Terelle — boys' name
352 babies named Terelle in U.S. Social Security records since 1977, with the highest year being 1986. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
38% of everyone ever named Terelle was born in this single decade.
18 babies were named Terelle in 1986 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Terelle
The Social Security Administration has registered 352 babies named Terelle between 1977 and 2012, spanning 36 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Terelle currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2012. The name reached its historical peak in 1986, when 18 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Terelle performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 132 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Terelle shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Terelle 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 352 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.
Terelle at a glance
Last recorded 2012Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Terelle popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2012–1977
- Peak year (1986)
- 18
- Annual births at peak — across 36 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2012.
352 total births across 36 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1986 with 18 births in a single year.
Terelle popularity over time — girls
5 total births recorded since 1986 (Terelle as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Terelle accounts for 1% of total recorded use across both genders.
Terelle by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 132 births that decade — 38% of Terelle's all-time total
Terelle decade highlights
- Peak decade 132 births
- Runner-up 117 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Terelle's strongest decade
132 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 38% 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, 1977–2012 (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.