Tera — #11093 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Tera

The Social Security Administration has registered 9,918 babies named Tera between 1885 and 2024, spanning 140 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tera currently holds the #11093 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1984, when 416 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Tera performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 3,574 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Tera shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 867 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Tera in 41 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Tera in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 9,918 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.