Terence — #2912 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Terence

The Social Security Administration has registered 34,243 babies named Terence between 1885 and 2024, spanning 140 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Terence currently holds the #2912 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1964, when 1,015 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Terence performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 7,803 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Terence shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 4,916 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Terence in 46 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Terence 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 34,243 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.