Terance — #7816 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Terance

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,840 babies named Terance between 1938 and 2024, spanning 87 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Terance currently holds the #7816 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 76 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Terance performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 600 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Terance shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 114 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Terance in 16 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Terance 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 2,840 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.