Girls' name · peaked in 1961
Terrie name popularity since 1925
20,052 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Terrie (98.3% girls, 1.7% boys). Half of them were born in 1960 or earlier, so the typical Terrie is about 66 years old in 2026. Terrie peaked in 1961 as the #274 name for girls, and fewer than 5 girls got it in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 20,052
- Named Terrie, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Unranked
- Fewer than 5 girls named Terrie in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 98.3% girls
- 19,713 girls · 339 boys
- Most popular in
- Oklahoma
- 1.64× its national share
Peak year is the year Terrie 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.
Terrie births per year, 1925–2025
1961 was the biggest year for Terrie both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1950 and 1955, Terrie became 2.4× more common, from 1 in 5,340 baby girls to 1 in 2,270.
- Steepest fall: Between 1970 and 1975, its share of baby girls fell by 51%, from 1 in 4,320 to 1 in 8,840.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Terrie's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Terrie.
Decade by decade
Babies named Terrie 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 | 19 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 134 | 0 | #1,909 |
| 1940s | 1,644 | 29 | #581 |
| 1950s | 7,162 | 79 | #296 |
| 1960s | 7,475 | 109 | #366 |
| 1970s | 2,174 | 85 | #826 |
| 1980s | 725 | 31 | #1,490 |
| 1990s | 272 | 6 | #3,769 |
| 2000s | 82 | 0 | #12,917 |
| 2010s | 21 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 2020–25 | 5 | 0 | Under 5 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.
Generation fingerprint
66.9% of babies named Terrie from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Baby Boom years (1946–1964). The full split by generation:
Where Terrie is most popular
The index compares Terrie'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 Terrie.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma | 1.64× | 370 |
| Michigan | 1.54× | 1,021 |
| Louisiana | 1.46× | 455 |
| Washington | 1.46× | 424 |
| Georgia | 1.40× | 668 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Terrie 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Terrie (this page) | 19,713 | 1961 |
| Terri | 146,103 | 1959 |
| Teri | 43,950 | 1960 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Terrie's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Terrie.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Terrie (1961).
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