Terrence
#395 most common boys' name of all time · #869 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1886–2025
Rank among boys
#395
Rank overall
#869 of 105,966
First appeared
1886
Years on the list
132 of 146
All-time
72,939
Since 2016
1,765
Peak year
1955 #181
Best rank
#176 1950
Girls
Boys
peak 1,508/yr
Terrence first appears in 1886. 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 | — | 107 | 107 | #1,587 |
| 2024 | — | 116 | 116 | #1,522 |
| 2023 | — | 134 | 134 | #1,387 |
| 2022 | — | 151 | 151 | #1,279 |
| 2021 | — | 148 | 148 | #1,283 |
| 2020 | — | 173 | 173 | #1,131 |
| 2019 | — | 184 | 184 | #1,088 |
| 2018 | — | 217 | 217 | #954 |
| 2017 | — | 263 | 263 | #842 |
| 2016 | — | 272 | 272 | #834 |
| 2015 | — | 279 | 279 | #814 |
| 2014 | — | 329 | 329 | #729 |
| 2013 | — | 329 | 329 | #716 |
| 2012 | — | 340 | 340 | #699 |
| 2011 | — | 364 | 364 | #642 |
| 2010 | — | 426 | 426 | #588 |
| 2009 | — | 456 | 456 | #578 |
| 2008 | — | 420 | 420 | #598 |
| 2007 | — | 449 | 449 | #572 |
| 2006 | — | 467 | 467 | #542 |
| 2005 | — | 403 | 403 | #578 |
| 2004 | — | 354 | 354 | #603 |
| 2003 | — | 440 | 440 | #529 |
| 2002 | — | 397 | 397 | #561 |
| 2001 | — | 431 | 431 | #520 |
| 2000 | — | 480 | 480 | #486 |
| 1999 | — | 497 | 497 | #461 |
| 1998 | — | 491 | 491 | #459 |
| 1997 | — | 581 | 581 | #402 |
| 1996 | — | 623 | 623 | #376 |
| 1995 | — | 652 | 652 | #367 |
| 1994 | — | 802 | 802 | #321 |
| 1993 | — | 915 | 915 | #298 |
| 1992 | 7 | 1,055 | 1,062 | #271 |
| 1991 | 8 | 1,053 | 1,061 | #258 |
| 1990 | 8 | 1,055 | 1,063 | #255 |
| 1989 | 8 | 1,162 | 1,170 | #233 |
| 1988 | 8 | 1,241 | 1,249 | #210 |
| 1987 | 16 | 1,044 | 1,060 | #226 |
| 1986 | 20 | 939 | 959 | #242 |
| 1985 | 8 | 942 | 950 | #244 |
| 1984 | 11 | 993 | 1,004 | #226 |
| 1983 | 14 | 1,008 | 1,022 | #223 |
| 1982 | 10 | 1,074 | 1,084 | #222 |
| 1981 | 14 | 1,077 | 1,091 | #224 |
| 1980 | 9 | 1,185 | 1,194 | #209 |
| 1979 | 14 | 1,192 | 1,206 | #202 |
| 1978 | 21 | 1,116 | 1,137 | #201 |
| 1977 | 18 | 1,152 | 1,170 | #198 |
| 1976 | 13 | 1,164 | 1,177 | #191 |
| 1975 | 13 | 1,149 | 1,162 | #196 |
| 1974 | 10 | 1,106 | 1,116 | #199 |
| 1973 | 19 | 1,166 | 1,185 | #194 |
| 1972 | 7 | 1,161 | 1,168 | #201 |
| 1971 | 14 | 1,239 | 1,253 | #198 |
| 1970 | 18 | 1,460 | 1,478 | #187 |
| 1969 | 12 | 1,218 | 1,230 | #205 |
| 1968 | 13 | 1,132 | 1,145 | #205 |
| 1967 | 14 | 1,065 | 1,079 | #211 |
| 1966 | 9 | 1,090 | 1,099 | #211 |
| 1965 | 14 | 1,029 | 1,043 | #226 |
| 1964 | 14 | 1,271 | 1,285 | #214 |
| 1963 | 7 | 1,013 | 1,020 | #239 |
| 1962 | 9 | 987 | 996 | #248 |
| 1961 | 7 | 999 | 1,006 | #249 |
| 1960 | 11 | 1,014 | 1,025 | #251 |
| 1959 | 9 | 1,104 | 1,113 | #242 |
| 1958 | 9 | 1,218 | 1,227 | #216 |
| 1957 | 7 | 1,304 | 1,311 | #206 |
| 1956 | 5 | 1,451 | 1,456 | #194 |
| 1955 | 11 | 1,497 | 1,508 | #181 |
| 1954 | 10 | 1,440 | 1,450 | #184 |
| 1953 | 8 | 1,217 | 1,225 | #200 |
| 1952 | 8 | 1,164 | 1,172 | #195 |
| 1951 | 7 | 1,171 | 1,178 | #193 |
| 1950 | 10 | 1,267 | 1,277 | #176 |
| 1949 | 14 | 1,177 | 1,191 | #181 |
| 1948 | 12 | 1,204 | 1,216 | #177 |
| 1947 | 8 | 1,100 | 1,108 | #188 |
| 1946 | — | 939 | 939 | #190 |
| 1945 | 6 | 598 | 604 | #226 |
| 1944 | — | 615 | 615 | #223 |
| 1943 | 5 | 627 | 632 | #229 |
| 1942 | — | 555 | 555 | #242 |
| 1941 | — | 444 | 444 | #271 |
| 1940 | — | 397 | 397 | #280 |
| 1939 | — | 354 | 354 | #294 |
| 1938 | — | 310 | 310 | #312 |
| 1937 | — | 246 | 246 | #347 |
| 1936 | — | 216 | 216 | #372 |
| 1935 | — | 171 | 171 | #429 |
| 1934 | — | 130 | 130 | #512 |
| 1933 | — | 112 | 112 | #539 |
| 1932 | — | 95 | 95 | #613 |
| 1931 | — | 72 | 72 | #724 |
| 1930 | — | 67 | 67 | #794 |
| 1929 | — | 72 | 72 | #750 |
| 1928 | — | 63 | 63 | #832 |
| 1927 | — | 63 | 63 | #857 |
| 1926 | — | 54 | 54 | #923 |
| 1925 | — | 68 | 68 | #806 |
| 1924 | — | 35 | 35 | #1,235 |
| 1923 | — | 61 | 61 | #879 |
| 1922 | — | 53 | 53 | #968 |
| 1921 | — | 60 | 60 | #906 |
| 1920 | — | 55 | 55 | #935 |
| 1919 | — | 30 | 30 | #1,307 |
| 1918 | — | 40 | 40 | #1,090 |
| 1917 | — | 25 | 25 | #1,416 |
| 1916 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,731 |
| 1915 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,329 |
| 1914 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,414 |
| 1913 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,235 |
| 1912 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,152 |
| 1911 | — | 11 | 11 | #1,092 |
| 1910 | — | 9 | 9 | #1,164 |
| 1909 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,557 |
| 1908 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,304 |
| 1907 | — | 7 | 7 | #1,164 |
| 1901 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,163 |
| 1900 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,427 |
| 1898 | — | 7 | 7 | #979 |
| 1897 | — | 11 | 11 | #679 |
| 1896 | — | 8 | 8 | #891 |
| 1895 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,050 |
| 1894 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,191 |
| 1893 | — | 7 | 7 | #895 |
| 1892 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,044 |
| 1890 | — | 9 | 9 | #735 |
| 1889 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,084 |
| 1888 | — | 10 | 10 | #703 |
| 1886 | — | 10 | 10 | #646 |