Teri
#11,932 for girls in 2025, 7 births · Last seen for boys in 1988 at #6,426
Given to girls 99.5% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1960 · 2,329 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 43,957since 1920
Teri over time
Rank among girls' names. Teri has never cracked the top 100 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #11,932 | 7 | — | |
| 2024 | #10,271 | 9 | — | |
| 2023 | #13,462 | 6 | — | |
| 2022 | #12,243 | 7 | — | |
| 2021 | #9,562 | 10 | — | |
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | #15,539 | 5 | — | |
| 2018 | #15,682 | 5 | — | |
| 2017 | #8,776 | 12 | — | |
| 2016 | #11,781 | 8 | — | |
| 2015 | #8,008 | 14 | — | |
| 2014 | #7,302 | 16 | — | |
| 2013 | #11,000 | 9 | — | |
| 2012 | #6,341 | 20 | — | |
| 2011 | #7,118 | 17 | — | |
| 2010 | #7,217 | 17 | — | |
| 2009 | #7,341 | 17 | — | |
| 2008 | #4,550 | 33 | — | |
| 2007 | #5,526 | 25 | — | |
| 2006 | #3,734 | 41 | — | |
| 2005 | #3,809 | 38 | — | |
| 2004 | #3,989 | 35 | — | |
| 2003 | #3,187 | 46 | — | |
| 2002 | #2,976 | 49 | — | |
| 2001 | #2,211 | 73 | — | |
| 2000 | #2,258 | 69 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,940 | 81 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,940 | 78 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,766 | 85 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,551 | 102 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,514 | 103 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,389 | 118 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,258 | 136 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,050 | 175 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,065 | 170 | — | |
| 1990 | #836 | 235 | — | |
| 1989 | #813 | 234 | — | |
| 1988 | #708 | 268 | #6,426 | 6 |
| 1987 | #599 | 326 | — | |
| 1986 | #558 | 360 | — | |
| 1985 | #536 | 372 | #6,523 | 5 |
| 1984 | #467 | 448 | — | |
| 1983 | #465 | 434 | — | |
| 1982 | #459 | 465 | #5,003 | 7 |
| 1981 | #407 | 544 | #4,961 | 7 |
| 1980 | #433 | 500 | #4,940 | 7 |
| 1979 | #430 | 482 | — | |
| 1978 | #362 | 587 | #4,157 | 8 |
| 1977 | #350 | 630 | — | |
| 1976 | #335 | 662 | #3,471 | 10 |
| 1975 | #314 | 723 | #4,309 | 7 |
| 1974 | #303 | 777 | #5,227 | 5 |
| 1973 | #296 | 794 | — | |
| 1972 | #263 | 1,002 | #3,152 | 10 |
| 1971 | #264 | 1,110 | #4,907 | 5 |
| 1970 | #274 | 1,075 | #4,230 | 6 |
| 1969 | #254 | 1,153 | — | |
| 1968 | #232 | 1,243 | #3,107 | 8 |
| 1967 | #226 | 1,303 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1966 | #231 | 1,308 | — | |
| 1965 | #223 | 1,460 | — | |
| 1964 | #208 | 1,713 | #3,282 | 7 |
| 1963 | #192 | 1,937 | #3,318 | 7 |
| 1962 | #181 | 2,075 | #2,673 | 10 |
| 1961 | #173 | 2,242 | #2,538 | 11 |
| 1960 | #171 | 2,329 | #2,685 | 10 |
| 1959 | #178 | 2,156 | #2,530 | 11 |
| 1958 | #188 | 1,882 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1957 | #201 | 1,719 | #2,822 | 9 |
| 1956 | #203 | 1,601 | #2,798 | 9 |
| 1955 | #218 | 1,372 | #1,902 | 17 |
| 1954 | #276 | 936 | — | |
| 1953 | #305 | 727 | #2,905 | 8 |
| 1952 | #324 | 630 | #3,734 | 5 |
| 1951 | #389 | 441 | — | |
| 1950 | #416 | 370 | — | |
| 1949 | #451 | 313 | — | |
| 1948 | #463 | 298 | #3,010 | 7 |
| 1947 | #489 | 280 | — | |
| 1946 | #549 | 206 | — | |
| 1945 | #464 | 239 | — | |
| 1944 | #677 | 121 | — | |
| 1943 | #1,006 | 62 | — | |
| 1942 | #1,091 | 52 | — | |
| 1941 | #1,750 | 21 | — | |
| 1940 | #1,549 | 25 | — | |
| 1939 | #1,684 | 21 | — | |
| 1938 | #3,181 | 8 | — | |
| 1937 | #4,255 | 5 | — | |
| 1936 | — | — | ||
| 1935 | #3,156 | 8 | — | |
| 1934 | — | — | ||
| 1933 | #2,868 | 9 | — | |
| 1932 | #4,411 | 5 | — | |
| 1931 | #3,848 | 6 | — | |
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| 1927 | #4,805 | 5 | — | |
| 1926 | #4,851 | 5 | — | |
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| 1920 | #3,957 | 7 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Teri! It came in at #3,957, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1921–1930, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Teri is popular in 1986
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- North Dakota#142 · 1 in 710
- Iowa#222 · 1 in 1,329
- Nebraska#239 · 1 in 1,360
- Arkansas#282 · 1 in 1,774
- Alabama#295 · 1 in 1,778
Best ever in a state: #58 in Nevada, 1958.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Dakota | #142 | 6 | 1 in 710 |
| Iowa | #222 | 12 | 1 in 1,329 |
| Nebraska | #239 | 7 | 1 in 1,360 |
| Arkansas | #282 | 7 | 1 in 1,774 |
| Alabama | #295 | 12 | 1 in 1,778 |
| Kansas | #324 | 7 | 1 in 2,070 |
| Wisconsin | #339 | 11 | 1 in 2,698 |
| Oklahoma | #343 | 9 | 1 in 2,087 |
| Utah | #353 | 7 | 1 in 1,996 |
| Minnesota | #362 | 10 | 1 in 2,767 |
| Tennessee | #373 | 10 | 1 in 2,755 |
| Kentucky | #376 | 7 | 1 in 2,993 |
| Missouri | #408 | 10 | 1 in 3,140 |
| Virginia | #426 | 10 | 1 in 3,373 |
| North Carolina | #456 | 10 | 1 in 3,556 |
| Indiana | #470 | 8 | 1 in 4,108 |
| Michigan | #477 | 14 | 1 in 4,038 |
| Maryland | #503 | 6 | 1 in 4,087 |
| Washington | #541 | 7 | 1 in 3,886 |
| Texas | #548 | 33 | 1 in 3,990 |
| Illinois | #562 | 16 | 1 in 4,434 |
| Georgia | #584 | 8 | 1 in 4,710 |
| Arizona | #592 | 6 | 1 in 3,904 |
| Ohio | #605 | 11 | 1 in 6,176 |
| Pennsylvania | #610 | 12 | 1 in 5,727 |
| Florida | #628 | 13 | 1 in 5,110 |
| New Jersey | #659 | 7 | 1 in 5,999 |
| Louisiana | #736 | 5 | 1 in 5,639 |
| California | #877 | 26 | 1 in 7,988 |
| New York | #1,161 | 9 | 1 in 12,054 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Colorado | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
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| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| South Carolina | — | — | — |
| South Dakota | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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 Teri
- 1,661 spots since 2024 (#10,271 → #11,932)
- 3,924 spots since 2015 (#8,008 → #11,932)
- Biggest jump: 329 spots in 1944 (#1,006 → #677)
- Biggest drop: 229 spots in 1991 (#836 → #1,065)
- Debuted 1920
- Peaked 1960 at #171 (2,329 births)
- Births halved by 1969, 9 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 47 yrs · run 1944–1990
- Highest: 1 in 868 girls born in 1960 were named Teri (0.12%)
- Latest: 1 in 229,610 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 38.1% of all girls named Teri (16,763) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 17 | #3,957 (1920) | #4,538 |
| 1930s | 62 | #1,684 (1939) | #3,343 |
| 1940s | 1,617 | #451 (1949) | #849 |
| 1950s | 11,834 | #178 (1959) | #270 |
| 1960s | 16,763 | #171 (1960) | #209 |
| 1970s | 7,842 | #263 (1972) | #319 |
| 1980s | 3,951 | #407 (1981) | #545 |
| 1990s | 1,283 | #836 (1990) | #1,431 |
| 2000s | 426 | #2,211 (2001) | #3,958 |
| 2010s | 123 | #6,341 (2012) | #9,876 |
| 2020s | 39 | #9,562 (2021) | #11,494 |
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.
Teri in 1986
Top girls' names in 1986
More about 1986
girls
1,715,547 girls got a published name in 1986; 1 in 4,765 of them was named Teri, which outranked 95.7% of the 12,836 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.