Terel — boys' name
145 babies named Terel in U.S. Social Security records since 1980, with the highest year being 1995. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
52% of everyone ever named Terel was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Terel in 1995 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Terel
The Social Security Administration has registered 145 babies named Terel between 1980 and 2010, spanning 31 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Terel currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2010. The name reached its historical peak in 1995, when 14 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Terel performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 75 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Terel shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Terel 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 145 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.
Terel at a glance
Last recorded 2010Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Terel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2010–1980
- Peak year (1995)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 31 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2010.
145 total births across 31 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1995 with 14 births in a single year.
Terel by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 75 births that decade — 52% of Terel's all-time total
Terel decade highlights
- Peak decade 75 births
- Runner-up 57 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Terel's strongest decade
75 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 52% of all-time use.
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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, 1980–2010 (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.