Meaning not yet researched.
Terrell: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 113 in 2025. Its best rank was #255 in 1985.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #255 in 1985; #1,538 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Terrell in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,538 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1985, at #255.
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Terrell: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 113 boys in 2025. Peak: #255 in 1985 · most boys in one year: 983 (1989).
In 2025, 113 US boys were named Terrell, making it the 1,538th most common boys’ name of the year, down 39 places from #1,499 in 2024. That is 7 fewer than the 120 boys named Terrell in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #255, reached in 1985. The most boys given the name in a single year was 983, in 1989. For comparison, it was #891 in 2015 and #470 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Terrell in 125 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1885 with 5 babies. In all, 38,087 US babies have been given the name, 4.2% of them girls and 96% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1980s, with 8,169 babies named Terrell.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 1,732 US boys were named Terrell; the busiest of those years was 2017, with 245. In 2025 that was about 1 in 15,116 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Terrell ranked highest in Michigan in 2025, at #708 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Tyrell (16,215 babies since 1880), Terrill (5,079 babies since 1880), Terrel (3,042 babies since 1880) and Terell (2,733 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Tirrell, Tyrrell and Terrelle are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
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Rare spellings summarised here: Tirrell (793), Tyrrell (668), Terrelle (609), Terral (606), Terril (596), Terelle (357), Terel (145), Terrall (130), Tirell (55), Terrol (42), Terrail (40), Tyerell (38), and more.
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.
No nicknames listed for Terrell in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 40 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Michigan | 11 | #708 | #480 |
| Louisiana | 6 | #762 | #499 |
| Alabama | 5 | #869 | #560 |
| Maryland | 5 | #909 | #445 |
| Florida | 15 | #953 | #563 |
| North Carolina | 7 | #1,131 | #750 |
| Illinois | 6 | #1,262 | #558 |
| Georgia | 6 | #1,338 | #901 |
| Texas | 9 | #1,892 | #2,363 |
| New York | 5 | #2,016 | #1,150 |
| California | 7 | #2,182 | #1,156 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 113 | #1,538 |
| 2024 | — | — | 120 | #1,499 |
| 2023 | — | — | 109 | #1,607 |
| 2022 | — | — | 161 | #1,225 |
| 2021 | — | — | 177 | #1,142 |
| 2020 | — | — | 173 | #1,132 |
| 2019 | — | — | 190 | #1,073 |
| 2018 | — | — | 215 | #968 |
| 2017 | — | — | 245 | #881 |
| 2016 | — | — | 229 | #929 |
| 2015 | — | — | 248 | #891 |
| 2014 | — | — | 276 | #824 |
| 2013 | — | — | 322 | #728 |
| 2012 | — | — | 350 | #676 |
| 2011 | — | — | 383 | #621 |
| 2010 | — | — | 378 | #640 |
| 2009 | — | — | 451 | #584 |
| 2008 | 6 | #17,319 | 480 | #546 |
| 2007 | — | — | 521 | #510 |
| 2006 | 5 | #19,819 | 500 | #517 |
| 2005 | 5 | #18,949 | 519 | #482 |
| 2004 | — | — | 512 | #485 |
| 2003 | — | — | 516 | #482 |
| 2002 | — | — | 503 | #473 |
| 2001 | 6 | #15,188 | 531 | #456 |
| 2000 | 6 | #14,880 | 608 | #409 |
| 1999 | 7 | #12,587 | 705 | #370 |
| 1998 | 9 | #10,048 | 862 | #320 |
| 1997 | — | — | 688 | #361 |
| 1996 | 10 | #8,773 | 669 | #362 |
| 1995 | 22 | #4,666 | 696 | #353 |
| 1994 | 12 | #7,570 | 734 | #336 |
| 1993 | 16 | #5,931 | 847 | #314 |
| 1992 | 15 | #6,288 | 849 | #311 |
| 1991 | 11 | #7,947 | 949 | #280 |
| 1990 | 20 | #4,856 | 925 | #282 |
| 1989 | 21 | #4,516 | 983 | #259 |
| 1988 | 26 | #3,682 | 918 | #256 |
| 1987 | 15 | #5,293 | 868 | #258 |
| 1986 | 28 | #3,269 | 857 | #260 |
| 1985 | 23 | #3,721 | 890 | #255 |
| 1984 | 32 | #2,843 | 801 | #259 |
| 1983 | 24 | #3,428 | 713 | #286 |
| 1982 | 21 | #3,890 | 682 | #295 |
| 1981 | 36 | #2,608 | 600 | #318 |
| 1980 | 27 | #3,207 | 604 | #317 |
| 1979 | 33 | #2,721 | 593 | #318 |
| 1978 | 22 | #3,500 | 502 | #343 |
| 1977 | 30 | #2,775 | 591 | #315 |
| 1976 | 34 | #2,433 | 502 | #344 |
| 1975 | 44 | #2,022 | 492 | #349 |
| 1974 | 40 | #2,096 | 339 | #425 |
| 1973 | 38 | #2,121 | 364 | #410 |
| 1972 | 46 | #1,853 | 352 | #423 |
| 1971 | 59 | #1,612 | 345 | #439 |
| 1970 | 63 | #1,559 | 354 | #432 |
| 1969 | 46 | #1,833 | 319 | #442 |
| 1968 | 48 | #1,704 | 297 | #446 |
| 1967 | 37 | #1,944 | 327 | #421 |
| 1966 | 23 | #2,576 | 247 | #486 |
| 1965 | 19 | #2,920 | 243 | #492 |
| 1964 | 32 | #2,147 | 220 | #529 |
| 1963 | 23 | #2,612 | 254 | #505 |
| 1962 | 24 | #2,532 | 226 | #532 |
| 1961 | 20 | #2,825 | 207 | #548 |
| 1960 | 30 | #2,147 | 219 | #535 |
| 1959 | 27 | #2,231 | 221 | #529 |
| 1958 | 36 | #1,850 | 263 | #481 |
| 1957 | 30 | #2,023 | 213 | #533 |
| 1956 | 23 | #2,380 | 201 | #528 |
| 1955 | 27 | #2,102 | 199 | #519 |
| 1954 | 24 | #2,231 | 195 | #523 |
| 1953 | 18 | #2,584 | 178 | #535 |
| 1952 | 24 | #2,118 | 177 | #528 |
| 1951 | 21 | #2,240 | 194 | #488 |
| 1950 | 23 | #2,048 | 203 | #470 |
| 1949 | 27 | #1,874 | 202 | #464 |
| 1948 | 32 | #1,665 | 212 | #459 |
| 1947 | 18 | #2,443 | 182 | #500 |
| 1946 | 24 | #1,914 | 187 | #468 |
| 1945 | 17 | #2,142 | 133 | #519 |
| 1944 | 17 | #2,190 | 131 | #530 |
| 1943 | 7 | #4,162 | 119 | #585 |
| 1942 | 17 | #2,199 | 102 | #628 |
| 1941 | 12 | #2,656 | 130 | #524 |
| 1940 | 8 | #3,479 | 119 | #540 |
| 1939 | 12 | #2,567 | 88 | #628 |
| 1938 | 7 | #3,813 | 72 | #723 |
| 1937 | 5 | #4,858 | 67 | #750 |
| 1936 | 5 | #4,790 | 65 | #755 |
| 1935 | — | — | 64 | #776 |
| 1934 | — | — | 57 | #834 |
| 1933 | — | — | 47 | #922 |
| 1932 | — | — | 48 | #950 |
| 1931 | — | — | 28 | #1,330 |
| 1930 | — | — | 36 | #1,189 |
| 1929 | — | — | 41 | #1,091 |
| 1928 | — | — | 42 | #1,092 |
| 1927 | — | — | 45 | #1,057 |
| 1926 | — | — | 36 | #1,216 |
| 1925 | — | — | 36 | #1,199 |
| 1924 | — | — | 46 | #1,054 |
| 1923 | — | — | 32 | #1,296 |
| 1922 | 5 | #5,701 | 42 | #1,106 |
| 1921 | — | — | 36 | #1,223 |
| 1920 | 5 | #5,674 | 47 | #1,016 |
| 1919 | — | — | 34 | #1,228 |
| 1918 | — | — | 35 | #1,191 |
| 1917 | — | — | 30 | #1,261 |
| 1916 | — | — | 35 | #1,116 |
| 1915 | — | — | 30 | #1,211 |
| 1914 | — | — | 25 | #1,185 |
| 1913 | — | — | 15 | #1,429 |
| 1912 | — | — | 27 | #872 |
| 1911 | — | — | 8 | #1,371 |
| 1910 | — | — | 5 | #1,816 |
| 1909 | — | — | 8 | #1,146 |
| 1908 | — | — | 7 | #1,201 |
| 1907 | — | — | 8 | #1,083 |
| 1903 | — | — | 8 | #904 |
| 1902 | — | — | 5 | #1,300 |
| 1901 | — | — | 5 | #1,198 |
| 1900 | — | — | 8 | #1,043 |
| 1890 | — | — | 5 | #1,146 |
| 1885 | — | — | 5 | #1,085 |
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).