Terrill
Last seen for girls in 1995 at #11,783 · Last seen for boys in 2024 at #10,938
Given to boys 85.9% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1948 · 89 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 4,365since 1917
Terrill 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
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | #10,938 | 6 | |
| 2023 | — | #7,738 | 10 | |
| 2022 | — | #7,262 | 11 | |
| 2021 | — | #8,825 | 8 | |
| 2020 | — | #4,698 | 20 | |
| 2019 | — | #8,215 | 9 | |
| 2018 | — | #8,819 | 8 | |
| 2017 | — | #5,788 | 15 | |
| 2016 | — | #6,349 | 13 | |
| 2015 | — | #5,999 | 14 | |
| 2014 | — | #5,252 | 17 | |
| 2013 | — | #4,463 | 21 | |
| 2012 | — | #4,533 | 21 | |
| 2011 | — | #4,822 | 19 | |
| 2010 | — | #3,633 | 29 | |
| 2009 | — | #3,831 | 27 | |
| 2008 | — | #5,487 | 16 | |
| 2007 | — | #6,262 | 13 | |
| 2006 | — | #3,384 | 31 | |
| 2005 | — | #4,326 | 20 | |
| 2004 | — | #4,005 | 22 | |
| 2003 | — | #3,626 | 24 | |
| 2002 | — | #3,188 | 28 | |
| 2001 | — | #3,228 | 27 | |
| 2000 | — | #2,621 | 35 | |
| 1999 | — | #2,510 | 35 | |
| 1998 | — | #2,157 | 42 | |
| 1997 | — | #2,347 | 35 | |
| 1996 | — | #2,017 | 43 | |
| 1995 | #11,783 | 6 | #1,801 | 48 |
| 1994 | — | #1,894 | 44 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,933 | 42 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,429 | 64 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,170 | 89 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,096 | 95 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,184 | 81 | |
| 1988 | — | #970 | 99 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,077 | 79 | |
| 1986 | #10,912 | 5 | #1,174 | 65 |
| 1985 | #10,677 | 5 | #1,389 | 49 |
| 1984 | — | #1,214 | 57 | |
| 1983 | #8,047 | 7 | #1,130 | 63 |
| 1982 | — | #1,124 | 66 | |
| 1981 | #10,411 | 5 | #976 | 85 |
| 1980 | #8,178 | 7 | #1,010 | 80 |
| 1979 | — | #864 | 101 | |
| 1978 | #6,385 | 9 | #798 | 113 |
| 1977 | #7,567 | 7 | #803 | 114 |
| 1976 | #5,215 | 11 | #820 | 104 |
| 1975 | #5,516 | 10 | #754 | 122 |
| 1974 | #8,775 | 5 | #867 | 85 |
| 1973 | #8,423 | 5 | #817 | 94 |
| 1972 | #4,523 | 12 | #943 | 73 |
| 1971 | #5,136 | 10 | #791 | 103 |
| 1970 | #5,413 | 9 | #905 | 78 |
| 1969 | #4,198 | 12 | #931 | 67 |
| 1968 | #4,489 | 10 | #946 | 59 |
| 1967 | #4,625 | 9 | #843 | 72 |
| 1966 | #4,198 | 10 | #1,259 | 36 |
| 1965 | #3,402 | 14 | #1,206 | 40 |
| 1964 | #3,692 | 13 | #1,236 | 39 |
| 1963 | #3,176 | 16 | #1,165 | 44 |
| 1962 | #5,293 | 7 | #1,341 | 34 |
| 1961 | #3,318 | 15 | #1,303 | 37 |
| 1960 | #3,095 | 16 | #1,320 | 36 |
| 1959 | #2,234 | 26 | #1,302 | 36 |
| 1958 | #2,322 | 24 | #1,148 | 45 |
| 1957 | #2,218 | 25 | #1,151 | 45 |
| 1956 | #2,103 | 27 | #1,071 | 50 |
| 1955 | #2,108 | 26 | #1,066 | 50 |
| 1954 | #2,295 | 22 | #1,068 | 49 |
| 1953 | #2,236 | 22 | #1,025 | 50 |
| 1952 | #2,126 | 23 | #968 | 54 |
| 1951 | #2,182 | 21 | #892 | 62 |
| 1950 | #1,452 | 40 | #791 | 74 |
| 1949 | #2,013 | 23 | #782 | 77 |
| 1948 | #2,126 | 21 | #708 | 89 |
| 1947 | #1,357 | 46 | #836 | 69 |
| 1946 | #1,678 | 28 | #1,076 | 41 |
| 1945 | #2,339 | 14 | #954 | 46 |
| 1944 | #2,401 | 14 | #974 | 44 |
| 1943 | #2,151 | 17 | #856 | 60 |
| 1942 | #2,214 | 16 | #1,110 | 38 |
| 1941 | #3,252 | 8 | #1,276 | 27 |
| 1940 | #2,572 | 11 | #1,107 | 35 |
| 1939 | #4,250 | 5 | #1,219 | 29 |
| 1938 | #2,940 | 9 | #1,818 | 15 |
| 1937 | — | #2,332 | 10 | |
| 1936 | #4,181 | 5 | #2,301 | 10 |
| 1935 | — | #2,396 | 10 | |
| 1934 | — | #2,393 | 10 | |
| 1933 | — | #3,004 | 7 | |
| 1932 | #3,901 | 6 | #2,849 | 8 |
| 1931 | — | #2,207 | 12 | |
| 1930 | — | — | ||
| 1929 | — | #3,959 | 5 | |
| 1928 | — | — | ||
| 1927 | — | — | ||
| 1926 | — | #3,708 | 6 | |
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| 1924 | — | #4,347 | 5 | |
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| 1922 | — | #3,872 | 6 | |
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| 1920 | — | #4,286 | 5 | |
| 1919 | — | #4,168 | 5 | |
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| 1917 | — | #3,981 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Terrill! It came in at #3,981, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1917–1921, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Terrill is popular in 1952
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- California#638 · 1 in 17,540
Best ever in a state: #189 in Idaho, 1950.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | #638 | 8 | 1 in 17,540 |
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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 Terrill
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
- Biggest jump: 416 spots in 1967 (#1,259 → #843)
- Biggest drop: 214 spots in 1989 (#970 → #1,184)
- Debuted 1917
- Peaked 1948 at #708 (89 births)
- Births halved by 1959, 11 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 24 yrs · run 1967–1979
- Highest: 1 in 12,798 boys born in 1975 were named Terrill (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 287,148 boys born in 2024 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #708 in 1948, was only 1 in 19,715 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 22.6% of all boys named Terrill (987) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 10 | #3,981 (1917) | #4,075 |
| 1920s | 27 | #3,708 (1926) | #4,034 |
| 1930s | 111 | #1,219 (1939) | #2,280 |
| 1940s | 526 | #708 (1948) | #968 |
| 1950s | 515 | #791 (1950) | #1,048 |
| 1960s | 464 | #843 (1967) | #1,155 |
| 1970s | 987 | #754 (1975) | #836 |
| 1980s | 724 | #970 (1988) | #1,125 |
| 1990s | 537 | #1,096 (1990) | #1,835 |
| 2000s | 243 | #2,621 (2000) | #3,996 |
| 2010s | 166 | #3,633 (2010) | #5,787 |
| 2020s | 55 | #4,698 (2020) | #7,892 |
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.
Terrill in 1952
Top girls' names in 1952
Top boys' names in 1952
More about 1952
girls
1,854,335 girls got a published name in 1952; 1 in 80,623 of them was named Terrill, which outranked 66.7% of the 6,389 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,074Valeta24
- #2,074Vallerie24
- #2,074Vickye24
- #2,126Terrill23
- #2,126Alesia23
- #2,126Almeta23
- #2,126Angelene23
- #2,200Adelle22
- #2,200Adria22
- #2,200Allean22
Tied with 73 names at #2,126; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,943,633 boys got a published name in 1952; 1 in 35,993 of them was named Terrill, which outranked 77.3% of the 4,257 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).