Girls' name · since 1970
Teralyn
Since 1970, U.S. Social Security records show 221 babies named Teralyn, peaking in 2002. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #18,819 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 221
- born since 1970
- 2000s
- peak decade
Teralyn sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 221 recorded since 1970.
Teralyn has 221 recorded births among girls since 1970, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1970 to 2016.
- #18,819 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 221 born since 1970
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Teralyn ranks #18,819 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 221 born since 1970, peaking in the 2000s.
- #18,819 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 221
- born since 1970
- 2000s
- peak decade
Teralyn's 221 recorded births place it above 73.97% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Teralyn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Teralyn's full recorded timeline at 1993, 53% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 47% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1973, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2002 peak of 13 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Teralyn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1970–2016
- Peak year (2002)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 47 years of records
Teralyn by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (68 births, 31% of the file).
2000s was Teralyn's strongest decade.
68 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 31% of all-time use.
Teralyn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
40 births
- 1980s
1980s
45 births
- 1990s
1990s
52 births
- 2000s
2000s
68 births
- 2010s 16
2010s
16 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 68 births (31% of all-time use).
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- Teralyn's decade-level peak was the 2000s (68 total births); usage has since declined to 16 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Teralyn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2002)
Similar record span (~46 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1970–2016 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Teralyn draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.