Teren — boys' name
122 babies named Teren in U.S. Social Security records since 1984, with the highest year being 1993. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
43% of everyone ever named Teren was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Teren in 1993 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Teren
The Social Security Administration has registered 122 babies named Teren between 1984 and 2012, spanning 29 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Teren currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2012. The name reached its historical peak in 1993, when 13 babies received it in a single year. Teren is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 57 additional births since 1956.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Teren performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 53 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Teren shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Teren 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 122 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.
Teren at a glance
Last recorded 2012Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Teren popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2012–1984
- Peak year (1993)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 29 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2012.
122 total births across 29 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1993 with 13 births in a single year.
Teren popularity over time — girls
57 total births recorded since 1956 (Teren as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Teren accounts for 32% of total recorded use across both genders.
Teren by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 53 births that decade — 43% of Teren's all-time total
Teren decade highlights
- Peak decade 53 births
- Runner-up 34 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Teren's strongest decade
53 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 43% 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, 1984–2012 (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.