Girls' name · since 2004
Teralynn
16 babies named Teralynn in U.S. Social Security records since 2004, with the highest year being 2004. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #49,269 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 16
- born since 2004
- 2000s
- peak decade
16 girls have been named Teralynn since 2004, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Teralynn has 16 recorded births among girls since 2004, 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 2004 to 2010.
- #49,269 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 16 born since 2004
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Teralynn ranks #49,269 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 16 born since 2004, peaking in the 2000s.
- #49,269 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 16
- born since 2004
- 2000s
- peak decade
Teralynn's 16 recorded births place it above 31.73% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Teralynn's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Teralynn's SSA record in two at 2008 and the more recent half accounts for 63% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 37%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2008, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2004 peak of 6, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Teralynn popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2004–2010
- Peak year (2004)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 7 years of records
Teralynn by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (11 births, 69% of the file).
2000s was Teralynn's strongest decade.
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 69% of all-time use.
Teralynn births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
11 births
- 2010s
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 11 births (69% of all-time use).
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- Teralynn's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (11 total births) through the 2010s (5) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Teralynn: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2004)
Similar record span (~6 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, 2004–2010 (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 Teralynn 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.