Terra
#1,234 most common girls' name of all time · #2,172 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1940–2025
Rank among girls
#1,234
Rank overall
#2,172 of 105,966
First appeared
1940
Years on the list
85 of 146
All-time
15,434
Since 2016
835
Peak year
1980 #379
Best rank
#379 1980
Girls
Boys
peak 604/yr
Terra first appears in 1940. 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 | 74 | — | 74 | #2,417 |
| 2024 | 71 | — | 71 | #2,518 |
| 2023 | 90 | — | 90 | #2,131 |
| 2022 | 87 | — | 87 | #2,181 |
| 2021 | 79 | — | 79 | #2,311 |
| 2020 | 81 | — | 81 | #2,220 |
| 2019 | 87 | — | 87 | #2,146 |
| 2018 | 81 | — | 81 | #2,260 |
| 2017 | 88 | — | 88 | #2,169 |
| 2016 | 97 | — | 97 | #2,039 |
| 2015 | 94 | — | 94 | #2,082 |
| 2014 | 85 | — | 85 | #2,223 |
| 2013 | 84 | — | 84 | #2,215 |
| 2012 | 102 | — | 102 | #1,935 |
| 2011 | 88 | — | 88 | #2,162 |
| 2010 | 80 | — | 80 | #2,368 |
| 2009 | 92 | — | 92 | #2,172 |
| 2008 | 99 | — | 99 | #2,064 |
| 2007 | 99 | — | 99 | #2,060 |
| 2006 | 96 | — | 96 | #2,058 |
| 2005 | 128 | — | 128 | #1,594 |
| 2004 | 101 | — | 101 | #1,873 |
| 2003 | 131 | — | 131 | #1,491 |
| 2002 | 137 | — | 137 | #1,406 |
| 2001 | 118 | — | 118 | #1,577 |
| 2000 | 162 | — | 162 | #1,227 |
| 1999 | 190 | — | 190 | #1,063 |
| 1998 | 175 | — | 175 | #1,100 |
| 1997 | 175 | — | 175 | #1,074 |
| 1996 | 204 | — | 204 | #943 |
| 1995 | 233 | — | 233 | #839 |
| 1994 | 253 | — | 253 | #801 |
| 1993 | 264 | — | 264 | #783 |
| 1992 | 284 | — | 284 | #746 |
| 1991 | 304 | — | 304 | #700 |
| 1990 | 355 | — | 355 | #633 |
| 1989 | 371 | — | 371 | #590 |
| 1988 | 380 | — | 380 | #561 |
| 1987 | 365 | — | 365 | #549 |
| 1986 | 414 | — | 414 | #505 |
| 1985 | 469 | — | 469 | #458 |
| 1984 | 518 | 5 | 523 | #411 |
| 1983 | 510 | — | 510 | #425 |
| 1982 | 522 | — | 522 | #423 |
| 1981 | 483 | — | 483 | #444 |
| 1980 | 604 | — | 604 | #379 |
| 1979 | 554 | — | 554 | #394 |
| 1978 | 509 | — | 509 | #406 |
| 1977 | 543 | — | 543 | #387 |
| 1976 | 486 | — | 486 | #416 |
| 1975 | 527 | — | 527 | #386 |
| 1974 | 518 | — | 518 | #395 |
| 1973 | 469 | — | 469 | #417 |
| 1972 | 489 | — | 489 | #404 |
| 1971 | 394 | — | 394 | #490 |
| 1970 | 277 | — | 277 | #618 |
| 1969 | 75 | — | 75 | #1,312 |
| 1968 | 67 | — | 67 | #1,370 |
| 1967 | 64 | — | 64 | #1,380 |
| 1966 | 69 | — | 69 | #1,309 |
| 1965 | 59 | — | 59 | #1,444 |
| 1964 | 74 | — | 74 | #1,309 |
| 1963 | 72 | — | 72 | #1,302 |
| 1962 | 51 | — | 51 | #1,593 |
| 1961 | 51 | — | 51 | #1,594 |
| 1960 | 31 | — | 31 | #2,088 |
| 1959 | 53 | — | 53 | #1,496 |
| 1958 | 45 | — | 45 | #1,603 |
| 1957 | 54 | — | 54 | #1,454 |
| 1956 | 46 | — | 46 | #1,579 |
| 1955 | 45 | — | 45 | #1,535 |
| 1954 | 33 | — | 33 | #1,832 |
| 1953 | 30 | — | 30 | #1,866 |
| 1952 | 22 | — | 22 | #2,258 |
| 1951 | 23 | — | 23 | #2,107 |
| 1950 | 14 | — | 14 | #2,892 |
| 1949 | 14 | — | 14 | #2,834 |
| 1948 | 15 | — | 15 | #2,693 |
| 1947 | 10 | — | 10 | #3,674 |
| 1946 | 7 | — | 7 | #4,334 |
| 1945 | 7 | — | 7 | #3,982 |
| 1944 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,498 |
| 1943 | 9 | — | 9 | #3,482 |
| 1942 | 8 | — | 8 | #3,720 |
| 1940 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,021 |