Tere — girls' name

What the Data Says About Tere

The Social Security Administration has registered 385 babies named Tere between 1946 and 2011, spanning 66 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tere currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2011. The name reached its historical peak in 1959, when 24 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Tere performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 126 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Tere 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 . In total, SSA state-level files list Tere in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Tere 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 385 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.