Terra
- #2,410 for girls in 2025, 74 births
- Last seen for boys in 1984 at #6,315
- Given to girls >99.9% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1980 · 604 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 15,429since 1940
Terra over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Terra has never cracked the top 300 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
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 | #2,410 | 74 | — | |
| 2024 | #2,508 | 71 | — | |
| 2023 | #2,124 | 90 | — | |
| 2022 | #2,174 | 87 | — | |
| 2021 | #2,309 | 79 | — | |
| 2020 | #2,216 | 81 | — | |
| 2019 | #2,140 | 87 | — | |
| 2018 | #2,254 | 81 | — | |
| 2017 | #2,160 | 88 | — | |
| 2016 | #2,033 | 97 | — | |
| 2015 | #2,080 | 94 | — | |
| 2014 | #2,213 | 85 | — | |
| 2013 | #2,211 | 84 | — | |
| 2012 | #1,929 | 102 | — | |
| 2011 | #2,156 | 88 | — | |
| 2010 | #2,360 | 80 | — | |
| 2009 | #2,165 | 92 | — | |
| 2008 | #2,062 | 99 | — | |
| 2007 | #2,059 | 99 | — | |
| 2006 | #2,050 | 96 | — | |
| 2005 | #1,589 | 128 | — | |
| 2004 | #1,871 | 101 | — | |
| 2003 | #1,486 | 131 | — | |
| 2002 | #1,404 | 137 | — | |
| 2001 | #1,573 | 118 | — | |
| 2000 | #1,225 | 162 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,061 | 190 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,099 | 175 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,074 | 175 | — | |
| 1996 | #943 | 204 | — | |
| 1995 | #838 | 233 | — | |
| 1994 | #801 | 253 | — | |
| 1993 | #781 | 264 | — | |
| 1992 | #744 | 284 | — | |
| 1991 | #700 | 304 | — | |
| 1990 | #631 | 355 | — | |
| 1989 | #590 | 371 | — | |
| 1988 | #561 | 380 | — | |
| 1987 | #548 | 365 | — | |
| 1986 | #505 | 414 | — | |
| 1985 | #458 | 469 | — | |
| 1984 | #411 | 518 | #6,315 | 5 |
| 1983 | #424 | 510 | — | |
| 1982 | #423 | 522 | — | |
| 1981 | #444 | 483 | — | |
| 1980 | #379 | 604 | — | |
| 1979 | #393 | 554 | — | |
| 1978 | #406 | 509 | — | |
| 1977 | #387 | 543 | — | |
| 1976 | #416 | 486 | — | |
| 1975 | #386 | 527 | — | |
| 1974 | #395 | 518 | — | |
| 1973 | #417 | 469 | — | |
| 1972 | #404 | 489 | — | |
| 1971 | #488 | 394 | — | |
| 1970 | #618 | 277 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,303 | 75 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,365 | 67 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,372 | 64 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,304 | 69 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,437 | 59 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,293 | 74 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,298 | 72 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,577 | 51 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,580 | 51 | — | |
| 1960 | #2,061 | 31 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,478 | 53 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,588 | 45 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,442 | 54 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,560 | 46 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,516 | 45 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,801 | 33 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,834 | 30 | — | |
| 1952 | #2,200 | 22 | — | |
| 1951 | #2,064 | 23 | — | |
| 1950 | #2,781 | 14 | — | |
| 1949 | #2,726 | 14 | — | |
| 1948 | #2,589 | 15 | — | |
| 1947 | #3,448 | 10 | — | |
| 1946 | #3,994 | 7 | — | |
| 1945 | #3,676 | 7 | — | |
| 1944 | #4,054 | 6 | — | |
| 1943 | #3,249 | 9 | — | |
| 1942 | #3,444 | 8 | — | |
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| 1940 | #4,349 | 5 | — | |
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First appearance
1940
The first year at least five girls were named Terra! It came in at #4,349, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1940–1941, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Terra is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Top states · girls
- North Carolina#1,437 · 1 in 9,297
- California#2,487 · 1 in 23,103
- Texas#2,636 · 1 in 22,935
Best ever in a state: #108 in Wyoming, 1986.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Carolina | #1,437 | 5 | 1 in 9,297 |
| California | #2,487 | 7 | 1 in 23,103 |
| Texas | #2,636 | 7 | 1 in 22,935 |
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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.
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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 98 spots since 2024 (#2,508 → #2,410)
- 194 spots since 2020 (#2,216 → #2,410)
- Biggest jump: 685 spots in 1970
- Biggest drop: 131 spots in 1997
Rise & fade · girls
40 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1940
- Peaked 1980 at #379 (604 births)
- Births halved by 1992, 12 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 27 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 27 yrs · run 1970–1996
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,749
- Highest: 1 in 2,749 girls born in 1980 were named Terra (0.04%)
- Latest: 1 in 21,720 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1970s
- 30.9% of all girls named Terra (4,766) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 81 | #2,589 (1948) | #3,503 |
| 1950s | 365 | #1,442 (1957) | #1,826 |
| 1960s | 613 | #1,293 (1964) | #1,459 |
| 1970s | 4,766 | #386 (1975) | #431 |
| 1980s | 4,636 | #379 (1980) | #474 |
| 1990s | 2,437 | #631 (1990) | #867 |
| 2000s | 1,163 | #1,225 (2000) | #1,748 |
| 2010s | 886 | #1,929 (2012) | #2,154 |
| 2020s | 482 | #2,124 (2023) | #2,290 |
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.
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