Teri — #10334 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Teri

The Social Security Administration has registered 43,950 babies named Teri between 1920 and 2024, spanning 105 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Teri currently holds the #10334 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1960, when 2,330 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Teri performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 16,763 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Teri shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 7,274 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Teri in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Teri 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 43,950 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.