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
- Peak · girls
- 1960 · 1,110 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 19,729since 1918
Terrie over time
Rank among girls' names. Terrie has never cracked the top 200 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 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | #15,306 | 5 | — | |
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | #15,539 | 5 | — | |
| 2018 | #15,682 | 5 | — | |
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | #16,215 | 5 | — | |
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | #14,959 | 6 | — | |
| 2009 | #17,294 | 5 | — | |
| 2008 | #13,832 | 7 | — | |
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | #17,168 | 5 | — | |
| 2005 | #11,834 | 8 | — | |
| 2004 | #11,624 | 8 | — | |
| 2003 | #7,580 | 14 | — | |
| 2002 | #7,444 | 14 | — | |
| 2001 | #9,351 | 10 | — | |
| 2000 | #8,534 | 11 | — | |
| 1999 | #5,896 | 17 | — | |
| 1998 | #4,796 | 22 | #8,479 | 6 |
| 1997 | #4,239 | 25 | — | |
| 1996 | #4,739 | 21 | — | |
| 1995 | #3,670 | 29 | — | |
| 1994 | #4,521 | 22 | — | |
| 1993 | #3,506 | 31 | — | |
| 1992 | #4,849 | 20 | — | |
| 1991 | #2,738 | 43 | — | |
| 1990 | #2,737 | 42 | — | |
| 1989 | #3,893 | 25 | — | |
| 1988 | #2,187 | 52 | — | |
| 1987 | #2,098 | 52 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,838 | 61 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,483 | 83 | #6,523 | 5 |
| 1984 | #1,490 | 77 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,496 | 76 | #6,238 | 5 |
| 1982 | #1,337 | 93 | #4,593 | 8 |
| 1981 | #1,340 | 93 | #4,509 | 8 |
| 1980 | #1,183 | 113 | #6,250 | 5 |
| 1979 | #1,193 | 110 | #4,403 | 8 |
| 1978 | #1,014 | 134 | — | |
| 1977 | #898 | 158 | #3,606 | 10 |
| 1976 | #853 | 160 | #3,095 | 12 |
| 1975 | #823 | 165 | #4,797 | 6 |
| 1974 | #722 | 199 | #3,120 | 11 |
| 1973 | #638 | 236 | #3,223 | 10 |
| 1972 | #597 | 267 | #3,152 | 10 |
| 1971 | #538 | 340 | #3,658 | 8 |
| 1970 | #495 | 405 | #3,071 | 10 |
| 1969 | #469 | 421 | #2,415 | 13 |
| 1968 | #445 | 461 | #2,445 | 12 |
| 1967 | #433 | 471 | #3,966 | 5 |
| 1966 | #396 | 533 | #3,249 | 7 |
| 1965 | #365 | 620 | #3,244 | 7 |
| 1964 | #337 | 796 | #2,665 | 10 |
| 1963 | #305 | 928 | #2,200 | 14 |
| 1962 | #283 | 1,021 | #2,504 | 11 |
| 1961 | #274 | 1,114 | #1,876 | 19 |
| 1960 | #269 | 1,110 | #2,535 | 11 |
| 1959 | #270 | 1,056 | #2,200 | 14 |
| 1958 | #277 | 1,018 | #3,033 | 8 |
| 1957 | #299 | 919 | #2,494 | 11 |
| 1956 | #303 | 859 | #2,969 | 8 |
| 1955 | #296 | 862 | #3,505 | 6 |
| 1954 | #316 | 712 | #2,743 | 9 |
| 1953 | #364 | 543 | #2,709 | 9 |
| 1952 | #371 | 500 | #2,875 | 8 |
| 1951 | #432 | 372 | #3,364 | 6 |
| 1950 | #450 | 321 | — | |
| 1949 | #459 | 306 | #3,019 | 7 |
| 1948 | #494 | 271 | #2,788 | 8 |
| 1947 | #481 | 292 | — | |
| 1946 | #503 | 241 | #2,534 | 9 |
| 1945 | #577 | 160 | — | |
| 1944 | #695 | 116 | — | |
| 1943 | #721 | 114 | — | |
| 1942 | #873 | 78 | — | |
| 1941 | #1,243 | 37 | #3,505 | 5 |
| 1940 | #1,404 | 29 | — | |
| 1939 | #1,424 | 27 | — | |
| 1938 | #1,873 | 18 | — | |
| 1937 | #1,914 | 17 | — | |
| 1936 | #1,873 | 17 | — | |
| 1935 | #1,845 | 18 | — | |
| 1934 | #3,449 | 7 | — | |
| 1933 | #3,753 | 6 | — | |
| 1932 | #3,901 | 6 | — | |
| 1931 | #3,226 | 8 | — | |
| 1930 | #2,845 | 10 | — | |
| 1929 | #4,570 | 5 | — | |
| 1928 | #3,436 | 8 | — | |
| 1927 | #4,286 | 6 | — | |
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| 1924 | — | — | ||
| 1923 | #4,967 | 5 | — | |
| 1922 | — | — | ||
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| 1919 | #4,251 | 6 | — | |
| 1918 | #4,809 | 5 | — | |
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| 1880 | — | — | ||
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 1985
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Alabama#552 · 1 in 4,357
- Tennessee#604 · 1 in 5,554
- Georgia#803 · 1 in 7,419
- Texas#1,127 · 1 in 12,123
- California#2,225 · 1 in 33,709
Best ever in a state: #91 in Nevada, 1957.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | #552 | 5 | 1 in 4,357 |
| Tennessee | #604 | 5 | 1 in 5,554 |
| Georgia | #803 | 5 | 1 in 7,419 |
| Texas | #1,127 | 11 | 1 in 12,123 |
| California | #2,225 | 6 | 1 in 33,709 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| Colorado | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Florida | — | — | — |
| Hawaii | — | — | — |
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| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wisconsin | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1918
- Peaked 1960 at #269 (1,110 births)
- Births halved by 1966, 6 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 36 yrs · run 1942–1977
- 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
- 37.9% of all girls named Terrie (7,475) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 11 | #4,251 (1919) | #4,530 |
| 1920s | 24 | #3,436 (1928) | #4,315 |
| 1930s | 134 | #1,424 (1939) | #2,610 |
| 1940s | 1,644 | #459 (1949) | #745 |
| 1950s | 7,162 | #270 (1959) | #338 |
| 1960s | 7,475 | #269 (1960) | #358 |
| 1970s | 2,174 | #495 (1970) | #777 |
| 1980s | 725 | #1,183 (1980) | #1,835 |
| 1990s | 272 | #2,737 (1990) | #4,169 |
| 2000s | 82 | #7,444 (2002) | #11,629 |
| 2010s | 21 | #14,959 (2010) | #15,599 |
| 2020s | 5 | #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 1985
Top girls' names in 1985
Top boys' names in 1985
More about 1985
girls
1,720,828 girls got a published name in 1985; 1 in 20,733 of them was named Terrie, which outranked 88.1% of the 12,505 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,473Randa84
- #1,473Shandra84
- #1,473Tangela84
- #1,483Terrie83
- #1,483Chanda83
- #1,483Kaleigh83
- #1,483Leigha83
- #1,493Brittnee82
- #1,493Cristine82
- #1,493Danyel82
Tied with 9 names at #1,483; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,848,210 boys got a published name in 1985; 1 in 369,642 of them was named Terrie, which outranked 14.0% of the 7,586 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 1,063 names at #6,523; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.