Boys' name · since 1971
Terek
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.
- #11,023 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 280
- born since 1971
- 1990s
- peak decade
Terek sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 280 recorded since 1971.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Terek has been recorded 280 times among boys since 1971, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1971 to 2020.
- #11,023 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 280 born since 1971
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Terek ranks #11,023 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 280 born since 1971, peaking in the 1990s.
- #11,023 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 280
- born since 1971
- 1990s
- peak decade
Terek's 280 recorded births place it above 75.76% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New Jersey.
Terek's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Terek splits its recorded history at 1999: 49% of all births land in the more recent half, 51% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1971 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1998 peak of 18 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Terek popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1971–2020
- Peak year (1998)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 50 years of records
Terek by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (96 births, 34% of the file).
1990s was Terek's strongest decade.
96 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Terek births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 11
1970s
11 births
- 1980s
1980s
52 births
- 1990s
1990s
96 births
- 2000s
2000s
83 births
- 2010s 33
2010s
33 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 96 births (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.
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What to do with Terek's data
- Terek's decade-level peak was the 1990s (96 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New Jersey records the most Tereks (6 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New Jersey names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Terek: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~49 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1971–2020 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Terek draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.