Terasha — girls' name
13 babies named Terasha in U.S. Social Security records since 1978, with the highest year being 1985. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
62% of everyone ever named Terasha was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Terasha in 1985 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Terasha
The Social Security Administration has registered 13 babies named Terasha between 1978 and 1985, spanning 8 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Terasha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1985. The name reached its historical peak in 1985, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Terasha performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 8 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Terasha shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Alabama, which accounts for 7 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Terasha in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Terasha 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 13 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.
Terasha at a glance
Last recorded 1985Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Terasha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1985–1978
- Peak year (1985)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 8 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1985.
13 total births across 8 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1985 with 8 births in a single year.
Terasha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 8 births that decade — 62% of Terasha's all-time total
Terasha decade highlights
- Peak decade 8 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Terasha's strongest decade
8 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 62% of all-time use.
Terasha by state
Where Terasha concentrates geographically — total births since 1978
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Alabama | | 7 | 53.8% |
7 of 13 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Alabama 53.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Alabama accounts for 53.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration 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, 1978–1985 (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.