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.

Terry*

#66 most common boys' name of all time · #127 across all names · 81% male / 19% female · used 1880–2025 · notable crossover

Rank among boys
#66
Rank overall
#127 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
145 of 146
All-time
521,478
Since 2016
2,669
Peak year
1955 #28
Best rank
#26 1946
Girls Boys peak 20,939/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Terry is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 10 192 202 #1,115
2024 10 174 184 #1,186
2023 9 204 213 #1,064
2022 7 231 238 #975
2021 — 214 214 #1,025
2020 8 238 246 #933
2019 15 267 282 #842
2018 10 314 324 #752
2017 9 358 367 #691
2016 11 388 399 #666
2015 8 389 397 #662
2014 9 423 432 #623
2013 15 427 442 #594
2012 17 482 499 #542
2011 18 478 496 #531
2010 21 521 542 #497
2009 23 482 505 #548
2008 15 580 595 #480
2007 26 608 634 #455
2006 24 614 638 #444
2005 25 693 718 #406
2004 49 657 706 #399
2003 22 667 689 #392
2002 30 687 717 #380
2001 36 803 839 #343
2000 30 847 877 #331
1999 44 905 949 #315
1998 65 947 1,012 #302
1997 60 1,046 1,106 #269
1996 53 1,094 1,147 #258
1995 55 1,176 1,231 #245
1994 76 1,218 1,294 #242
1993 94 1,426 1,520 #213
1992 101 1,595 1,696 #196
1991 90 1,740 1,830 #180
1990 114 1,893 2,007 #164
1989 142 2,003 2,145 #151
1988 155 2,065 2,220 #141
1987 177 2,102 2,279 #133
1986 147 2,251 2,398 #122
1985 180 2,374 2,554 #119
1984 181 2,335 2,516 #118
1983 215 2,470 2,685 #110
1982 235 2,761 2,996 #105
1981 227 2,815 3,042 #105
1980 292 2,981 3,273 #101
1979 304 3,040 3,344 #96
1978 275 3,089 3,364 #91
1977 315 3,443 3,758 #83
1976 387 3,668 4,055 #75
1975 491 3,971 4,462 #67
1974 519 4,027 4,546 #69
1973 638 4,374 5,012 #65
1972 748 4,770 5,518 #62
1971 987 5,858 6,845 #56
1970 1,114 6,186 7,300 #54
1969 1,243 6,415 7,658 #52
1968 1,399 7,089 8,488 #48
1967 1,594 7,685 9,279 #42
1966 1,710 8,455 10,165 #40
1965 2,021 9,088 11,109 #40
1964 2,909 10,867 13,776 #35
1963 3,521 12,463 15,984 #32
1962 4,039 12,301 16,340 #34
1961 4,362 13,194 17,556 #32
1960 4,840 13,932 18,772 #34
1959 5,215 14,545 19,760 #33
1958 5,327 15,006 20,333 #33
1957 5,266 15,624 20,890 #33
1956 5,272 15,064 20,336 #31
1955 5,353 15,586 20,939 #28
1954 4,787 15,553 20,340 #27
1953 3,374 13,259 16,633 #30
1952 3,032 12,438 15,470 #29
1951 3,042 12,216 15,258 #30
1950 2,526 11,433 13,959 #30
1949 2,791 11,457 14,248 #28
1948 2,280 12,136 14,416 #26
1947 2,291 12,751 15,042 #26
1946 1,917 10,678 12,595 #26
1945 950 6,834 7,784 #33
1944 914 5,974 6,888 #43
1943 923 5,737 6,660 #49
1942 818 4,810 5,628 #52
1941 444 3,606 4,050 #64
1940 370 2,982 3,352 #73
1939 315 2,444 2,759 #83
1938 273 2,336 2,609 #86
1937 232 1,684 1,916 #113
1936 200 1,291 1,491 #126
1935 195 962 1,157 #154
1934 146 720 866 #182
1933 145 572 717 #206
1932 149 430 579 #263
1931 119 290 409 #321
1930 152 296 448 #321
1929 120 222 342 #392
1928 142 218 360 #407
1927 162 180 342 #458
1926 145 165 310 #470
1925 148 190 338 #434
1924 116 140 256 #532
1923 94 134 228 #526
1922 98 130 228 #554
1921 94 125 219 #563
1920 54 142 196 #514
1919 55 94 149 #625
1918 54 100 154 #616
1917 46 92 138 #618
1916 31 85 116 #635
1915 32 105 137 #546
1914 37 58 95 #670
1913 24 69 93 #519
1912 17 49 66 #580
1911 16 29 45 #569
1910 16 30 46 #517
1909 11 27 38 #502
1908 6 23 29 #533
1907 11 20 31 #550
1906 10 13 23 #690
1905 9 15 24 #627
1904 — 18 18 #525
1903 6 18 24 #521
1902 — 18 18 #515
1901 — 13 13 #579
1900 — 21 21 #529
1899 — 7 7 #878
1898 — 14 14 #591
1897 — 15 15 #537
1896 — 20 20 #455
1895 — 13 13 #593
1894 — 12 12 #609
1893 — 8 8 #794
1892 7 12 19 #622
1891 — 5 5 #997
1890 — 12 12 #588
1889 — 9 9 #692
1888 — 15 15 #518
1887 — 16 16 #436
1886 — 12 12 #558
1885 — 9 9 #660
1884 — 10 10 #637
1883 — 10 10 #621
1882 — 7 7 #776
1880 — 10 10 #632