Terrence
Terrence is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 116 births. Its best rank was 176th, in 1950.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1160.01% of boys
- Peak year
- 19551,497 births
- Best rank
- #176in 1950
- Since 1886
- 72,305people given the name
The story in the numbers
72,305 boys have been named Terrence in the United States since 1886, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1955, with 1,497 births.
It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1971, and the 1950s alone account for 18%. It has spent 105 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Terrence | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 25 | |
| 1890s | 59 | |
| 1900s | 28 | |
| 1910s | 213 | |
| 1920s | 584 | |
| 1930s | 1,773 | |
| 1940s | 7,655 | |
| 1950s | 12,833 | |
| 1960s | 10,818 | |
| 1970s | 11,905 | |
| 1980s | 10,666 | |
| 1990s | 7,724 | |
| 2000s | 4,297 | |
| 2010s | 3,003 | |
| 2020s | 722 |
In 1955, its biggest year
Terrence was the 181st most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1955 were Michael, David, James, Robert and John. See all of 1955.
Names that rose and fell with Terrence
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Michaelpeak 1957
- Raynaldopeak 1961
- Terrancepeak 1988
- Donellpeak 1959
- Jeronepeak 1980
- Terencepeak 1964
- Bradfordpeak 1953
- Daryllpeak 1960
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.