Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Tera

#1,641 most common girls' name of all time · #2,827 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1885–2024

Rank among girls
#1,641
Rank overall
#2,827 of 105,966
First appeared
1885
Years on the list
124 of 146
All-time
9,918
Since 2016
99
Peak year
1984 #486
Best rank
#450 1974
Girls Boys peak 416/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Tera first appears in 1885. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2024 8 — 8 #11,158
2023 10 — 10 #9,640
2022 12 — 12 #8,564
2021 18 — 18 #6,428
2020 10 — 10 #9,580
2019 10 — 10 #9,771
2018 9 — 9 #10,581
2017 9 — 9 #10,722
2016 13 — 13 #8,410
2015 15 — 15 #7,632
2014 22 — 22 #5,812
2013 16 — 16 #7,391
2012 30 — 30 #4,715
2011 20 — 20 #6,348
2010 36 — 36 #4,110
2009 37 — 37 #4,116
2008 52 — 52 #3,227
2007 52 — 52 #3,248
2006 45 — 45 #3,507
2005 65 — 65 #2,610
2004 49 — 49 #3,131
2003 51 — 51 #2,959
2002 75 — 75 #2,200
2001 74 — 74 #2,198
2000 50 — 50 #2,862
1999 90 — 90 #1,775
1998 76 — 76 #1,978
1997 103 — 103 #1,563
1996 77 — 77 #1,884
1995 111 — 111 #1,449
1994 133 — 133 #1,278
1993 143 — 143 #1,214
1992 126 — 126 #1,332
1991 170 — 170 #1,066
1990 217 — 217 #891
1989 230 — 230 #825
1988 243 — 243 #772
1987 239 — 239 #751
1986 291 — 291 #636
1985 373 — 373 #532
1984 416 — 416 #486
1983 402 — 402 #489
1982 386 — 386 #517
1981 343 — 343 #544
1980 356 — 356 #532
1979 362 — 362 #526
1978 395 — 395 #492
1977 390 — 390 #488
1976 353 — 353 #505
1975 381 — 381 #482
1974 409 — 409 #450
1973 396 — 396 #464
1972 379 — 379 #474
1971 318 — 318 #559
1970 191 — 191 #763
1969 75 — 75 #1,307
1968 58 — 58 #1,494
1967 63 — 63 #1,385
1966 45 — 45 #1,679
1965 48 — 48 #1,624
1964 46 — 46 #1,712
1963 51 — 51 #1,581
1962 38 — 38 #1,866
1961 42 — 42 #1,775
1960 39 — 39 #1,822
1959 21 — 21 #2,533
1958 17 — 17 #2,886
1957 17 — 17 #2,845
1956 14 — 14 #3,216
1955 16 — 16 #2,869
1954 13 — 13 #3,183
1953 11 — 11 #3,528
1952 11 — 11 #3,400
1950 10 — 10 #3,462
1949 14 — 14 #2,753
1948 15 — 15 #2,607
1947 10 — 10 #3,497
1946 8 — 8 #3,719
1945 10 — 10 #2,959
1943 10 — 10 #3,078
1942 7 — 7 #3,793
1941 6 — 6 #4,027
1940 11 — 11 #2,619
1939 6 — 6 #3,844
1937 8 — 8 #3,199
1936 8 — 8 #3,164
1934 7 — 7 #3,507
1933 6 — 6 #3,819
1932 6 — 6 #3,980
1929 6 — 6 #4,126
1928 12 — 12 #2,663
1927 9 — 9 #3,326
1926 7 — 7 #3,934
1925 10 — 10 #3,161
1924 6 — 6 #4,495
1923 8 — 8 #3,686
1922 12 — 12 #2,820
1921 15 — 15 #2,424
1920 12 — 12 #2,760
1919 6 — 6 #4,318
1918 10 — 10 #3,060
1917 14 — 14 #2,341
1916 8 — 8 #3,306
1915 8 — 8 #3,182
1914 8 — 8 #2,698
1913 5 — 5 #3,272
1912 5 — 5 #3,043
1911 5 — 5 #2,555
1910 5 — 5 #2,480
1907 8 — 8 #1,566
1906 7 — 7 #1,625
1905 5 — 5 #2,006
1904 6 — 6 #1,735
1903 7 — 7 #1,505
1902 6 — 6 #1,672
1901 7 — 7 #1,398
1900 8 — 8 #1,492
1899 6 — 6 #1,485
1898 6 — 6 #1,590
1896 5 — 5 #1,665
1895 5 — 5 #1,680
1894 7 — 7 #1,307
1893 5 — 5 #1,519
1885 5 — 5 #1,193