Unisex name · since 1975
Terez
412 babies named Terez in U.S. Social Security records since 1975, with the highest year being 1995. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #8,867 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 412
- born since 1975
- 1990s
- peak decade
Terez sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 412 recorded since 1975.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Terez has been recorded 412 times among boys since 1975, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1975 to 2024.
- #8,867 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 412 born since 1975
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Terez ranks #8,867 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 412 born since 1975, peaking in the 1990s.
- #8,867 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 412
- born since 1975
- 1990s
- peak decade
Terez's 412 recorded births place it above 80.49% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Michigan.
Terez's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Terez splits its recorded history at 1998: 44% of all births land in the more recent half, 56% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1979 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1995 peak of 25 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Terez popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–2024
- Peak year (1995)
- 25
- Annual births at peak, across 50 years of records
Terez popularity over time - girls
145 total births recorded since 1955 (Terez as girls' name)
Terez by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (151 births, 37% of the file).
1990s was Terez's strongest decade.
151 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Terez births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 23
1970s
23 births
- 1980s
1980s
73 births
- 1990s
1990s
151 births
- 2000s
2000s
95 births
- 2010s 59
2010s
59 births
- 2020s 11
2020s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 151 births (37% of all-time use).
Terez by state
Where Terez concentrates geographically, total births since 1975
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- Terez's decade-level peak was the 1990s (151 total births); usage has since declined to 11 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Michigan records the most Terezs (10 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Michigan names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Terez: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~49 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, 1975–2024 (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 Terez 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.