Teryl
- Last seen for girls in 1993 at #13,442
- Last seen for boys in 1999 at #8,704
- Given to girls 74.8% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1945 · 28 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 779since 1939
Teryl over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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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| rank | births | rank | births | |
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| 1999 | — | #8,704 | 6 | |
| 1998 | — | #9,631 | 5 | |
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| 1993 | #13,442 | 5 | — | |
| 1992 | #13,317 | 5 | #6,128 | 8 |
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| 1989 | — | #6,941 | 6 | |
| 1988 | — | #6,426 | 6 | |
| 1987 | #9,825 | 6 | — | |
| 1986 | #9,545 | 6 | — | |
| 1985 | — | #6,523 | 5 | |
| 1984 | #9,144 | 6 | #4,973 | 7 |
| 1983 | #10,275 | 5 | — | |
| 1982 | #6,371 | 10 | #5,619 | 6 |
| 1981 | — | — | ||
| 1980 | #6,789 | 9 | — | |
| 1979 | — | #4,068 | 9 | |
| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 | — | |
| 1977 | #6,892 | 8 | — | |
| 1976 | — | #4,935 | 6 | |
| 1975 | #7,173 | 7 | — | |
| 1974 | #5,011 | 11 | — | |
| 1973 | #5,580 | 9 | #5,101 | 5 |
| 1972 | #5,959 | 8 | #3,344 | 9 |
| 1971 | #5,543 | 9 | #4,375 | 6 |
| 1970 | #3,712 | 16 | #4,724 | 5 |
| 1969 | #3,958 | 13 | #4,404 | 5 |
| 1968 | #3,789 | 13 | — | |
| 1967 | #3,085 | 17 | #2,470 | 11 |
| 1966 | #2,668 | 21 | — | |
| 1965 | #2,938 | 18 | #3,244 | 7 |
| 1964 | #3,379 | 15 | #2,665 | 10 |
| 1963 | #1,981 | 35 | #3,044 | 8 |
| 1962 | #1,989 | 34 | #3,305 | 7 |
| 1961 | #2,543 | 23 | #2,900 | 9 |
| 1960 | #2,196 | 28 | #2,210 | 14 |
| 1959 | #2,054 | 30 | #2,414 | 12 |
| 1958 | #2,376 | 23 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1957 | #1,957 | 31 | #3,257 | 7 |
| 1956 | #1,796 | 35 | #2,798 | 9 |
| 1955 | #1,803 | 34 | #2,764 | 9 |
| 1954 | #1,987 | 28 | #2,743 | 9 |
| 1953 | #2,122 | 24 | — | |
| 1952 | #2,074 | 24 | #2,680 | 9 |
| 1951 | #1,921 | 26 | #3,364 | 6 |
| 1950 | #1,720 | 30 | #3,021 | 7 |
| 1949 | #1,666 | 32 | #3,019 | 7 |
| 1948 | #1,820 | 27 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,946 | 25 | #2,862 | 8 |
| 1946 | #2,228 | 18 | #2,919 | 7 |
| 1945 | #1,543 | 28 | — | |
| 1944 | #3,687 | 7 | — | |
| 1943 | #4,691 | 5 | #2,964 | 7 |
| 1942 | #4,622 | 5 | — | |
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| 1939 | #4,250 | 5 | — | |
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First appearance
1939
The first year at least five girls were named Teryl! It came in at #4,250, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1939–1943, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Teryl is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Teryl in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Teryl
Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1993
Rise & fade · girls
6 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1939
- Peaked 1945 at #1,543 (28 births)
- Births halved by 1968, 23 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 46,682
- Highest: 1 in 46,682 girls born in 1945 were named Teryl (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 361,814 girls born in 1993 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1950s
- 36.6% of all girls named Teryl (285) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1998
- Mostly girls until 1997, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 5 | #4,250 (1939) | #4,250 |
| 1940s | 147 | #1,543 (1945) | #2,775 |
| 1950s | 285 | #1,720 (1950) | #1,981 |
| 1960s | 217 | #1,981 (1963) | #2,853 |
| 1970s | 73 | #3,712 (1970) | #6,203 |
| 1980s | 42 | #6,371 (1982) | #8,658 |
| 1990s | 10 | #13,317 (1992) | #13,380 |
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.
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