Terrance
- Last seen for girls in 1997 at #10,836
- #1,564 for boys in 2025, 109 births
- Given to boys 98.9% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1980 · 1,379 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 70,170since 1895
Terrance over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Terrance has never cracked the top 100 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #1,564 | 109 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,290 | 152 | |
| 2023 | — | #1,248 | 155 | |
| 2022 | — | #1,152 | 180 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,054 | 203 | |
| 2020 | — | #961 | 226 | |
| 2019 | — | #939 | 230 | |
| 2018 | — | #812 | 277 | |
| 2017 | — | #763 | 307 | |
| 2016 | — | #735 | 332 | |
| 2015 | — | #673 | 377 | |
| 2014 | — | #689 | 365 | |
| 2013 | — | #613 | 409 | |
| 2012 | — | #586 | 435 | |
| 2011 | — | #585 | 429 | |
| 2010 | — | #570 | 446 | |
| 2009 | — | #485 | 562 | |
| 2008 | — | #526 | 512 | |
| 2007 | — | #473 | 569 | |
| 2006 | — | #463 | 583 | |
| 2005 | — | #454 | 562 | |
| 2004 | — | #471 | 535 | |
| 2003 | — | #457 | 552 | |
| 2002 | — | #440 | 563 | |
| 2001 | — | #423 | 580 | |
| 2000 | — | #402 | 628 | |
| 1999 | — | #376 | 688 | |
| 1998 | — | #374 | 680 | |
| 1997 | #10,836 | 7 | #355 | 713 |
| 1996 | — | #340 | 731 | |
| 1995 | #9,553 | 8 | #315 | 840 |
| 1994 | #10,569 | 7 | #275 | 993 |
| 1993 | — | #273 | 1,058 | |
| 1992 | #10,479 | 7 | #232 | 1,275 |
| 1991 | — | #221 | 1,346 | |
| 1990 | #6,465 | 13 | #236 | 1,223 |
| 1989 | #5,286 | 16 | #208 | 1,361 |
| 1988 | #5,065 | 16 | #193 | 1,424 |
| 1987 | #6,335 | 11 | #216 | 1,133 |
| 1986 | #6,612 | 10 | #213 | 1,134 |
| 1985 | #4,635 | 16 | #203 | 1,188 |
| 1984 | #5,222 | 13 | #198 | 1,214 |
| 1983 | #3,806 | 20 | #197 | 1,194 |
| 1982 | #6,371 | 10 | #198 | 1,267 |
| 1981 | #5,571 | 12 | #195 | 1,276 |
| 1980 | #3,992 | 19 | #179 | 1,379 |
| 1979 | #4,231 | 17 | #179 | 1,346 |
| 1978 | #4,931 | 13 | #183 | 1,283 |
| 1977 | #4,425 | 15 | #192 | 1,237 |
| 1976 | #2,932 | 25 | #185 | 1,199 |
| 1975 | #2,881 | 25 | #191 | 1,179 |
| 1974 | #2,922 | 24 | #208 | 1,067 |
| 1973 | #2,753 | 25 | #191 | 1,187 |
| 1972 | #3,276 | 19 | #206 | 1,109 |
| 1971 | #3,266 | 20 | #212 | 1,100 |
| 1970 | #2,938 | 23 | #213 | 1,177 |
| 1969 | #3,012 | 20 | #232 | 982 |
| 1968 | #2,969 | 19 | #221 | 1,023 |
| 1967 | #3,085 | 17 | #222 | 989 |
| 1966 | #3,400 | 14 | #224 | 962 |
| 1965 | #2,605 | 22 | #240 | 946 |
| 1964 | #2,752 | 21 | #224 | 1,120 |
| 1963 | #4,272 | 10 | #270 | 809 |
| 1962 | #5,293 | 7 | #282 | 745 |
| 1961 | #4,009 | 11 | #281 | 758 |
| 1960 | #3,095 | 16 | #291 | 725 |
| 1959 | #3,619 | 12 | #275 | 827 |
| 1958 | #3,379 | 13 | #256 | 917 |
| 1957 | #3,489 | 12 | #238 | 1,039 |
| 1956 | #3,910 | 10 | #226 | 1,056 |
| 1955 | #2,411 | 21 | #213 | 1,142 |
| 1954 | #2,592 | 18 | #209 | 1,120 |
| 1953 | #2,699 | 16 | #217 | 966 |
| 1952 | #2,581 | 17 | #220 | 901 |
| 1951 | #2,474 | 17 | #215 | 912 |
| 1950 | #3,052 | 12 | #208 | 954 |
| 1949 | #2,514 | 16 | #222 | 829 |
| 1948 | #2,701 | 14 | #215 | 866 |
| 1947 | #3,448 | 10 | #230 | 791 |
| 1946 | #3,994 | 7 | #245 | 630 |
| 1945 | — | #282 | 459 | |
| 1944 | — | #272 | 472 | |
| 1943 | #3,493 | 8 | #284 | 462 |
| 1942 | — | #309 | 394 | |
| 1941 | — | #333 | 300 | |
| 1940 | — | #358 | 254 | |
| 1939 | — | #348 | 254 | |
| 1938 | — | #418 | 186 | |
| 1937 | — | #458 | 147 | |
| 1936 | — | #485 | 136 | |
| 1935 | — | #573 | 102 | |
| 1934 | — | #606 | 95 | |
| 1933 | — | #824 | 56 | |
| 1932 | — | #841 | 57 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,031 | 42 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,021 | 45 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,195 | 34 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,254 | 33 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,041 | 45 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,331 | 30 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,390 | 28 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,839 | 19 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,589 | 23 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,545 | 24 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,360 | 30 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,592 | 23 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,386 | 27 | |
| 1918 | — | #2,073 | 15 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,755 | 18 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,698 | 18 | |
| 1915 | — | #2,184 | 12 | |
| 1914 | — | #2,651 | 7 | |
| 1913 | — | #2,092 | 8 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,527 | 11 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,740 | 5 | |
| 1910 | — | #1,421 | 6 | |
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| 1895 | — | #1,079 | 5 | |
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First appearance
1895
The first year at least five boys were named Terrance! It came in at #1,079, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1895–1909, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Terrance is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Top states · boys
- Mississippi#522 · 1 in 2,167
- Georgia#853 · 1 in 5,022
- Illinois#935 · 1 in 6,194
- Ohio#1,015 · 1 in 7,505
- Florida#1,256 · 1 in 10,615
Best ever in a state: #55 in North Dakota, 1954.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | #522 | 5 | 1 in 2,167 |
| Georgia | #853 | 10 | 1 in 5,022 |
| Illinois | #935 | 8 | 1 in 6,194 |
| Ohio | #1,015 | 7 | 1 in 7,505 |
| Florida | #1,256 | 9 | 1 in 10,615 |
| Texas | #1,347 | 14 | 1 in 12,504 |
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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 Terrance
Momentum · boys
Falling
- 603 spots since 2020 (#961 → #1,564)
- Biggest jump: 218 spots in 1934
- Biggest drop: 127 spots in 2019
Rise & fade · boys
85 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1895
- Peaked 1980 at #179 (1,379 births)
- Births halved by 1998, 18 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 89 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 89 yrs · run 1932–2020
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,279
- Highest: 1 in 1,279 boys born in 1979 were named Terrance (0.08%)
- Latest: 1 in 15,670 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #179 in 1980, was only 1 in 1,294 (0.08%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1980s
- 17.9% of all boys named Terrance (12,570) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 5 | #1,079 (1895) | #1,079 |
| 1900s | 0 | — | — |
| 1910s | 127 | #1,386 (1919) | #1,853 |
| 1920s | 289 | #1,041 (1927) | #1,414 |
| 1930s | 1,120 | #348 (1939) | #661 |
| 1940s | 5,457 | #215 (1948) | #275 |
| 1950s | 9,834 | #208 (1950) | #228 |
| 1960s | 9,059 | #221 (1968) | #249 |
| 1970s | 11,884 | #179 (1979) | #196 |
| 1980s | 12,570 | #179 (1980) | #200 |
| 1990s | 9,547 | #221 (1991) | #300 |
| 2000s | 5,646 | #402 (2000) | #459 |
| 2010s | 3,607 | #570 (2010) | #697 |
| 2020s | 1,025 | #961 (2020) | #1,212 |
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.
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