Terry
Terry is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 174 births. Its best rank was 26th, in 1946–1948.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1740.01% of boys
- Peak year
- 195715,618 births
- Best rank
- #26first in 1946
- Since 1880
- 521,274people given the name
The story in the numbers
424,330 boys have been named Terry in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1957, with 15,618 births — 0.72% of all boys recorded that year.
The name has all but left use: 174 births in 2024, against 15,618 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1958, and the 1950s alone account for 33%. It has spent 140 of 145 years in the top 1,000, 42 of them in the top 100.
Terry is used for both sexes: 19% of its bearers are girls (96,944), most of them born around 1955.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Terry | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 98 | |
| 1890s | 118 | |
| 1900s | 186 | |
| 1910s | 711 | |
| 1920s | 1,646 | |
| 1930s | 11,024 | |
| 1940s | 76,966 | |
| 1950s | 140,724 | |
| 1960s | 101,484 | |
| 1970s | 42,427 | |
| 1980s | 24,157 | |
| 1990s | 13,043 | |
| 2000s | 6,638 | |
| 2010s | 4,047 | |
| 2020s | 1,061 |
In 1957, its biggest year
Terry was the 33rd most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1957 were Michael, James, David, Robert and John. See all of 1957.
Names that rose and fell with Terry
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Butchpeak 1956
- Dannypeak 1954
- Barrypeak 1962
- Skippeak 1960
- Michielpeak 1956
- Ronniepeak 1947
- Ronneypeak 1955
- Randelpeak 1957
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.