Terrie

Last seen for girls in 2022 at #15,306 · Last seen for boys in 1998 at #8,479
Given to girls 98.3% of the time

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Peak · girls
1960 · 1,110 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
19,729
since 1918

Terrie over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Terrie has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201955peak #269, 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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2019#15,5395—
2018#15,6825—
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2016#16,2155—
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2010#14,9596—
2009#17,2945—
2008#13,8327—
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2006#17,1685—
2005#11,8348—
2004#11,6248—
2003#7,58014—
2002#7,44414—
2001#9,35110—
2000#8,53411—
1999#5,89617—
1998#4,79622#8,4796
1997#4,23925—
1996#4,73921—
1995#3,67029—
1994#4,52122—
1993#3,50631—
1992#4,84920—
1991#2,73843—
1990#2,73742—
1989#3,89325—
1988#2,18752—
1987#2,09852—
1986#1,83861—
1985#1,48383#6,5235
1984#1,49077—
1983#1,49676#6,2385
1982#1,33793#4,5938
1981#1,34093#4,5098
1980#1,183113#6,2505
1979#1,193110#4,4038
1978#1,014134—
1977#898158#3,60610
1976#853160#3,09512
1975#823165#4,7976
1974#722199#3,12011
1973#638236#3,22310
1972#597267#3,15210
1971#538340#3,6588
1970#495405#3,07110
1969#469421#2,41513
1968#445461#2,44512
1967#433471#3,9665
1966#396533#3,2497
1965#365620#3,2447
1964#337796#2,66510
1963#305928#2,20014
1962#2831,021#2,50411
1961#2741,114#1,87619
1960#2691,110#2,53511
1959#2701,056#2,20014
1958#2771,018#3,0338
1957#299919#2,49411
1956#303859#2,9698
1955#296862#3,5056
1954#316712#2,7439
1953#364543#2,7099
1952#371500#2,8758
1951#432372#3,3646
1950#450321—
1949#459306#3,0197
1948#494271#2,7888
1947#481292—
1946#503241#2,5349
1945#577160—
1944#695116—
1943#721114—
1942#87378—
1941#1,24337#3,5055
1940#1,40429—
1939#1,42427—
1938#1,87318—
1937#1,91417—
1936#1,87317—
1935#1,84518—
1934#3,4497—
1933#3,7536—
1932#3,9016—
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1930#2,84510—
1929#4,5705—
1928#3,4368—
1927#4,2866—
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First appearance
1918

The first year at least five girls were named Terrie! It came in at #4,809, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1920–1926, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Terrie is popular in 1955

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Terrie, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Terrie, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Terrie, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Terrie, so not publishedNHWashington: #241 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 1,557 girlsWAIdaho: #252 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,275 girlsIDMontana: #243 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,369 girlsMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Terrie, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #339 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 3,640 girlsMNIllinois: #299 for girls · 38 births · 1 in 2,652 girlsILWisconsin: #244 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 2,193 girlsWIMichigan: #217 for girls · 57 births · 1 in 1,570 girlsMINew York: #481 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 5,835 girlsNYMassachusetts: #408 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 7,342 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Terrie, so not publishedRIOregon: #178 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 904 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Terrie, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Terrie, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Terrie, so not publishedSDIowa: #297 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,844 girlsIAIndiana: #223 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 1,608 girlsINOhio: #228 for girls · 60 births · 1 in 1,700 girlsOHPennsylvania: #297 for girls · 38 births · 1 in 2,968 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Terrie, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Terrie, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #232 for girls · 103 births · 1 in 1,419 girlsCAUtah: #135 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 539 girlsUTColorado: #244 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,376 girlsCONebraska: #199 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,221 girlsNEMissouri: #198 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 1,319 girlsMOKentucky: #333 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 3,057 girlsKYWest Virginia: #255 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,966 girlsWVVirginia: #336 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 2,925 girlsVAMaryland: #270 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 2,209 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Terrie, so not publishedDEArizona: #289 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,503 girlsAZNew Mexico: #280 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,540 girlsNMKansas: #233 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 1,550 girlsKSArkansas: #315 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,338 girlsARTennessee: #210 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 1,373 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #274 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 2,000 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #329 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,601 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Terrie, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #193 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 1,161 girlsOKLouisiana: #254 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 1,503 girlsLAMississippi: #457 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,583 girlsMSAlabama: #336 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 2,589 girlsALGeorgia: #287 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 2,002 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Terrie, so not publishedHITexas: #312 for girls · 53 births · 1 in 2,111 girlsTXFlorida: #291 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 2,085 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Utah#135 · 1 in 539
  2. Oregon#178 · 1 in 904
  3. Oklahoma#193 · 1 in 1,161
  4. Missouri#198 · 1 in 1,319
  5. Nebraska#199 · 1 in 1,221

Best ever in a state: #91 in Nevada, 1957.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Utah#135191 in 539
Oregon#178181 in 904
Oklahoma#193191 in 1,161
Missouri#198331 in 1,319
Nebraska#199121 in 1,221
Tennessee#210281 in 1,373
Michigan#217571 in 1,570
Indiana#223301 in 1,608
Ohio#228601 in 1,700
California#2321031 in 1,419
Kansas#233141 in 1,550
Washington#241181 in 1,557
Montana#24351 in 1,369
Colorado#244131 in 1,376
Wisconsin#244191 in 2,193
Idaho#25251 in 1,275
Louisiana#254251 in 1,503
West Virginia#255101 in 1,966
Maryland#270131 in 2,209
North Carolina#274261 in 2,000
New Mexico#28071 in 1,540
Georgia#287231 in 2,002
Arizona#28981 in 1,503
Florida#291191 in 2,085
Iowa#297101 in 2,844
Pennsylvania#297381 in 2,968
Illinois#299381 in 2,652
Texas#312531 in 2,111
Arkansas#31581 in 2,338
South Carolina#329111 in 2,601
Kentucky#333111 in 3,057
Alabama#336141 in 2,589
Virginia#336141 in 2,925
Minnesota#339101 in 3,640
Massachusetts#40871 in 7,342
Mississippi#45761 in 4,583
New York#481281 in 5,835
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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 Terrie
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2022
  • Biggest jump: 370 spots in 1942 (#1,243 → #873)
  • Biggest drop: 116 spots in 1978 (#898 → #1,014)
Rise & fade · girls
42 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1918
  • Peaked 1960 at #269 (1,110 births)
  • Births halved by 1966, 6 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 36 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 36 yrs · run 1942–1977
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,812
  • Highest: 1 in 1,812 girls born in 1961 were named Terrie (0.06%)
  • Latest: 1 in 328,026 girls born in 2022 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #269 in 1960, was only 1 in 1,822 (0.05%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1960s
  • 37.9% of all girls named Terrie (7,475) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s11#4,251 (1919)#4,530
1920s24#3,436 (1928)#4,315
1930s134#1,424 (1939)#2,610
1940s1,644#459 (1949)#745
1950s7,162#270 (1959)#338
1960s7,475#269 (1960)#358
1970s2,174#495 (1970)#777
1980s725#1,183 (1980)#1,835
1990s272#2,737 (1990)#4,169
2000s82#7,444 (2002)#11,629
2010s21#14,959 (2010)#15,599
2020s5#15,306 (2022)#15,306

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.

Terrie in 1955

girls
#296
862 births · 1 in 2,268 girls
boys
#3,505
6 births · 1 in 343,315 boys

Top girls' names in 1955

  1. #1Mary63,174
  2. #2Deborah52,318
  3. #3Linda51,300
  4. #4Debra50,563
  5. #5Susan47,418
  6. #6Patricia46,226
  7. #7Barbara33,617
  8. #8Karen33,217
  9. #9Nancy30,023
  10. #10Donna27,940
  11. #296Terrie862

Top boys' names in 1955

  1. #1Michael88,355
  2. #2David86,306
  3. #3James84,186
  4. #4Robert83,758
  5. #5John80,128
  6. #6William59,990
  7. #7Richard53,566
  8. #8Thomas45,855
  9. #9Mark42,255
  10. #10Steven37,847
  11. #3,505Terrie6
More about 1955

girls

1,955,277 girls got a published name in 1955; 1 in 2,268 of them was named Terrie, which outranked 95.6% of the 6,732 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Terrie
  1. #293Jeannette870
  2. #293Maxine870
  3. #295Jana868
  4. #296Terrie862
  5. #297Trudy859
  6. #298Lauren856
  7. #299Antoinette846
Biggest movers since 1954
Risers
  1. ↑ 793Athena#1,505 → #712
  2. ↑ 675Desiree#984 → #309
  3. ↑ 661Roni#1,197 → #536
  4. ↑ 630Gisele#1,444 → #814
  5. ↑ 593Carmel#1,422 → #829
Fallers
  1. ↓ 514Valinda#806 → #1,320
  2. ↓ 378Elouise#969 → #1,347
  3. ↓ 287Veda#831 → #1,118
  4. ↓ 275Drema#978 → #1,253
  5. ↓ 264Brooke#965 → #1,229

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

boys

2,059,889 boys got a published name in 1955; 1 in 343,315 of them was named Terrie, which outranked 20.3% of the 4,400 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Terrie
  1. #3,201Yvonne7
  2. #3,201Zebbie7
  3. #3,201Zvi7
  4. #3,505Terrie6
  5. #3,505Abie6
  6. #3,505Able6
  7. #3,505Addis6
  8. #3,886Abbott5
  9. #3,886Abran5
  10. #3,886Abron5

Tied with 380 names at #3,505; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1954
Risers
  1. ↑ 808Davy#1,333 → #525
  2. ↑ 326Wyatt#985 → #659
  3. ↑ 323Moises#1,311 → #988
  4. ↑ 296Tad#1,068 → #772
  5. ↑ 286Rhett#1,122 → #836
Fallers
  1. ↓ 738Rahn#908 → #1,646
  2. ↓ 415Ricci#739 → #1,154
  3. ↓ 321Meredith#952 → #1,273
  4. ↓ 309Michial#985 → #1,294
  5. ↓ 282Arvin#973 → #1,255

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

See the top 100 for 1955 →