Unisex name · since 1984
Teren
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.
- #16,138 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 122
- born since 1984
- 1990s
- peak decade
Teren sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 122 recorded since 1984.
Social Security Administration records show Teren recorded 122 times among boys since 1984, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used boys names, peaking in the 1990s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1984 to 2012.
- #16,138 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 122 born since 1984
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Teren ranks #16,138 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 122 born since 1984, peaking in the 1990s.
- #16,138 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 122
- born since 1984
- 1990s
- peak decade
Teren's 122 recorded births place it above 64.5% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Teren's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Teren's SSA record in two at 1998 and the more recent half accounts for 51% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 49%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1984, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1993 peak of 13, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Teren popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1984–2012
- Peak year (1993)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
Teren popularity over time - girls
57 total births recorded since 1956 (Teren as girls' name)
Teren by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (53 births, 43% of the file).
1990s was Teren's strongest decade.
53 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Teren births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
24 births
- 1990s
1990s
53 births
- 2000s
2000s
34 births
- 2010s 11
2010s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 53 births (43% of all-time use).
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- Teren's decade-level peak was the 1990s (53 total births); usage has since declined to 11 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Teren: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1993)
Similar record span (~28 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, 1984–2012 (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 Teren 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.