Tera
Tera was last recorded in 2024, when 8 babies were given it; 9,918 Americans have been recorded with it between 1885 and 2024 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 9,140 Americans named Tera and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (92% of everyone recorded); the median is 45 years old and half are between 38 and 51.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Tera by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Tera?
Unranked in 2025
Its last girls’ rank on record is #12,054, in 2024; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
416 babies in 1984, the peak
Tera peaked in 1984, when 416 girls were given it, #486 among girls’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8 | #12,054 | under 0.01 |
| 2023 | 10 | #10,245 | 0.01 |
| 2022 | 12 | #9,004 | 0.01 |
| 2021 | 18 | #6,656 | 0.01 |
| 2020 | 10 | #10,183 | 0.01 |
| 2019 | 10 | #10,404 | 0.01 |
| 2018 | 9 | #11,350 | 0.01 |
| 2017 | 9 | #11,539 | 0.01 |
| 2016 | 13 | #8,826 | 0.01 |
| 2015 | 15 | #7,968 | 0.01 |
Every recorded year (124)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 22 | #5,973 | 0.01 |
| 2013 | 16 | #7,716 | 0.01 |
| 2012 | 30 | #4,825 | 0.02 |
| 2011 | 20 | #6,541 | 0.01 |
| 2010 | 36 | #4,176 | 0.02 |
| 2009 | 37 | #4,187 | 0.02 |
| 2008 | 52 | #3,261 | 0.03 |
| 2007 | 52 | #3,286 | 0.03 |
| 2006 | 45 | #3,558 | 0.02 |
| 2005 | 65 | #2,630 | 0.04 |
| 2004 | 49 | #3,169 | 0.03 |
| 2003 | 51 | #2,991 | 0.03 |
| 2002 | 75 | #2,221 | 0.04 |
| 2001 | 74 | #2,206 | 0.04 |
| 2000 | 50 | #2,896 | 0.03 |
| 1999 | 90 | #1,780 | 0.05 |
| 1998 | 76 | #1,986 | 0.04 |
| 1997 | 103 | #1,570 | 0.06 |
| 1996 | 77 | #1,894 | 0.04 |
| 1995 | 111 | #1,451 | 0.06 |
| 1994 | 133 | #1,280 | 0.07 |
| 1993 | 143 | #1,219 | 0.08 |
| 1992 | 126 | #1,335 | 0.07 |
| 1991 | 170 | #1,066 | 0.09 |
| 1990 | 217 | #890 | 0.11 |
| 1989 | 230 | #827 | 0.12 |
| 1988 | 243 | #773 | 0.14 |
| 1987 | 239 | #752 | 0.14 |
| 1986 | 291 | #637 | 0.17 |
| 1985 | 373 | #535 | 0.22 |
| 1984 | 416 | #486 | 0.25 |
| 1983 | 402 | #489 | 0.24 |
| 1982 | 386 | #517 | 0.23 |
| 1981 | 343 | #544 | 0.21 |
| 1980 | 356 | #532 | 0.21 |
| 1979 | 362 | #528 | 0.23 |
| 1978 | 395 | #492 | 0.26 |
| 1977 | 390 | #489 | 0.25 |
| 1976 | 353 | #506 | 0.24 |
| 1975 | 381 | #485 | 0.26 |
| 1974 | 409 | #450 | 0.28 |
| 1973 | 396 | #464 | 0.27 |
| 1972 | 379 | #475 | 0.25 |
| 1971 | 318 | #561 | 0.19 |
| 1970 | 191 | #764 | 0.11 |
| 1969 | 75 | #1,315 | 0.04 |
| 1968 | 58 | #1,502 | 0.04 |
| 1967 | 63 | #1,395 | 0.04 |
| 1966 | 45 | #1,696 | 0.03 |
| 1965 | 48 | #1,633 | 0.03 |
| 1964 | 46 | #1,726 | 0.02 |
| 1963 | 51 | #1,594 | 0.03 |
| 1962 | 38 | #1,884 | 0.02 |
| 1961 | 42 | #1,785 | 0.02 |
| 1960 | 39 | #1,832 | 0.02 |
| 1959 | 21 | #2,586 | 0.01 |
| 1958 | 17 | #2,958 | 0.01 |
| 1957 | 17 | #2,914 | 0.01 |
| 1956 | 14 | #3,307 | 0.01 |
| 1955 | 16 | #2,953 | 0.01 |
| 1954 | 13 | #3,312 | 0.01 |
| 1953 | 11 | #3,664 | 0.01 |
| 1952 | 11 | #3,532 | 0.01 |
| 1950 | 10 | #3,638 | 0.01 |
| 1949 | 14 | #2,834 | 0.01 |
| 1948 | 15 | #2,688 | 0.01 |
| 1947 | 10 | #3,679 | 0.01 |
| 1946 | 8 | #3,957 | 0.01 |
| 1945 | 10 | #3,109 | 0.01 |
| 1943 | 10 | #3,225 | 0.01 |
| 1942 | 7 | #4,085 | 0.01 |
| 1941 | 6 | #4,375 | under 0.01 |
| 1940 | 11 | #2,713 | 0.01 |
| 1939 | 6 | #4,202 | 0.01 |
| 1937 | 8 | #3,407 | 0.01 |
| 1936 | 8 | #3,344 | 0.01 |
| 1934 | 7 | #3,764 | 0.01 |
| 1933 | 6 | #4,169 | 0.01 |
| 1932 | 6 | #4,360 | 0.01 |
| 1929 | 6 | #4,510 | 0.01 |
| 1928 | 12 | #2,750 | 0.01 |
| 1927 | 9 | #3,538 | 0.01 |
| 1926 | 7 | #4,260 | 0.01 |
| 1925 | 10 | #3,336 | 0.01 |
| 1924 | 6 | #4,985 | under 0.01 |
| 1923 | 8 | #3,924 | 0.01 |
| 1922 | 12 | #2,941 | 0.01 |
| 1921 | 15 | #2,493 | 0.01 |
| 1920 | 12 | #2,877 | 0.01 |
| 1919 | 6 | #4,749 | 0.01 |
| 1918 | 10 | #3,214 | 0.01 |
| 1917 | 14 | #2,414 | 0.01 |
| 1916 | 8 | #3,513 | 0.01 |
| 1915 | 8 | #3,397 | 0.01 |
| 1914 | 8 | #2,843 | 0.01 |
| 1913 | 5 | #3,645 | 0.01 |
| 1912 | 5 | #3,384 | 0.01 |
| 1911 | 5 | #2,822 | 0.01 |
| 1910 | 5 | #2,751 | 0.01 |
| 1907 | 8 | #1,626 | 0.03 |
| 1906 | 7 | #1,699 | 0.02 |
| 1905 | 5 | #2,203 | 0.02 |
| 1904 | 6 | #1,845 | 0.02 |
| 1903 | 7 | #1,576 | 0.03 |
| 1902 | 6 | #1,769 | 0.02 |
| 1901 | 7 | #1,451 | 0.03 |
| 1900 | 8 | #1,550 | 0.03 |
| 1899 | 6 | #1,572 | 0.03 |
| 1898 | 6 | #1,676 | 0.02 |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,795 | 0.02 |
| 1895 | 5 | #1,786 | 0.02 |
| 1894 | 7 | #1,340 | 0.03 |
| 1893 | 5 | #1,632 | 0.02 |
| 1885 | 5 | #1,184 | 0.04 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Tera a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Tera has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 124 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Tera: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Tera, and how old are they?
9,140 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 92% of the 9,918 Americans ever recorded as Tera. The median Tera alive today is 45 years old; half are between 38 and 51.
The 2020 Census counted 8,809 people named Tera (8,772 women and girls, 37 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 9,235 born in the U.S. The Census count is 5% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 33 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 320 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 3,960 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 3,780 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 894 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 151 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Tera born?
The states with the most babies named Tera are California, Texas and Ohio, with 28% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 867 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Texas | 601 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Ohio | 520 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Illinois | 384 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Michigan | 373 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Florida | 267 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Washington | 263 | not ranked | 1.4× |
| Pennsylvania | 223 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Wisconsin | 220 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Oklahoma | 214 | not ranked | 1.6× |
Where Tera is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Tera is most over-represented in Oklahoma: since 1910 it was given 1.6 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Tera with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 221,443 babies since 1880, Tera is the fourth most given (4.5% of them). In 2025 none of their 100 babies recorded by SSA was a Tera (SSA lists a name only with 5 or more babies of one sex).
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Tera
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Tera and names like it
- Compare Tera and TerriBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1980sTera peaked in 1984.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Tera since 1910.
- The top names of 1984The year the most babies were named Tera.
- The names of Generation XMost people named Tera alive today were born 1965-1980.
- Names starting with TMost given first.