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

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Peak · girls
1960 · 2,329 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
43,957
since 1920

Teri over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Teri has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202000peak #171, 1960girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2025#11,9327—
2024#10,2719—
2023#13,4626—
2022#12,2437—
2021#9,56210—
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2019#15,5395—
2018#15,6825—
2017#8,77612—
2016#11,7818—
2015#8,00814—
2014#7,30216—
2013#11,0009—
2012#6,34120—
2011#7,11817—
2010#7,21717—
2009#7,34117—
2008#4,55033—
2007#5,52625—
2006#3,73441—
2005#3,80938—
2004#3,98935—
2003#3,18746—
2002#2,97649—
2001#2,21173—
2000#2,25869—
1999#1,94081—
1998#1,94078—
1997#1,76685—
1996#1,551102—
1995#1,514103—
1994#1,389118—
1993#1,258136—
1992#1,050175—
1991#1,065170—
1990#836235—
1989#813234—
1988#708268#6,4266
1987#599326—
1986#558360—
1985#536372#6,5235
1984#467448—
1983#465434—
1982#459465#5,0037
1981#407544#4,9617
1980#433500#4,9407
1979#430482—
1978#362587#4,1578
1977#350630—
1976#335662#3,47110
1975#314723#4,3097
1974#303777#5,2275
1973#296794—
1972#2631,002#3,15210
1971#2641,110#4,9075
1970#2741,075#4,2306
1969#2541,153—
1968#2321,243#3,1078
1967#2261,303#3,5596
1966#2311,308—
1965#2231,460—
1964#2081,713#3,2827
1963#1921,937#3,3187
1962#1812,075#2,67310
1961#1732,242#2,53811
1960#1712,329#2,68510
1959#1782,156#2,53011
1958#1881,882#3,5596
1957#2011,719#2,8229
1956#2031,601#2,7989
1955#2181,372#1,90217
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1953#305727#2,9058
1952#324630#3,7345
1951#389441—
1950#416370—
1949#451313—
1948#463298#3,0107
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1946#549206—
1945#464239—
1944#677121—
1943#1,00662—
1942#1,09152—
1941#1,75021—
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1939#1,68421—
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First appearance
1920

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 2000

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Teri, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Teri, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Teri, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Teri, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Teri, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Teri, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Teri, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Teri, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Teri, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Teri, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Teri, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Teri, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Teri, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Teri, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Teri, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Teri, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Teri, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Teri, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Teri, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Teri, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Teri, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Teri, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Teri, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Teri, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Teri, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #3,231 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 44,766 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Teri, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Teri, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Teri, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Teri, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Teri, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Teri, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Teri, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Teri, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Teri, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Teri, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Teri, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Teri, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Teri, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Teri, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Teri, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Teri, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Teri, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Teri, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #730 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,383 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Teri, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Teri, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Teri, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Teri, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Teri, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Teri, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Louisiana#730 · 1 in 4,383
  2. California#3,231 · 1 in 44,766

Best ever in a state: #58 in Nevada, 1958.

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California#3,23151 in 44,766
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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 Teri
Momentum · girls
Brand new
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
40 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1920
  • Peaked 1960 at #171 (2,329 births)
  • Births halved by 1969, 9 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 47 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 47 yrs · run 1944–1990
Share of babies · girls
1 in 868
  • Highest: 1 in 868 girls born in 1960 were named Teri (0.12%)
  • Latest: 1 in 229,610 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1960s
  • 38.1% of all girls named Teri (16,763) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1920s17#3,957 (1920)#4,538
1930s62#1,684 (1939)#3,343
1940s1,617#451 (1949)#849
1950s11,834#178 (1959)#270
1960s16,763#171 (1960)#209
1970s7,842#263 (1972)#319
1980s3,951#407 (1981)#545
1990s1,283#836 (1990)#1,431
2000s426#2,211 (2001)#3,958
2010s123#6,341 (2012)#9,876
2020s39#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 2000

girls
#2,258
69 births · 1 in 26,319 girls

Top girls' names in 2000

  1. #1Emily25,959
  2. #2Hannah23,087
  3. #3Madison19,968
  4. #4Ashley18,000
  5. #5Sarah17,715
  6. #6Alexis17,631
  7. #7Samantha17,265
  8. #8Jessica15,711
  9. #9Elizabeth15,117
  10. #10Taylor15,080
  11. #2,258Teri69
More about 2000

girls

1,816,036 girls got a published name in 2000; 1 in 26,319 of them was named Teri, which outranked 87.2% of the 17,660 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Teri
  1. #2,236Sahar70
  2. #2,236Tyonna70
  3. #2,236Yanira70
  4. #2,258Teri69
  5. #2,258Arika69
  6. #2,258Ariyanna69
  7. #2,258Briauna69
  8. #2,277Abbi68
  9. #2,277Abigael68
  10. #2,277Agnes68

Tied with 18 names at #2,258; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1999
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,528Laisha#3,509 → #981
  2. ↑ 2,131Litzy#2,527 → #396
  3. ↑ 2,096Cielo#2,991 → #895
  4. ↑ 1,864Yamilet#2,703 → #839
  5. ↑ 1,775Nyah#2,567 → #792
Fallers
  1. ↓ 560Tatyanna#951 → #1,511
  2. ↓ 529Jailene#506 → #1,035
  3. ↓ 431Shanice#727 → #1,158
  4. ↓ 384Chantal#921 → #1,305
  5. ↓ 348Infant#658 → #1,006

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2000 →