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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
19401960198020002020

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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
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