Terre
Last seen for girls in 1992 at #13,317 · Last seen for boys in 1997 at #7,281
Given to girls 89.4% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1956 · 55 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 838since 1942
Terre over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1997 | — | #7,281 | 7 | |
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| 1992 | #13,317 | 5 | #8,435 | 5 |
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| 1987 | — | #6,951 | 5 | |
| 1986 | #10,912 | 5 | — | |
| 1985 | #8,318 | 7 | — | |
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| 1981 | #6,804 | 9 | — | |
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| 1979 | #7,313 | 8 | #6,056 | 5 |
| 1978 | #5,958 | 10 | — | |
| 1977 | #6,340 | 9 | — | |
| 1976 | #7,296 | 7 | — | |
| 1975 | #6,484 | 8 | — | |
| 1974 | #6,900 | 7 | #3,558 | 9 |
| 1973 | #5,191 | 10 | — | |
| 1972 | #5,109 | 10 | — | |
| 1971 | #4,810 | 11 | — | |
| 1970 | #4,246 | 13 | — | |
| 1969 | #2,023 | 38 | #4,404 | 5 |
| 1968 | #3,610 | 14 | — | |
| 1967 | #3,484 | 14 | — | |
| 1966 | #3,740 | 12 | — | |
| 1965 | #2,464 | 24 | #3,537 | 6 |
| 1964 | #2,071 | 33 | — | |
| 1963 | #2,424 | 25 | #3,646 | 6 |
| 1962 | #2,073 | 32 | — | |
| 1961 | #2,117 | 31 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,855 | 37 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,516 | 51 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,820 | 36 | #3,275 | 7 |
| 1957 | #1,869 | 34 | #3,552 | 6 |
| 1956 | #1,413 | 55 | #3,942 | 5 |
| 1955 | #1,498 | 46 | #2,558 | 10 |
| 1954 | #1,602 | 40 | #3,827 | 5 |
| 1953 | #2,431 | 19 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,861 | 29 | — | |
| 1951 | #2,016 | 24 | #3,364 | 6 |
| 1950 | #2,185 | 20 | — | |
| 1949 | #2,069 | 22 | — | |
| 1948 | #2,974 | 12 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,822 | 28 | — | |
| 1946 | #3,994 | 7 | #3,173 | 6 |
| 1945 | #2,742 | 11 | — | |
| 1944 | #3,687 | 7 | #3,109 | 6 |
| 1943 | #2,695 | 12 | — | |
| 1942 | #4,124 | 6 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Terre! It came in at #4,124, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1980, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Terre is popular in 1959
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Pennsylvania#707 · 1 in 14,295
- California#1,064 · 1 in 18,483
- Texas#1,272 · 1 in 22,755
Best ever in a state: #577 in Missouri, 1955.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Pennsylvania | #707 | 8 | 1 in 14,295 |
| California | #1,064 | 9 | 1 in 18,483 |
| Texas | #1,272 | 5 | 1 in 22,755 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
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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 Terre
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1992
- Debuted 1942
- Peaked 1956 at #1,413 (55 births)
- Births halved by 1963, 7 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 36,504 girls born in 1956 were named Terre (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 368,786 girls born in 1992 (0.00%)
- 42.2% of all girls named Terre (354) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1996, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 105 | #1,822 (1947) | #3,013 |
| 1950s | 354 | #1,413 (1956) | #1,821 |
| 1960s | 260 | #1,855 (1960) | #2,586 |
| 1970s | 93 | #4,246 (1970) | #5,965 |
| 1980s | 21 | #6,804 (1981) | #8,678 |
| 1990s | 5 | #13,317 (1992) | #13,317 |
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.
Terre in 1959
Top girls' names in 1959
More about 1959
girls
2,023,462 girls got a published name in 1959; 1 in 39,676 of them was named Terre, which outranked 79.0% of the 7,202 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,499Shirleen52
- #1,499Valery52
- #1,499Windy52
- #1,516Terre51
- #1,516Alvina51
- #1,516Andree51
- #1,516Arline51
- #1,537Alene50
- #1,537Allene50
- #1,537Bernetta50
Tied with 20 names at #1,516; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.