Terence
#621 most common boys' name of all time · #1,388 across all names · >99% boys / <1% girls · used 1885–2025
Rank among boys
#621
Rank overall
#1,388 of 105,966
First appeared
1885
Years on the list
120 of 146
All-time
34,460
Since 2016
628
Peak year
1964 #242
Best rank
#242 1964
Girls
Boys
peak 1,024/yr
Terence 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 47 | 47 | #2,723 |
| 2024 | — | 43 | 43 | #2,922 |
| 2023 | — | 37 | 37 | #3,230 |
| 2022 | — | 61 | 61 | #2,328 |
| 2021 | — | 56 | 56 | #2,415 |
| 2020 | — | 59 | 59 | #2,296 |
| 2019 | — | 77 | 77 | #1,920 |
| 2018 | — | 70 | 70 | #2,049 |
| 2017 | — | 81 | 81 | #1,830 |
| 2016 | — | 97 | 97 | #1,644 |
| 2015 | — | 101 | 101 | #1,590 |
| 2014 | — | 111 | 111 | #1,467 |
| 2013 | — | 116 | 116 | #1,427 |
| 2012 | — | 135 | 135 | #1,294 |
| 2011 | — | 127 | 127 | #1,332 |
| 2010 | — | 143 | 143 | #1,234 |
| 2009 | — | 129 | 129 | #1,341 |
| 2008 | — | 130 | 130 | #1,329 |
| 2007 | — | 145 | 145 | #1,216 |
| 2006 | — | 138 | 138 | #1,214 |
| 2005 | — | 122 | 122 | #1,273 |
| 2004 | — | 136 | 136 | #1,153 |
| 2003 | — | 177 | 177 | #928 |
| 2002 | — | 148 | 148 | #1,035 |
| 2001 | — | 164 | 164 | #946 |
| 2000 | — | 202 | 202 | #800 |
| 1999 | — | 223 | 223 | #731 |
| 1998 | — | 204 | 204 | #771 |
| 1997 | — | 172 | 172 | #836 |
| 1996 | — | 247 | 247 | #668 |
| 1995 | — | 289 | 289 | #603 |
| 1994 | — | 343 | 343 | #553 |
| 1993 | — | 358 | 358 | #543 |
| 1992 | — | 437 | 437 | #481 |
| 1991 | — | 425 | 425 | #478 |
| 1990 | — | 482 | 482 | #452 |
| 1989 | 7 | 572 | 579 | #386 |
| 1988 | 7 | 595 | 602 | #349 |
| 1987 | 9 | 481 | 490 | #394 |
| 1986 | 8 | 503 | 511 | #371 |
| 1985 | 12 | 549 | 561 | #344 |
| 1984 | 6 | 551 | 557 | #339 |
| 1983 | — | 524 | 524 | #347 |
| 1982 | 7 | 479 | 486 | #367 |
| 1981 | — | 413 | 413 | #400 |
| 1980 | — | 395 | 395 | #410 |
| 1979 | — | 380 | 380 | #405 |
| 1978 | 8 | 406 | 414 | #386 |
| 1977 | — | 425 | 425 | #380 |
| 1976 | — | 421 | 421 | #372 |
| 1975 | 8 | 480 | 488 | #352 |
| 1974 | 6 | 485 | 491 | #347 |
| 1973 | — | 502 | 502 | #339 |
| 1972 | 8 | 529 | 537 | #335 |
| 1971 | 7 | 539 | 546 | #343 |
| 1970 | 6 | 595 | 601 | #324 |
| 1969 | 5 | 624 | 629 | #303 |
| 1968 | 7 | 786 | 793 | #255 |
| 1967 | 6 | 766 | 772 | #263 |
| 1966 | 9 | 805 | 814 | #255 |
| 1965 | — | 768 | 768 | #270 |
| 1964 | 10 | 1,014 | 1,024 | #242 |
| 1963 | 6 | 810 | 816 | #269 |
| 1962 | 7 | 747 | 754 | #281 |
| 1961 | 5 | 729 | 734 | #287 |
| 1960 | — | 754 | 754 | #288 |
| 1959 | 6 | 740 | 746 | #289 |
| 1958 | — | 715 | 715 | #285 |
| 1957 | — | 795 | 795 | #266 |
| 1956 | — | 887 | 887 | #244 |
| 1955 | 5 | 767 | 772 | #250 |
| 1954 | — | 661 | 661 | #275 |
| 1953 | — | 478 | 478 | #324 |
| 1952 | — | 445 | 445 | #330 |
| 1951 | — | 405 | 405 | #339 |
| 1950 | — | 447 | 447 | #322 |
| 1949 | — | 390 | 390 | #341 |
| 1948 | — | 402 | 402 | #335 |
| 1947 | 5 | 436 | 441 | #328 |
| 1946 | — | 349 | 349 | #349 |
| 1945 | — | 243 | 243 | #383 |
| 1944 | — | 212 | 212 | #415 |
| 1943 | — | 264 | 264 | #377 |
| 1942 | — | 203 | 203 | #433 |
| 1941 | — | 171 | 171 | #450 |
| 1940 | — | 136 | 136 | #499 |
| 1939 | — | 120 | 120 | #522 |
| 1938 | — | 126 | 126 | #517 |
| 1937 | — | 120 | 120 | #530 |
| 1936 | — | 108 | 108 | #551 |
| 1935 | — | 97 | 97 | #588 |
| 1934 | — | 66 | 66 | #757 |
| 1933 | — | 63 | 63 | #773 |
| 1932 | — | 74 | 74 | #725 |
| 1931 | — | 48 | 48 | #948 |
| 1930 | — | 44 | 44 | #1,043 |
| 1929 | — | 51 | 51 | #949 |
| 1928 | — | 33 | 33 | #1,265 |
| 1927 | — | 39 | 39 | #1,154 |
| 1926 | — | 31 | 31 | #1,317 |
| 1925 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,401 |
| 1924 | — | 37 | 37 | #1,197 |
| 1923 | — | 38 | 38 | #1,168 |
| 1922 | — | 42 | 42 | #1,093 |
| 1921 | — | 68 | 68 | #840 |
| 1920 | — | 46 | 46 | #1,027 |
| 1919 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,429 |
| 1918 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,616 |
| 1917 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,374 |
| 1916 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,518 |
| 1915 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,571 |
| 1914 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,411 |
| 1913 | — | 10 | 10 | #1,857 |
| 1912 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,085 |
| 1911 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,826 |
| 1906 | — | 8 | 8 | #986 |
| 1904 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,149 |
| 1888 | — | 9 | 9 | #749 |
| 1887 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,039 |
| 1885 | — | 9 | 9 | #699 |