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

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Peak · boys
1948 · 89 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
4,365
since 1917

Terrill over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201967peak #1,357, 1947peak #708, 1948girlsboys
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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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025——
2024—#10,9386
2023—#7,73810
2022—#7,26211
2021—#8,8258
2020—#4,69820
2019—#8,2159
2018—#8,8198
2017—#5,78815
2016—#6,34913
2015—#5,99914
2014—#5,25217
2013—#4,46321
2012—#4,53321
2011—#4,82219
2010—#3,63329
2009—#3,83127
2008—#5,48716
2007—#6,26213
2006—#3,38431
2005—#4,32620
2004—#4,00522
2003—#3,62624
2002—#3,18828
2001—#3,22827
2000—#2,62135
1999—#2,51035
1998—#2,15742
1997—#2,34735
1996—#2,01743
1995#11,7836#1,80148
1994—#1,89444
1993—#1,93342
1992—#1,42964
1991—#1,17089
1990—#1,09695
1989—#1,18481
1988—#97099
1987—#1,07779
1986#10,9125#1,17465
1985#10,6775#1,38949
1984—#1,21457
1983#8,0477#1,13063
1982—#1,12466
1981#10,4115#97685
1980#8,1787#1,01080
1979—#864101
1978#6,3859#798113
1977#7,5677#803114
1976#5,21511#820104
1975#5,51610#754122
1974#8,7755#86785
1973#8,4235#81794
1972#4,52312#94373
1971#5,13610#791103
1970#5,4139#90578
1969#4,19812#93167
1968#4,48910#94659
1967#4,6259#84372
1966#4,19810#1,25936
1965#3,40214#1,20640
1964#3,69213#1,23639
1963#3,17616#1,16544
1962#5,2937#1,34134
1961#3,31815#1,30337
1960#3,09516#1,32036
1959#2,23426#1,30236
1958#2,32224#1,14845
1957#2,21825#1,15145
1956#2,10327#1,07150
1955#2,10826#1,06650
1954#2,29522#1,06849
1953#2,23622#1,02550
1952#2,12623#96854
1951#2,18221#89262
1950#1,45240#79174
1949#2,01323#78277
1948#2,12621#70889
1947#1,35746#83669
1946#1,67828#1,07641
1945#2,33914#95446
1944#2,40114#97444
1943#2,15117#85660
1942#2,21416#1,11038
1941#3,2528#1,27627
1940#2,57211#1,10735
1939#4,2505#1,21929
1938#2,9409#1,81815
1937—#2,33210
1936#4,1815#2,30110
1935—#2,39610
1934—#2,39310
1933—#3,0047
1932#3,9016#2,8498
1931—#2,20712
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First appearance
1917

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 1967

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Terrill, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Terrill, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Terrill, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Terrill, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Terrill, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Terrill, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Terrill, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Terrill, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Terrill, so not publishedMNIllinois: #664 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 15,427 boysILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Terrill, so not publishedWIMichigan: #594 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 15,557 boysMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Terrill, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Terrill, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Terrill, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Terrill, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Terrill, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Terrill, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Terrill, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Terrill, so not publishedIAIndiana: #430 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 7,498 boysINOhio: #603 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 17,985 boysOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Terrill, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Terrill, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Terrill, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,062 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 33,174 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Terrill, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Terrill, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Terrill, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Terrill, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Terrill, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Terrill, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Terrill, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Terrill, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Terrill, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Terrill, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Terrill, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Terrill, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Terrill, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Terrill, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Terrill, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Terrill, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Terrill, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Terrill, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Terrill, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Terrill, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Terrill, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Terrill, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Terrill, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Terrill, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Terrill, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Indiana#430 · 1 in 7,498
  2. Michigan#594 · 1 in 15,557
  3. Ohio#603 · 1 in 17,985
  4. Illinois#664 · 1 in 15,427
  5. California#1,062 · 1 in 33,174

Best ever in a state: #189 in Idaho, 1950.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Indiana#43061 in 7,498
Michigan#59451 in 15,557
Ohio#60351 in 17,985
Illinois#66461 in 15,427
California#1,06251 in 33,174
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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
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
31 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1917
  • Peaked 1948 at #708 (89 births)
  • Births halved by 1959, 11 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 24 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 24 yrs · run 1967–1979
Share of babies · boys
1 in 12,798
  • 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
Era · boys
The 1970s
  • 22.6% of all boys named Terrill (987) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
  • The majority has never changed
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s10#3,981 (1917)#4,075
1920s27#3,708 (1926)#4,034
1930s111#1,219 (1939)#2,280
1940s526#708 (1948)#968
1950s515#791 (1950)#1,048
1960s464#843 (1967)#1,155
1970s987#754 (1975)#836
1980s724#970 (1988)#1,125
1990s537#1,096 (1990)#1,835
2000s243#2,621 (2000)#3,996
2010s166#3,633 (2010)#5,787
2020s55#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 1967

girls
#4,625
9 births · 1 in 183,447 girls
boys
#843
72 births · 1 in 24,220 boys

Top girls' names in 1967

  1. #1Lisa52,437
  2. #2Kimberly33,097
  3. #3Michelle30,827
  4. #4Mary25,316
  5. #5Susan22,262
  6. #6Karen21,537
  7. #7Angela19,555
  8. #8Tammy18,652
  9. #9Melissa18,377
  10. #10Jennifer18,236
  11. #4,625Terrill9

Top boys' names in 1967

  1. #1Michael82,411
  2. #2David66,806
  3. #3James61,683
  4. #4John61,600
  5. #5Robert56,369
  6. #6William37,615
  7. #7Mark34,910
  8. #8Richard33,585
  9. #9Christopher29,413
  10. #10Brian28,646
  11. #843Terrill72
More about 1967

girls

1,651,025 girls got a published name in 1967; 1 in 183,447 of them was named Terrill, which outranked 41.1% of the 7,852 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Terrill
  1. #4,300Yvett10
  2. #4,300Zabrina10
  3. #4,300Zenia10
  4. #4,625Terrill9
  5. #4,625Abra9
  6. #4,625Adaline9
  7. #4,625Aggie9
  8. #4,982Abbigail8
  9. #4,982Acquanetta8
  10. #4,982Adana8

Tied with 356 names at #4,625; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1966
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,873Anissa#2,519 → #646
  2. ↑ 1,660Buffy#2,453 → #793
  3. ↑ 1,522Nichelle#2,022 → #500
  4. ↑ 893Josette#1,621 → #728
  5. ↑ 862Lissette#1,600 → #738
Fallers
  1. ↓ 792Tatia#668 → #1,460
  2. ↓ 531Inger#929 → #1,460
  3. ↓ 400Sonji#639 → #1,039
  4. ↓ 389Sunday#983 → #1,372
  5. ↓ 325Cinda#944 → #1,269

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

boys

1,743,811 boys got a published name in 1967; 1 in 24,220 of them was named Terrill, which outranked 81.5% of the 4,551 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Terrill
  1. #836Mitch73
  2. #836Riley73
  3. #836Whitney73
  4. #843Terrill72
  5. #843Del72
  6. #843Faron72
  7. #843Fletcher72
  8. #848Basil71
  9. #848Carson71
  10. #848Domenic71

Tied with 4 names at #843; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1966
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,048Alfie#1,963 → #915
  2. ↑ 548Waylon#1,540 → #992
  3. ↑ 519Ariel#1,450 → #931
  4. ↑ 430Brendon#1,345 → #915
  5. ↑ 416Terrill#1,259 → #843
Fallers
  1. ↓ 443German#968 → #1,411
  2. ↓ 396Darry#916 → #1,312
  3. ↓ 346Regan#835 → #1,181
  4. ↓ 337Caleb#916 → #1,253
  5. ↓ 317Winfred#785 → #1,102

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

See the top 100 for 1967 →