Girls' name · since 1920
Teri
Teri has 43,957 recorded births since 1920 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1960 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #651 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,040 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 43,957
- born since 1920
- 1960s
- peak decade
Teri currently ranks #12040 among girls' names in America, with 43,957 babies recorded since 1920.
Teri has 43,957 recorded births among girls since 1920, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #12040 as of the latest data, more common than 30% of girls, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1920 to 2025.
- #651 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #12,040 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 43,957 born since 1920
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Teri ranks #651 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,040 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 43,957 born since 1920, peaking in the 1960s.
- #651 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,040 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 43,957
- born since 1920
- 1960s
- peak decade
Teri's 43,957 recorded births place it above 99.1% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
51 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Teri compares
43,957 Top 4% higher than 96% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Teri's all-time total is 117x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Teri | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 43,957 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 2,329 | 21 | 19,840 |
Teri's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Teri's SSA record in two at 1977 and the more recent half accounts for 17% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 83%, consistent with a name more common in the past than in recent years. Its calmest year was 1926, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1960 peak of 2,329, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Teri popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1920–2025
- Peak year (1960)
- 2,329
- Annual births at peak, across 106 years of records
Teri popularity over time - boys
214 total births recorded since 1948 (Teri as boys' name)
Teri by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (16,763 births, 38% of the file).
1960s was Teri's strongest decade.
16,763 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Teri births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 17
1920s
17 births
- 1930s 62
1930s
62 births
- 1940s 1,617
1940s
1,617 births
- 1950s
1950s
11,834 births
- 1960s
1960s
16,763 births
- 1970s
1970s
7,842 births
- 1980s 3,951
1980s
3,951 births
- 1990s 1,283
1990s
1,283 births
- 2000s 426
2000s
426 births
- 2010s 123
2010s
123 births
- 2020s 39
2020s
39 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 16,763 births (38% of all-time use).
How Teri compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Teri's total volume
Teri by state
Where Teri concentrates geographically, total births since 1920
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 7,274 | 16.5% |
| #2 | Texas | | 2,676 | 6.1% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 2,471 | 5.6% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 2,304 | 5.2% |
| #5 | Michigan | | 2,222 | 5.1% |
| #6 | New York | | 1,808 | 4.1% |
| #7 | Washington | | 1,441 | 3.3% |
| #8 | Pennsylvania | | 1,299 | 3.0% |
7,274 of 43,957 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Teri appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Teri's data
- Teri's decade-level peak was the 1960s (16,763 total births); usage has since declined to 39 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Teris (7,274 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Teri: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1960)
Similar record span (~105 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, 1920–2025 (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 Teri 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.