Terra
Terra is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 70 births. Its best rank was 379th, in 1980.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 700.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1980604 births
- Best rank
- #379in 1980
- Since 1940
- 15,353people given the name
The story in the numbers
15,353 girls have been named Terra in the United States since 1940, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1980, with 604 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1983, and the 1970s alone account for 31%. It has spent 27 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Terra | |
|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 81 | |
| 1950s | 365 | |
| 1960s | 613 | |
| 1970s | 4,766 | |
| 1980s | 4,636 | |
| 1990s | 2,437 | |
| 2000s | 1,163 | |
| 2010s | 885 | |
| 2020s | 407 |
In 1980, its biggest year
Terra was the 379th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1980 were Jennifer, Amanda, Jessica, Melissa and Sarah. See all of 1980.
Names that rose and fell with Terra
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Natachapeak 1981
- Holliepeak 1983
- Dustipeak 1980
- Brandeepeak 1975
- Sachapeak 1977
- Errinpeak 1977
- Terapeak 1984
- Seemapeak 1981
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.