Girls' name · since 1962
Terenia
15 babies named Terenia in U.S. Social Security records since 1962, with the highest year being 1962. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #50,260 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 15
- born since 1962
- 1960s
- peak decade
Terenia is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 15 have been recorded since 1962.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Terenia has been recorded 15 times among girls since 1962, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1960s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1962 to 1968.
- #50,260 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 15 born since 1962
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Terenia ranks #50,260 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 15 born since 1962, peaking in the 1960s.
- #50,260 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 15
- born since 1962
- 1960s
- peak decade
Terenia's 15 recorded births place it above 30.35% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Terenia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Terenia splits its recorded history at 1964: 67% of all births land in the more recent half, 33% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1962 (5 births).
Terenia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1962–1968
- Peak year (1962)
- 5
- Annual births at peak, across 7 years of records
Terenia by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (15 births, 100% of the file).
1960s was Terenia's strongest decade.
15 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Terenia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s
1960s
15 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 15 births (100% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Terenia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1962)
Similar record span (~6 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, 1962–1968 (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 Terenia 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.