Girls' name · peaked in 1959
Terri name popularity since 1925
147,017 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Terri (99.4% girls, 0.6% boys). Half of them were born in 1962 or earlier, so the typical Terri is about 64 years old in 2026. Terri peaked in 1959 as the #46 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 147,017
- Named Terri, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #6,303 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.4% girls
- 146,103 girls · 914 boys
- Most popular in
- Wyoming
- 1.72× its national share
Peak year is the year Terri made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Terri births per year, 1925–2025
1959 was the biggest year for Terri both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1942 and 1947, Terri became 4.2× more common, from 1 in 9,450 baby girls to 1 in 2,270.
- Steepest fall: Between 1982 and 1987, its share of baby girls fell by 52%, from 1 in 1,550 to 1 in 3,210.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Terri's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Terri.
Decade by decade
Babies named Terri in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 30 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 180 | 0 | #2,086 |
| 1940s | 4,153 | 24 | #351 |
| 1950s | 46,431 | 173 | #85 |
| 1960s | 63,741 | 292 | #69 |
| 1970s | 19,600 | 221 | #165 |
| 1980s | 7,726 | 113 | #334 |
| 1990s | 2,631 | 64 | #888 |
| 2000s | 1,008 | 27 | #2,087 |
| 2010s | 430 | 0 | #3,696 |
| 2020–25 | 173 | 0 | #6,303 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
61.6% of babies named Terri from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Baby Boom years (1946–1964). The full split by generation:
Where Terri is most popular
The index compares Terri's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Terri.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Wyoming | 1.72× | 337 |
| Montana | 1.70× | 720 |
| West Virginia | 1.67× | 2,129 |
| Kansas | 1.65× | 2,440 |
| Oklahoma | 1.64× | 3,109 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Terri and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Terri (this page) | 146,103 | 1959 |
| Teri | 43,950 | 1960 |
| Terrie | 19,713 | 1961 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 499 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Terri's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Terri.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Terri (1959).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data