Meaning not yet researched.
Terence: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 47 in 2025. Its best rank was #241 in 1964.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #241 in 1964; #2,753 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Terence in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#2,753 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1964, at #241.
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Terence: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 47 boys in 2025. Peak: #241 in 1964 · most boys in one year: 1,014 (1964).
In 2025, 47 US boys were named Terence, making it the 2,753rd most common boys’ name of the year, up 196 places from #2,949 in 2024. That is 4 more than the 43 boys named Terence in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #241, reached in 1964. That year also had the most boys given the name: 1,014. For comparison, it was #1,598 in 2015 and #322 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Terence in 120 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1885 with 9 babies. In all, 34,460 US babies have been given the name, 0.5% of them girls and 99.5% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1960s, with 7,858 babies named Terence.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 628 US boys were named Terence; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 97. In 2025 that was about 1 in 36,342 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Terence ranked highest in Maryland in 2025, at #908 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Terry (521,478 babies since 1880), Terrence (72,939 babies since 1880), Terrance (70,921 babies since 1880) and Terance (2,840 babies since 1880). The open nickname list we use links it to Terry.
Meaning not yet researched.
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Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 46 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maryland | 5 | #908 | #778 |
| Georgia | 5 | #1,523 | — |
| New York | 5 | #2,015 | — |
| California | 5 | #2,774 | #1,365 |
| Texas | 5 | #2,914 | #2,097 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 47 | #2,753 |
| 2024 | — | — | 43 | #2,949 |
| 2023 | — | — | 37 | #3,284 |
| 2022 | — | — | 61 | #2,347 |
| 2021 | — | — | 56 | #2,434 |
| 2020 | — | — | 59 | #2,321 |
| 2019 | — | — | 77 | #1,931 |
| 2018 | — | — | 70 | #2,061 |
| 2017 | — | — | 81 | #1,842 |
| 2016 | — | — | 97 | #1,653 |
| 2015 | — | — | 101 | #1,598 |
| 2014 | — | — | 111 | #1,472 |
| 2013 | — | — | 116 | #1,432 |
| 2012 | — | — | 135 | #1,294 |
| 2011 | — | — | 127 | #1,342 |
| 2010 | — | — | 143 | #1,239 |
| 2009 | — | — | 129 | #1,346 |
| 2008 | — | — | 130 | #1,333 |
| 2007 | — | — | 145 | #1,222 |
| 2006 | — | — | 138 | #1,223 |
| 2005 | — | — | 122 | #1,277 |
| 2004 | — | — | 136 | #1,157 |
| 2003 | — | — | 177 | #931 |
| 2002 | — | — | 148 | #1,043 |
| 2001 | — | — | 164 | #948 |
| 2000 | — | — | 202 | #800 |
| 1999 | — | — | 223 | #734 |
| 1998 | — | — | 204 | #773 |
| 1997 | — | — | 172 | #837 |
| 1996 | — | — | 247 | #668 |
| 1995 | — | — | 289 | #603 |
| 1994 | — | — | 343 | #554 |
| 1993 | — | — | 358 | #543 |
| 1992 | — | — | 437 | #481 |
| 1991 | — | — | 425 | #478 |
| 1990 | — | — | 482 | #452 |
| 1989 | 7 | #10,749 | 572 | #386 |
| 1988 | 7 | #10,303 | 595 | #349 |
| 1987 | 9 | #7,942 | 481 | #394 |
| 1986 | 8 | #8,464 | 503 | #371 |
| 1985 | 12 | #6,011 | 549 | #344 |
| 1984 | 6 | #10,303 | 551 | #339 |
| 1983 | — | — | 524 | #347 |
| 1982 | 7 | #9,158 | 479 | #367 |
| 1981 | — | — | 413 | #400 |
| 1980 | — | — | 395 | #411 |
| 1979 | — | — | 380 | #405 |
| 1978 | 8 | #7,594 | 406 | #386 |
| 1977 | — | — | 425 | #380 |
| 1976 | — | — | 421 | #372 |
| 1975 | 8 | #7,097 | 480 | #352 |
| 1974 | 6 | #8,661 | 485 | #347 |
| 1973 | — | — | 502 | #340 |
| 1972 | 8 | #6,505 | 529 | #335 |
| 1971 | 7 | #7,309 | 539 | #343 |
| 1970 | 6 | #7,913 | 595 | #324 |
| 1969 | 5 | #8,572 | 624 | #303 |
| 1968 | 7 | #6,191 | 786 | #256 |
| 1967 | 6 | #6,732 | 766 | #264 |
| 1966 | 9 | #4,830 | 805 | #255 |
| 1965 | — | — | 768 | #270 |
| 1964 | 10 | #4,609 | 1,014 | #241 |
| 1963 | 6 | #6,520 | 810 | #269 |
| 1962 | 7 | #5,799 | 747 | #281 |
| 1961 | 5 | #7,440 | 729 | #287 |
| 1960 | — | — | 754 | #288 |
| 1959 | 6 | #6,166 | 740 | #289 |
| 1958 | — | — | 715 | #285 |
| 1957 | — | — | 795 | #267 |
| 1956 | — | — | 887 | #244 |
| 1955 | 5 | #6,636 | 767 | #250 |
| 1954 | — | — | 661 | #275 |
| 1953 | — | — | 478 | #324 |
| 1952 | — | — | 445 | #330 |
| 1951 | — | — | 405 | #339 |
| 1950 | — | — | 447 | #322 |
| 1949 | — | — | 390 | #341 |
| 1948 | — | — | 402 | #335 |
| 1947 | 5 | #6,043 | 436 | #329 |
| 1946 | — | — | 349 | #350 |
| 1945 | — | — | 243 | #383 |
| 1944 | — | — | 212 | #415 |
| 1943 | — | — | 264 | #377 |
| 1942 | — | — | 203 | #433 |
| 1941 | — | — | 171 | #451 |
| 1940 | — | — | 136 | #499 |
| 1939 | — | — | 120 | #522 |
| 1938 | — | — | 126 | #517 |
| 1937 | — | — | 120 | #530 |
| 1936 | — | — | 108 | #551 |
| 1935 | — | — | 97 | #588 |
| 1934 | — | — | 66 | #761 |
| 1933 | — | — | 63 | #774 |
| 1932 | — | — | 74 | #727 |
| 1931 | — | — | 48 | #958 |
| 1930 | — | — | 44 | #1,048 |
| 1929 | — | — | 51 | #951 |
| 1928 | — | — | 33 | #1,268 |
| 1927 | — | — | 39 | #1,159 |
| 1926 | — | — | 31 | #1,329 |
| 1925 | — | — | 28 | #1,420 |
| 1924 | — | — | 37 | #1,201 |
| 1923 | — | — | 38 | #1,176 |
| 1922 | — | — | 42 | #1,105 |
| 1921 | — | — | 68 | #842 |
| 1920 | — | — | 46 | #1,033 |
| 1919 | — | — | 26 | #1,446 |
| 1918 | — | — | 22 | #1,645 |
| 1917 | — | — | 26 | #1,390 |
| 1916 | — | — | 22 | #1,544 |
| 1915 | — | — | 20 | #1,595 |
| 1914 | — | — | 19 | #1,436 |
| 1913 | — | — | 10 | #1,932 |
| 1912 | — | — | 19 | #1,093 |
| 1911 | — | — | 5 | #1,969 |
| 1906 | — | — | 8 | #992 |
| 1904 | — | — | 6 | #1,188 |
| 1888 | — | — | 9 | #749 |
| 1887 | — | — | 5 | #1,054 |
| 1885 | — | — | 9 | #690 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).