Terik — boys' name
114 babies named Terik in U.S. Social Security records since 1978, with the highest year being 1997. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
69% of everyone ever named Terik was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Terik in 1997 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Terik
The Social Security Administration has registered 114 babies named Terik between 1978 and 2016, spanning 39 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Terik currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 1997, when 16 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Terik performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 79 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Terik shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Terik 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 114 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.
Terik at a glance
Last recorded 2016Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Terik popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–1978
- Peak year (1997)
- 16
- Annual births at peak — across 39 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2016.
114 total births across 39 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1997 with 16 births in a single year.
Terik by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 79 births that decade — 69% of Terik's all-time total
Terik decade highlights
- Peak decade 79 births
- Runner-up 12 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Terik's strongest decade
79 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 69% of all-time use.
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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, 1978–2016 (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.