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.

Tery**

#12,770 most common boys' name of all time · #32,860 across all names · 79% male / 21% female · used 1950–1991 · genuinely unisex

Rank among boys
#12,770
Rank overall
#32,860 of 105,966
First appeared
1950
Years on the list
19 of 146
All-time
164
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1955 #2,554
Best rank
#2,554 1955
Girls Boys peak 17/yr
19601980

Tery first appears in 1950. 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
1991 8 8 #6,108
1979 7 7 #5,064
1977 5 5 #6,242
1971 7 7 #4,213
1970 5 5 #5,134
1969 6 6 #4,252
1967 7 7 #3,468
1966 5 5 #4,358
1963 7 7 #3,571
1962 5 5 #4,469
1961 8 8 16 #3,303
1960 7 9 16 #3,049
1959 7 9 16 #3,010
1958 6 6 12 #3,896
1957 8 8 #3,229
1956 6 6 #3,885
1955 6 11 17 #2,554
1954 6 6 #3,785
1950 5 5 #4,193