Meaning not yet researched.
Terry: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 192 in 2025. Its best rank was #26 in 1948.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #26 in 1948; #1,116 in 2025. About 95% of babies named Terry in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,116 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1948, at #26.
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Terry: US boys and girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 192 boys in 2025. Peak: #26 in 1948 · most boys in one year: 15,624 (1957).
In 2025, 192 US boys were named Terry, making it the 1,116th most common boys’ name of the year, up 71 places from #1,187 in 2024. That is 18 more than the 174 boys named Terry in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #26, reached in 1948. The most boys given the name in a single year was 15,624, in 1957. For comparison, it was #663 in 2015 and #30 in 1950.
In 2025, 10 US girls were named Terry, making it the 10,047th most common girls’ name of the year, up 151 places from #10,198 in 2024. That is 0 more than the 10 girls named Terry in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #83, reached in 1955. That year also had the most girls given the name: 5,353. For comparison, it was #12,910 in 2015 and #127 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Terry in 145 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1880 with 10 babies. In all, 521,478 US babies have been given the name, 19% of them girls and 81% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1950s, with 183,918 babies named Terry.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 2,580 US boys were named Terry; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 388. In 2025 that was about 1 in 8,896 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Terry ranked highest in Mississippi in 2025, at #460 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Terri (147,027 babies since 1880), Terence (34,460 babies since 1880), Terrie (20,068 babies since 1880) and Teri (44,171 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Dietrich, Terryl and Terria are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Terence.
Meaning not yet researched.
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Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Dutch and English. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Dietrich (2,212), Terryl (1,457), Terria (1,059), Dieter (915), Thierry (887), Teria (582), Terrye (484), Terie (355), Theory (257), Terea (194), Tery (164), Terree (100), 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.
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 36 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | 7 | #460 | #307 |
| Missouri | 8 | #704 | #654 |
| Michigan | 11 | #709 | #590 |
| Ohio | 11 | #794 | #558 |
| Kentucky | 5 | #805 | — |
| North Carolina | 11 | #819 | #490 |
| Tennessee | 7 | #916 | #383 |
| Texas | 26 | #951 | #775 |
| Virginia | 7 | #957 | #778 |
| Florida | 14 | #1,004 | #519 |
| Indiana | 5 | #1,061 | #784 |
| Illinois | 7 | #1,122 | #705 |
| Georgia | 7 | #1,206 | #349 |
| California | 14 | #1,355 | #647 |
| New York | 8 | #1,391 | #1,001 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #10,047 | 192 | #1,116 |
| 2024 | 10 | #10,198 | 174 | #1,187 |
| 2023 | 9 | #11,091 | 204 | #1,065 |
| 2022 | 7 | #13,455 | 231 | #978 |
| 2021 | — | — | 214 | #1,029 |
| 2020 | 8 | #12,047 | 238 | #933 |
| 2019 | 15 | #7,685 | 267 | #844 |
| 2018 | 10 | #10,491 | 314 | #757 |
| 2017 | 9 | #11,545 | 358 | #691 |
| 2016 | 11 | #10,056 | 388 | #666 |
| 2015 | 8 | #12,910 | 389 | #663 |
| 2014 | 9 | #11,859 | 423 | #625 |
| 2013 | 15 | #8,113 | 427 | #594 |
| 2012 | 17 | #7,433 | 482 | #542 |
| 2011 | 18 | #7,090 | 478 | #533 |
| 2010 | 21 | #6,366 | 521 | #498 |
| 2009 | 23 | #6,075 | 482 | #549 |
| 2008 | 15 | #8,490 | 580 | #480 |
| 2007 | 26 | #5,513 | 608 | #455 |
| 2006 | 24 | #5,692 | 614 | #445 |
| 2005 | 25 | #5,247 | 693 | #406 |
| 2004 | 49 | #3,174 | 657 | #400 |
| 2003 | 22 | #5,572 | 667 | #392 |
| 2002 | 30 | #4,271 | 687 | #380 |
| 2001 | 36 | #3,700 | 803 | #343 |
| 2000 | 30 | #4,176 | 847 | #331 |
| 1999 | 44 | #3,042 | 905 | #315 |
| 1998 | 65 | #2,220 | 947 | #302 |
| 1997 | 60 | #2,281 | 1,046 | #269 |
| 1996 | 53 | #2,449 | 1,094 | #258 |
| 1995 | 55 | #2,391 | 1,176 | #245 |
| 1994 | 76 | #1,889 | 1,218 | #242 |
| 1993 | 94 | #1,626 | 1,426 | #213 |
| 1992 | 101 | #1,547 | 1,595 | #196 |
| 1991 | 90 | #1,668 | 1,740 | #180 |
| 1990 | 114 | #1,395 | 1,893 | #164 |
| 1989 | 142 | #1,162 | 2,003 | #151 |
| 1988 | 155 | #1,042 | 2,065 | #141 |
| 1987 | 177 | #930 | 2,102 | #133 |
| 1986 | 147 | #1,031 | 2,251 | #122 |
| 1985 | 180 | #892 | 2,374 | #119 |
| 1984 | 181 | #850 | 2,335 | #118 |
| 1983 | 215 | #755 | 2,470 | #110 |
| 1982 | 235 | #729 | 2,761 | #105 |
| 1981 | 227 | #732 | 2,815 | #105 |
| 1980 | 292 | #625 | 2,981 | #101 |
| 1979 | 304 | #593 | 3,040 | #96 |
| 1978 | 275 | #615 | 3,089 | #91 |
| 1977 | 315 | #559 | 3,443 | #83 |
| 1976 | 387 | #475 | 3,668 | #75 |
| 1975 | 491 | #412 | 3,971 | #67 |
| 1974 | 519 | #394 | 4,027 | #69 |
| 1973 | 638 | #343 | 4,374 | #65 |
| 1972 | 748 | #320 | 4,770 | #62 |
| 1971 | 987 | #286 | 5,858 | #56 |
| 1970 | 1,114 | #269 | 6,186 | #54 |
| 1969 | 1,243 | #240 | 6,415 | #52 |
| 1968 | 1,399 | #217 | 7,089 | #48 |
| 1967 | 1,594 | #201 | 7,685 | #42 |
| 1966 | 1,710 | #191 | 8,455 | #40 |
| 1965 | 2,021 | #174 | 9,088 | #40 |
| 1964 | 2,909 | #139 | 10,867 | #35 |
| 1963 | 3,521 | #123 | 12,463 | #32 |
| 1962 | 4,039 | #112 | 12,301 | #34 |
| 1961 | 4,362 | #108 | 13,194 | #32 |
| 1960 | 4,840 | #101 | 13,932 | #34 |
| 1959 | 5,215 | #95 | 14,545 | #33 |
| 1958 | 5,327 | #89 | 15,006 | #33 |
| 1957 | 5,266 | #92 | 15,624 | #33 |
| 1956 | 5,272 | #91 | 15,064 | #31 |
| 1955 | 5,353 | #83 | 15,586 | #28 |
| 1954 | 4,787 | #88 | 15,553 | #27 |
| 1953 | 3,374 | #117 | 13,259 | #30 |
| 1952 | 3,032 | #120 | 12,438 | #29 |
| 1951 | 3,042 | #115 | 12,216 | #30 |
| 1950 | 2,526 | #127 | 11,433 | #30 |
| 1949 | 2,791 | #115 | 11,457 | #28 |
| 1948 | 2,280 | #133 | 12,136 | #26 |
| 1947 | 2,291 | #135 | 12,751 | #26 |
| 1946 | 1,917 | #143 | 10,678 | #26 |
| 1945 | 950 | #204 | 6,834 | #33 |
| 1944 | 914 | #217 | 5,974 | #43 |
| 1943 | 923 | #217 | 5,737 | #49 |
| 1942 | 818 | #235 | 4,810 | #52 |
| 1941 | 444 | #308 | 3,606 | #64 |
| 1940 | 370 | #331 | 2,982 | #73 |
| 1939 | 315 | #370 | 2,444 | #83 |
| 1938 | 273 | #406 | 2,336 | #86 |
| 1937 | 232 | #425 | 1,684 | #113 |
| 1936 | 200 | #453 | 1,291 | #126 |
| 1935 | 195 | #457 | 962 | #154 |
| 1934 | 146 | #540 | 720 | #182 |
| 1933 | 145 | #529 | 572 | #206 |
| 1932 | 149 | #536 | 430 | #264 |
| 1931 | 119 | #608 | 290 | #322 |
| 1930 | 152 | #555 | 296 | #321 |
| 1929 | 120 | #633 | 222 | #392 |
| 1928 | 142 | #593 | 218 | #408 |
| 1927 | 162 | #558 | 180 | #458 |
| 1926 | 145 | #590 | 165 | #470 |
| 1925 | 148 | #597 | 190 | #436 |
| 1924 | 116 | #692 | 140 | #534 |
| 1923 | 94 | #751 | 134 | #527 |
| 1922 | 98 | #738 | 130 | #556 |
| 1921 | 94 | #756 | 125 | #567 |
| 1920 | 54 | #1,019 | 142 | #514 |
| 1919 | 55 | #965 | 94 | #627 |
| 1918 | 54 | #987 | 100 | #617 |
| 1917 | 46 | #1,052 | 92 | #619 |
| 1916 | 31 | #1,326 | 85 | #634 |
| 1915 | 32 | #1,252 | 105 | #549 |
| 1914 | 37 | #985 | 58 | #672 |
| 1913 | 24 | #1,145 | 69 | #519 |
| 1912 | 17 | #1,344 | 49 | #581 |
| 1911 | 16 | #1,163 | 29 | #574 |
| 1910 | 16 | #1,162 | 30 | #521 |
| 1909 | 11 | #1,361 | 27 | #501 |
| 1908 | 6 | #2,075 | 23 | #539 |
| 1907 | 11 | #1,277 | 20 | #556 |
| 1906 | 10 | #1,312 | 13 | #703 |
| 1905 | 9 | #1,403 | 15 | #634 |
| 1904 | — | — | 18 | #535 |
| 1903 | 6 | #1,769 | 18 | #522 |
| 1902 | — | — | 18 | #519 |
| 1901 | — | — | 13 | #590 |
| 1900 | — | — | 21 | #532 |
| 1899 | — | — | 7 | #923 |
| 1898 | — | — | 14 | #605 |
| 1897 | — | — | 15 | #549 |
| 1896 | — | — | 20 | #458 |
| 1895 | — | — | 13 | #605 |
| 1894 | — | — | 12 | #623 |
| 1893 | — | — | 8 | #826 |
| 1892 | 7 | #1,265 | 12 | #635 |
| 1891 | — | — | 5 | #1,110 |
| 1890 | — | — | 12 | #598 |
| 1889 | — | — | 9 | #717 |
| 1888 | — | — | 15 | #524 |
| 1887 | — | — | 16 | #437 |
| 1886 | — | — | 12 | #571 |
| 1885 | — | — | 9 | #691 |
| 1884 | — | — | 10 | #653 |
| 1883 | — | — | 10 | #639 |
| 1882 | — | — | 7 | #828 |
| 1880 | — | — | 10 | #632 |
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).