Teran
Teran was last recorded in 2015, when 6 babies were given it; 540 Americans have been recorded with it between 1975 and 2015 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Teran by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Teran?
Unranked in 2025
Its last boys’ rank on record is #11,931, in 2015; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
31 babies in 1985, the peak
Teran peaked in 1985, when 31 babies were given it (7 boys, #5,705 among boys’ names). It was not recorded in 2025.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | under 5 | 6 | #11,931 | |
| 2012 | under 5 | 9 | #8,786 | |
| 2011 | under 5 | 5 | #14,120 | |
| 2009 | under 5 | 5 | #14,282 | |
| 2008 | under 5 | 5 | #14,372 | |
| 2007 | under 5 | 7 | #10,767 | |
| 2005 | under 5 | 8 | #8,999 | |
| 2004 | 5 | #18,583 | under 5 | |
| 2003 | under 5 | 10 | #7,182 | |
| 2002 | 5 | #17,877 | 10 | #6,981 |
Every recorded year (37)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | under 5 | 8 | #8,233 | |
| 2000 | 7 | #13,028 | 9 | #7,336 |
| 1999 | under 5 | 17 | #4,314 | |
| 1998 | 5 | #16,377 | 17 | #4,173 |
| 1997 | under 5 | 21 | #3,436 | |
| 1996 | under 5 | 23 | #3,190 | |
| 1995 | 6 | #13,249 | 14 | #4,475 |
| 1994 | 9 | #9,531 | 19 | #3,571 |
| 1993 | 7 | #11,690 | 16 | #3,992 |
| 1992 | 7 | #11,628 | 20 | #3,318 |
| 1991 | 8 | #10,184 | 10 | #5,469 |
| 1990 | 14 | #6,438 | 10 | #5,323 |
| 1989 | 7 | #10,740 | 10 | #5,121 |
| 1988 | 11 | #7,070 | 7 | #6,346 |
| 1987 | 9 | #7,936 | 6 | #6,855 |
| 1986 | 6 | #10,784 | 8 | #5,275 |
| 1985 | 24 | #3,610 | 7 | #5,705 |
| 1984 | 15 | #4,951 | 7 | #5,504 |
| 1983 | 10 | #6,662 | under 5 | |
| 1982 | 19 | #4,153 | 9 | #4,548 |
| 1981 | 5 | #12,034 | 5 | #7,175 |
| 1980 | under 5 | 10 | #4,098 | |
| 1979 | under 5 | 11 | #3,789 | |
| 1978 | under 5 | 7 | #5,000 | |
| 1977 | under 5 | 7 | #5,069 | |
| 1976 | under 5 | 7 | #4,874 | |
| 1975 | 6 | #8,952 | 5 | #6,246 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Teran a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 540 Americans recorded as Teran, 34% are girls and 66% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Teran: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Teran, and how old are they?
An estimated 520 Americans named Teran and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (96% of everyone recorded); the median is 34 years old and half are between 28 and 41. An estimate from SSA’s births and life tables, not a count.
The 2020 Census counted 637 people named Teran (256 women and girls, 381 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 526 born in the U.S. The Census count is 21% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census records the name people give, which for many is the short form Teran rather than the name on their birth record, and it counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out.
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).
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 8,493 babies since 1880, Teran is the sixth most given (6.4% of them). In 2025 none of their 21 babies recorded by SSA was a Teran (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.
More about Teran and names like it
- Compare Teran and TerronBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1980sTeran peaked in 1985.
- Ohio’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Teran since 1910.
- The top names of 1985The year the most babies were named Teran.
- The names of the MillennialsMost people named Teran alive today were born 1981-1996.
- Names starting with TMost given first.