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.

Terrance

#404 most common boys' name of all time · #883 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1895–2025

Rank among boys
#404
Rank overall
#883 of 105,966
First appeared
1895
Years on the list
117 of 146
All-time
70,921
Since 2016
2,171
Peak year
1988 #193
Best rank
#179 1979
Girls Boys peak 1,440/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Terrance first appears in 1895. 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 109 109 #1,565
2024 152 152 #1,292
2023 155 155 #1,248
2022 180 180 #1,152
2021 203 203 #1,054
2020 226 226 #962
2019 230 230 #940
2018 277 277 #812
2017 307 307 #765
2016 332 332 #735
2015 377 377 #674
2014 365 365 #689
2013 409 409 #613
2012 435 435 #587
2011 429 429 #585
2010 446 446 #570
2009 562 562 #486
2008 512 512 #526
2007 569 569 #473
2006 583 583 #463
2005 562 562 #455
2004 535 535 #471
2003 552 552 #457
2002 563 563 #440
2001 580 580 #423
2000 628 628 #402
1999 688 688 #376
1998 680 680 #374
1997 7 713 720 #355
1996 731 731 #340
1995 8 840 848 #315
1994 7 993 1,000 #275
1993 1,058 1,058 #273
1992 7 1,275 1,282 #232
1991 1,346 1,346 #221
1990 13 1,223 1,236 #236
1989 16 1,361 1,377 #208
1988 16 1,424 1,440 #193
1987 11 1,133 1,144 #216
1986 10 1,134 1,144 #213
1985 16 1,188 1,204 #203
1984 13 1,214 1,227 #198
1983 20 1,194 1,214 #197
1982 10 1,267 1,277 #198
1981 12 1,276 1,288 #195
1980 19 1,379 1,398 #179
1979 17 1,346 1,363 #179
1978 13 1,283 1,296 #183
1977 15 1,237 1,252 #192
1976 25 1,199 1,224 #185
1975 25 1,179 1,204 #192
1974 24 1,067 1,091 #208
1973 25 1,187 1,212 #191
1972 19 1,109 1,128 #206
1971 20 1,100 1,120 #212
1970 23 1,177 1,200 #213
1969 20 982 1,002 #232
1968 19 1,023 1,042 #221
1967 17 989 1,006 #222
1966 14 962 976 #224
1965 22 946 968 #240
1964 21 1,120 1,141 #224
1963 10 809 819 #270
1962 7 745 752 #282
1961 11 758 769 #281
1960 16 725 741 #291
1959 12 827 839 #275
1958 13 917 930 #256
1957 12 1,039 1,051 #238
1956 10 1,056 1,066 #226
1955 21 1,142 1,163 #213
1954 18 1,120 1,138 #209
1953 16 966 982 #217
1952 17 901 918 #221
1951 17 912 929 #215
1950 12 954 966 #208
1949 16 829 845 #222
1948 14 866 880 #215
1947 10 791 801 #230
1946 7 630 637 #245
1945 459 459 #282
1944 472 472 #272
1943 8 462 470 #284
1942 394 394 #309
1941 300 300 #333
1940 254 254 #358
1939 254 254 #348
1938 186 186 #419
1937 147 147 #461
1936 136 136 #486
1935 102 102 #574
1934 95 95 #610
1933 56 56 #830
1932 57 57 #850
1931 42 42 #1,044
1930 45 45 #1,035
1929 34 34 #1,205
1928 33 33 #1,266
1927 45 45 #1,057
1926 30 30 #1,344
1925 28 28 #1,409
1924 19 19 #1,869
1923 23 23 #1,612
1922 24 24 #1,571
1921 30 30 #1,378
1920 23 23 #1,620
1919 27 27 #1,400
1918 15 15 #2,112
1917 18 18 #1,788
1916 18 18 #1,737
1915 12 12 #2,227
1914 7 7 #2,720
1913 8 8 #2,160
1912 11 11 #1,582
1911 5 5 #1,864
1910 6 6 #1,527
1895 5 5 #1,241