Terek — boys' name
280 babies named Terek in U.S. Social Security records since 1971, with the highest year being 1998. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
34% of everyone ever named Terek was born in this single decade.
18 babies were named Terek in 1998 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Terek
The Social Security Administration has registered 280 babies named Terek between 1971 and 2020, spanning 50 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Terek currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 1998, when 18 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Terek performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 96 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Terek shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New Jersey, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Terek in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Terek 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 280 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.
Terek at a glance
Last recorded 2020Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Terek popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–1971
- Peak year (1998)
- 18
- Annual births at peak — across 50 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2020.
280 total births across 50 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1998 with 18 births in a single year.
Terek by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 96 births that decade — 34% of Terek's all-time total
Terek decade highlights
- Peak decade 96 births
- Runner-up 83 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Terek's strongest decade
96 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 34% of all-time use.
Terek by state
Where Terek concentrates geographically — total births since 1971
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New Jersey | | 6 | 2.1% |
6 of 280 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New Jersey 2.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New Jersey accounts for 2.1% 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, 1971–2020 (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.