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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201966peak #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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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—
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1934#3,4497—
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1932#3,9016—
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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 1966

  • 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: #426 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,054 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Terrie, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Terrie, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Terrie, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Terrie, so not publishedMNIllinois: #466 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 4,399 girlsILWisconsin: #374 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,951 girlsWIMichigan: #313 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 2,228 girlsMINew York: #610 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 6,629 girlsNYMassachusetts: #506 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 7,506 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Terrie, so not publishedRIOregon: #352 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,210 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: fewer than 5 girls named Terrie, so not publishedIAIndiana: #346 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 2,629 girlsINOhio: #360 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 3,042 girlsOHPennsylvania: #466 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 4,974 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Terrie, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Terrie, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #420 for girls · 54 births · 1 in 2,847 girlsCAUtah: #301 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,470 girlsUTColorado: #349 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,166 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Terrie, so not publishedNEMissouri: #281 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 1,820 girlsMOKentucky: #485 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,966 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Terrie, so not publishedWVVirginia: #401 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 3,428 girlsVAMaryland: #398 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,418 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Terrie, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Terrie, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Terrie, so not publishedNMKansas: #387 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,863 girlsKSArkansas: #287 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,743 girlsARTennessee: #286 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,896 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #292 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 2,089 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #388 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,654 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Terrie, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #278 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,563 girlsOKLouisiana: #284 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 1,526 girlsLAMississippi: #255 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,300 girlsMSAlabama: #251 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 1,453 girlsALGeorgia: #224 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 1,209 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Terrie, so not publishedHITexas: #357 for girls · 44 births · 1 in 2,088 girlsTXFlorida: #380 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 2,680 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Georgia#224 · 1 in 1,209
  2. Alabama#251 · 1 in 1,453
  3. Mississippi#255 · 1 in 1,300
  4. Oklahoma#278 · 1 in 1,563
  5. Missouri#281 · 1 in 1,820

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Georgia#224321 in 1,209
Alabama#251191 in 1,453
Mississippi#255151 in 1,300
Oklahoma#278101 in 1,563
Missouri#281191 in 1,820
Louisiana#284211 in 1,526
Tennessee#286161 in 1,896
Arkansas#28781 in 1,743
North Carolina#292191 in 2,089
Utah#30161 in 1,470
Michigan#313331 in 2,228
Indiana#346161 in 2,629
Colorado#34971 in 2,166
Oregon#35261 in 2,210
Texas#357441 in 2,088
Ohio#360281 in 3,042
Wisconsin#37491 in 3,951
Florida#380161 in 2,680
Kansas#38751 in 2,863
South Carolina#38881 in 2,654
Maryland#39881 in 3,418
Virginia#401101 in 3,428
California#420541 in 2,847
Washington#42671 in 3,054
Illinois#466201 in 4,399
Pennsylvania#466181 in 4,974
Kentucky#48551 in 4,966
Massachusetts#50661 in 7,506
New York#610221 in 6,629
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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 1966

girls
#396
533 births · 1 in 3,175 girls
boys
#3,249
7 births · 1 in 254,780 boys

Top girls' names in 1966

  1. #1Lisa56,918
  2. #2Kimberly32,232
  3. #3Mary28,890
  4. #4Michelle27,159
  5. #5Karen25,450
  6. #6Susan23,776
  7. #7Patricia20,112
  8. #8Tammy18,621
  9. #9Angela18,532
  10. #10Jennifer18,215
  11. #396Terrie533

Top boys' names in 1966

  1. #1Michael79,985
  2. #2David66,408
  3. #3James65,163
  4. #4John65,016
  5. #5Robert59,317
  6. #6William38,237
  7. #7Mark34,801
  8. #8Richard34,457
  9. #9Jeffrey30,200
  10. #10Thomas29,003
  11. #3,249Terrie7
More about 1966

girls

1,692,177 girls got a published name in 1966; 1 in 3,175 of them was named Terrie, which outranked 94.8% of the 7,624 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Terrie
  1. #392Marcella543
  2. #394Jeannine535
  3. #395Jennie534
  4. #396Terrie533
  5. #396Marion533
  6. #398Deanne529
  7. #398Elena529
  8. #400Amber528

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1965
Risers
  1. ↑ 6,121Tabatha#6,539 → #418
  2. ↑ 1,469Tabitha#1,993 → #524
  3. ↑ 1,325Joell#2,247 → #922
  4. ↑ 1,047Tatia#1,715 → #668
  5. ↑ 969Nichole#1,829 → #860
Fallers
  1. ↓ 398Barb#815 → #1,213
  2. ↓ 310Jewell#952 → #1,262
  3. ↓ 288Roxie#944 → #1,232
  4. ↓ 284Aretha#818 → #1,102
  5. ↓ 280Kecia#392 → #672

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

boys

1,783,461 boys got a published name in 1966; 1 in 254,780 of them was named Terrie, which outranked 28.4% of the 4,540 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Terrie
  1. #2,986Winton8
  2. #2,986Yusef8
  3. #2,986Zeb8
  4. #3,249Terrie7
  5. #3,249Aden7
  6. #3,249Adolf7
  7. #3,249Agustine7
  8. #3,537Adriel6
  9. #3,537Adrienne6
  10. #3,537Adron6

Tied with 287 names at #3,249; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1965
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,207Jarrod#1,720 → #513
  2. ↑ 893Heath#1,254 → #361
  3. ↑ 467Illya#1,294 → #827
  4. ↑ 419Jarrett#1,294 → #875
  5. ↑ 399Reynold#1,360 → #961
Fallers
  1. ↓ 464Quint#986 → #1,450
  2. ↓ 303Dario#934 → #1,237
  3. ↓ 299Darran#1,000 → #1,299
  4. ↓ 281Artie#897 → #1,178
  5. ↓ 268Daryn#716 → #984

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

See the top 100 for 1966 →