Terrel
Last seen for girls in 1985 at #10,677 · Last seen for boys in 2024 at #9,894
Given to boys 97.3% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1989 · 94 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,961since 1915
Terrel over time
Rank among boys' names. Terrel has never cracked the top 1,000 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 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | #9,894 | 7 | |
| 2023 | — | #10,821 | 6 | |
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | #7,089 | 11 | |
| 2020 | — | #5,980 | 14 | |
| 2019 | — | #10,803 | 6 | |
| 2018 | — | #6,345 | 13 | |
| 2017 | — | #7,546 | 10 | |
| 2016 | — | #5,789 | 15 | |
| 2015 | — | #5,746 | 15 | |
| 2014 | — | #7,048 | 11 | |
| 2013 | — | #8,118 | 9 | |
| 2012 | — | #5,256 | 17 | |
| 2011 | — | #5,945 | 14 | |
| 2010 | — | #5,047 | 18 | |
| 2009 | — | #5,102 | 18 | |
| 2008 | — | #4,267 | 23 | |
| 2007 | — | #3,379 | 32 | |
| 2006 | — | #3,227 | 33 | |
| 2005 | — | #2,846 | 37 | |
| 2004 | — | #3,074 | 32 | |
| 2003 | — | #3,366 | 27 | |
| 2002 | — | #2,882 | 32 | |
| 2001 | — | #2,007 | 53 | |
| 2000 | — | #2,087 | 48 | |
| 1999 | — | #1,903 | 51 | |
| 1998 | — | #1,741 | 58 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,773 | 54 | |
| 1996 | — | #1,764 | 52 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,338 | 77 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,399 | 70 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,266 | 80 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,281 | 78 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,216 | 83 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,370 | 66 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,082 | 94 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,108 | 81 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,140 | 70 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,118 | 71 | |
| 1985 | #10,677 | 5 | #1,158 | 65 |
| 1984 | — | #1,294 | 51 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,375 | 46 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,622 | 37 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,726 | 33 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,808 | 31 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,532 | 38 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,652 | 33 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,904 | 26 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,781 | 28 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,530 | 34 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,520 | 33 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,782 | 25 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,721 | 26 | |
| 1971 | #8,324 | 5 | #1,987 | 21 |
| 1970 | #7,995 | 5 | #2,213 | 17 |
| 1969 | — | #1,861 | 20 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,506 | 27 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,449 | 28 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,723 | 20 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,360 | 32 | |
| 1964 | #6,009 | 6 | #1,900 | 18 |
| 1963 | — | #1,957 | 17 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,515 | 27 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,439 | 31 | |
| 1960 | #6,390 | 5 | #1,341 | 35 |
| 1959 | — | #1,559 | 26 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,534 | 26 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,634 | 24 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,765 | 20 | |
| 1955 | #5,828 | 5 | #1,572 | 24 |
| 1954 | #4,655 | 7 | #1,268 | 35 |
| 1953 | — | #1,551 | 24 | |
| 1952 | #5,563 | 5 | #1,804 | 18 |
| 1951 | #4,833 | 6 | #1,373 | 29 |
| 1950 | — | #1,340 | 29 | |
| 1949 | #3,892 | 8 | #1,348 | 29 |
| 1948 | #5,243 | 5 | #1,519 | 23 |
| 1947 | #3,061 | 12 | #1,213 | 36 |
| 1946 | #3,994 | 7 | #1,355 | 27 |
| 1945 | — | #1,536 | 19 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,574 | 19 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,636 | 19 | |
| 1942 | — | #2,145 | 12 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,821 | 15 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,334 | 25 | |
| 1939 | — | #2,159 | 11 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,741 | 16 | |
| 1937 | — | #2,332 | 10 | |
| 1936 | — | #3,147 | 6 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,837 | 15 | |
| 1934 | — | #2,121 | 12 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,829 | 15 | |
| 1932 | — | #3,361 | 6 | |
| 1931 | — | #2,471 | 10 | |
| 1930 | — | — | ||
| 1929 | — | #3,559 | 6 | |
| 1928 | — | #3,076 | 8 | |
| 1927 | — | #2,912 | 9 | |
| 1926 | — | #3,708 | 6 | |
| 1925 | — | #2,936 | 9 | |
| 1924 | — | #3,023 | 9 | |
| 1923 | — | #3,467 | 7 | |
| 1922 | — | — | ||
| 1921 | — | #2,502 | 12 | |
| 1920 | — | #3,208 | 8 | |
| 1919 | — | — | ||
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| 1917 | — | #3,217 | 7 | |
| 1916 | — | #2,926 | 8 | |
| 1915 | — | #3,082 | 7 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Terrel! It came in at #3,082, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1918–1919, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Terrel is popular in 1996
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- New Jersey#778 · 1 in 9,730
- Florida#1,154 · 1 in 16,978
- New York#1,219 · 1 in 16,962
Best ever in a state: #345 in Connecticut, 1991.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Jersey | #778 | 5 | 1 in 9,730 |
| Florida | #1,154 | 5 | 1 in 16,978 |
| New York | #1,219 | 7 | 1 in 16,962 |
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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 Terrel
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
- Debuted 1915
- Peaked 1989 at #1,082 (94 births)
- Births halved by 2002, 13 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 21,286 boys born in 1989 were named Terrel (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 246,127 boys born in 2024 (0.00%)
- 22.6% of all boys named Terrel (669) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 22 | #2,926 (1916) | #3,075 |
| 1920s | 74 | #2,502 (1921) | #3,155 |
| 1930s | 101 | #1,741 (1938) | #2,333 |
| 1940s | 224 | #1,213 (1947) | #1,548 |
| 1950s | 255 | #1,268 (1954) | #1,540 |
| 1960s | 255 | #1,341 (1960) | #1,605 |
| 1970s | 281 | #1,520 (1974) | #1,762 |
| 1980s | 579 | #1,082 (1989) | #1,343 |
| 1990s | 669 | #1,216 (1991) | #1,505 |
| 2000s | 335 | #2,007 (2001) | #3,224 |
| 2010s | 128 | #5,047 (2010) | #6,764 |
| 2020s | 38 | #5,980 (2020) | #8,446 |
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.
Terrel in 1996
Top boys' names in 1996
More about 1996
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1,894,300 boys got a published name in 1996; 1 in 36,429 of them was named Terrel, which outranked 83.3% of the 10,536 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,740Theo53
- #1,740Unknown53
- #1,740Yusef53
- #1,764Terrel52
- #1,764Adarius52
- #1,764Andrea52
- #1,764Derrik52
- #1,785Boyd51
- #1,785Danthony51
- #1,785Dayquan51
Tied with 20 names at #1,764; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.