Terryl
Last seen for girls in 1979 at #9,010 · Last seen for boys in 2008 at #11,037
Given to boys 50.8% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1949 · 25 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 740since 1938
Terryl 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 | ||
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| 2008 | — | #11,037 | 6 | |
| 2007 | — | #7,590 | 10 | |
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| 2001 | — | #10,556 | 5 | |
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| 1999 | — | #6,530 | 9 | |
| 1998 | — | #8,479 | 6 | |
| 1997 | — | #6,100 | 9 | |
| 1996 | — | #7,971 | 6 | |
| 1995 | — | #8,868 | 5 | |
| 1994 | — | #5,868 | 9 | |
| 1993 | — | #6,816 | 7 | |
| 1992 | — | #4,327 | 13 | |
| 1991 | — | #5,942 | 8 | |
| 1990 | — | #5,823 | 8 | |
| 1989 | — | #5,165 | 9 | |
| 1988 | — | #5,200 | 8 | |
| 1987 | — | #4,968 | 8 | |
| 1986 | — | #3,440 | 13 | |
| 1985 | — | #3,401 | 13 | |
| 1984 | — | — | ||
| 1983 | — | #3,884 | 10 | |
| 1982 | — | #4,234 | 9 | |
| 1981 | — | #4,153 | 9 | |
| 1980 | — | #6,250 | 5 | |
| 1979 | #9,010 | 6 | #3,357 | 12 |
| 1978 | — | #3,857 | 9 | |
| 1977 | — | #3,386 | 11 | |
| 1976 | — | #3,471 | 10 | |
| 1975 | #9,067 | 5 | #3,659 | 9 |
| 1974 | — | #5,227 | 5 | |
| 1973 | #5,580 | 9 | #3,013 | 11 |
| 1972 | #4,091 | 14 | #4,441 | 6 |
| 1971 | #5,136 | 10 | #2,813 | 12 |
| 1970 | #5,818 | 8 | #2,891 | 11 |
| 1969 | — | #3,062 | 9 | |
| 1968 | #3,456 | 15 | #2,907 | 9 |
| 1967 | #4,982 | 8 | #1,974 | 16 |
| 1966 | #3,148 | 16 | #2,043 | 15 |
| 1965 | #2,833 | 19 | #2,366 | 12 |
| 1964 | #3,244 | 16 | #1,900 | 18 |
| 1963 | #2,131 | 31 | #2,673 | 10 |
| 1962 | #2,357 | 26 | #1,896 | 18 |
| 1961 | #2,957 | 18 | #2,070 | 16 |
| 1960 | #2,432 | 24 | #1,581 | 26 |
| 1959 | #2,395 | 23 | #1,665 | 23 |
| 1958 | #2,449 | 22 | #2,177 | 14 |
| 1957 | #2,823 | 17 | #1,952 | 17 |
| 1956 | #1,835 | 34 | #2,263 | 13 |
| 1955 | #1,978 | 29 | #1,611 | 23 |
| 1954 | #2,027 | 27 | #1,956 | 16 |
| 1953 | #1,872 | 29 | #2,099 | 14 |
| 1952 | #1,861 | 29 | #2,251 | 12 |
| 1951 | #2,314 | 19 | #2,367 | 11 |
| 1950 | #1,576 | 35 | #1,815 | 17 |
| 1949 | #1,469 | 39 | #1,462 | 25 |
| 1948 | #1,669 | 31 | #1,817 | 17 |
| 1947 | #2,045 | 23 | #1,519 | 24 |
| 1946 | #1,647 | 29 | #1,642 | 19 |
| 1945 | #1,874 | 20 | #2,743 | 7 |
| 1944 | #1,867 | 21 | #2,080 | 12 |
| 1943 | #2,352 | 15 | #1,833 | 16 |
| 1942 | #3,444 | 8 | #3,212 | 6 |
| 1941 | #3,559 | 7 | #3,505 | 5 |
| 1940 | #3,208 | 8 | #2,871 | 7 |
| 1939 | #2,922 | 9 | #2,829 | 7 |
| 1938 | — | #3,534 | 5 | |
| 1937 | #4,255 | 5 | — | |
| 1936 | #4,181 | 5 | — | |
| 1935 | #3,156 | 8 | — | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Terryl! It came in at #3,534, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1984, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Terryl is popular in 1947
No state had 5 or more boys named Terryl in 1947, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Terryl
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2008
- Debuted 1938
- Peaked 1949 at #1,462 (25 births)
- Births halved by 1951, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 70,958 boys born in 1949 were named Terryl (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 340,025 boys born in 2008 (0.00%)
- 21.6% of all boys named Terryl (160) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1972, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 12 | #2,829 (1939) | #3,182 |
| 1940s | 138 | #1,462 (1949) | #2,268 |
| 1950s | 160 | #1,611 (1955) | #2,016 |
| 1960s | 149 | #1,581 (1960) | #2,247 |
| 1970s | 96 | #2,813 (1971) | #3,612 |
| 1980s | 84 | #3,401 (1985) | #4,522 |
| 1990s | 80 | #4,327 (1992) | #6,672 |
| 2000s | 21 | #7,590 (2007) | #9,728 |
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.
Terryl in 1947
Top girls' names in 1947
Top boys' names in 1947
More about 1947
girls
1,772,766 girls got a published name in 1947; 1 in 77,077 of them was named Terryl, which outranked 66.5% of the 6,104 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,993Valda24
- #1,993Wendie24
- #1,993Willow24
- #2,045Terryl23
- #2,045Anthony23
- #2,045Arlyne23
- #2,045Barbaraann23
- #2,089Alethia22
- #2,089Arlis22
- #2,089Athena22
Tied with 43 names at #2,045; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,829,599 boys got a published name in 1947; 1 in 76,233 of them was named Terryl, which outranked 64.4% of the 4,266 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,482Timmie25
- #1,482Vaughan25
- #1,482Wynn25
- #1,519Terryl24
- #1,519Apolonio24
- #1,519Arlon24
- #1,519Bernell24
- #1,555Albino23
- #1,555Arch23
- #1,555Audie23
Tied with 35 names at #1,519; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.