Terasa — girls' name

What the Data Says About Terasa

The Social Security Administration has registered 367 babies named Terasa between 1952 and 1998, spanning 47 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Terasa currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1998. The name reached its historical peak in 1970, when 22 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Terasa performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 151 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Terasa shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Terasa in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Terasa 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 367 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.