Teran — boys' name
355 babies named Teran in U.S. Social Security records since 1975, with the highest year being 1996. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
47% of everyone ever named Teran was born in this single decade.
23 babies were named Teran in 1996 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Teran
The Social Security Administration has registered 355 babies named Teran between 1975 and 2015, spanning 41 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Teran currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2015. The name reached its historical peak in 1996, when 23 babies received it in a single year. Teran is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 185 additional births since 1975.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Teran performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 167 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Teran shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Ohio, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Teran in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Teran 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 355 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.
Teran at a glance
Last recorded 2015Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Teran popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2015–1975
- Peak year (1996)
- 23
- Annual births at peak — across 41 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2015.
355 total births across 41 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1996 with 23 births in a single year.
Teran popularity over time — girls
185 total births recorded since 1975 (Teran as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Teran accounts for 34% of total recorded use across both genders.
Teran by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 167 births that decade — 47% of Teran's all-time total
Teran decade highlights
- Peak decade 167 births
- Runner-up 69 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Teran's strongest decade
167 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 47% of all-time use.
Teran by state
Where Teran concentrates geographically — total births since 1975
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Ohio | | 5 | 1.4% |
5 of 355 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Ohio 1.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Ohio accounts for 1.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1975–2015 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.