Teria — girls' name
582 babies named Teria in U.S. Social Security records since 1953, with the highest year being 1989. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
32% of everyone ever named Teria was born in this single decade.
28 babies were named Teria in 1989 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Teria
The Social Security Administration has registered 582 babies named Teria between 1953 and 2009, spanning 57 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Teria currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2009. The name reached its historical peak in 1989, when 28 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Teria performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 188 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Teria shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Teria in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Teria 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 582 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.
Teria at a glance
Last recorded 2009Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Teria popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–1953
- Peak year (1989)
- 28
- Annual births at peak — across 57 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2009.
582 total births across 57 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1989 with 28 births in a single year.
Teria by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 188 births that decade — 32% of Teria's all-time total
Teria decade highlights
- Peak decade 188 births
- Runner-up 157 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Teria's strongest decade
188 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 32% of all-time use.
Teria by state
Where Teria concentrates geographically — total births since 1953
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Florida | | 5 | 0.9% |
5 of 582 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Florida 0.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Florida accounts for 0.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1953–2009 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.