Terika — girls' name

What the Data Says About Terika

The Social Security Administration has registered 638 babies named Terika between 1970 and 2009, spanning 40 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Terika currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2009. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 46 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Terika performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 263 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Terika shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 21 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Georgia and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Terika in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Terika 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 638 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.