986 | #1,286 | 57 |
| 1985 | #1,268 | 57 |
| 1984 | #1,174 | 60 |
| 1983 | #1,222 | 56 |
| 1982 | #1,179 | 61 |
| 1981 | #1,259 | 53 |
| 1980 | #1,176 | 60 |
| 1979 | #1,352 | 47 |
| 1978 | #1,066 | 66 |
| 1977 | #1,121 | 60 |
| 1976 | #1,238 | 49 |
| 1975 | #1,322 | 43 |
| 1974 | #1,182 | 49 |
| 1973 | #1,082 | 56 |
| 1972 | #1,391 | 37 |
| 1971 | #1,127 | 53 |
| 1970 | #1,192 | 48 |
| 1969 | #1,152 | 46 |
| 1968 | #1,119 | 45 |
| 1967 | #1,030 | 50 |
| 1966 | #938 | 60 |
| 1965 | #957 | 59 |
| 1964 | #973 | 61 |
| 1963 | #1,165 | 44 |
| 1962 | #1,259 | 38 |
| 1961 | #1,196 | 44 |
| 1960 | #1,152 | 46 |
| 1959 | #1,182 | 43 |
| 1958 | #1,277 | 36 |
| 1957 | #1,214 | 41 |
| 1956 | #1,129 | 45 |
| 1955 | #1,181 | 40 |
| 1954 | #1,186 | 40 |
| 1953 | #1,261 | 35 |
| 1952 | #1,430 | 28 |
| 1951 | #1,725 | 19 |
| 1950 | #1,434 | 26 |
| 1949 | #2,337 | 11 |
| 1948 | #1,656 | 20 |
| 1947 | #1,850 | 17 |
| 1946 | #2,690 | 8 |
| 1945 | #2,996 | 6 |
| 1944 | #2,862 | 7 |
| 1943 | #3,231 | 6 |
| 1942 | #2,042 | 13 |
| 1941 | #3,133 | 6 |
| 1940 | #3,459 | 5 |
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| 1938 | #3,534 | 5 |
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The first year at least five boys were named Terance! It came in at #3,534, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1938–1940, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Terance is popular in 1965
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Louisiana#571 · 1 in 7,317
- Pennsylvania#595 · 1 in 20,085
- Illinois#716 · 1 in 19,755
- Texas#940 · 1 in 20,736
Best ever in a state: #438 in South Carolina, 1979.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Louisiana | #571 | 5 | 1 in 7,317 |
| Pennsylvania | #595 | 5 | 1 in 20,085 |
| Illinois | #716 | 5 | 1 in 19,755 |
| Texas | #940 | 5 | 1 in 20,736 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys 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 Terance
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
- Biggest jump: 192 spots in 1964 (#1,165 → #973)
- Biggest drop: 92 spots in 1967 (#938 → #1,030)
- Debuted 1938
- Peaked 1966 at #938 (60 births)
- Births halved by 1998, 32 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 3 yrs · run 1964–1966
- Highest: 1 in 24,876 boys born in 1978 were named Terance (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 172,289 boys born in 2024 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #938 in 1966, was only 1 in 29,724 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 21.1% of all boys named Terance (600) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 5 | #3,534 (1938) | #3,534 |
| 1940s | 99 | #1,656 (1948) | #2,626 |
| 1950s | 353 | #1,129 (1956) | #1,302 |
| 1960s | 493 | #938 (1966) | #1,094 |
| 1970s | 508 | #1,066 (1978) | #1,207 |
| 1980s | 600 | #1,174 (1984) | #1,239 |
| 1990s | 440 | #1,282 (1991) | #2,103 |
| 2000s | 195 | #3,617 (2001) | #4,514 |
| 2010s | 118 | #4,517 (2010) | #7,435 |
| 2020s | 29 | #7,765 (2024) | #9,881 |
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.
Terance in 1965
Top boys' names in 1965
More about 1965
boys
1,860,143 boys got a published name in 1965; 1 in 31,528 of them was named Terance, which outranked 78.4% of the 4,425 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).