Unisex name · since 1979
Terin
343 babies named Terin in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 1982. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #14,823 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 343
- born since 1979
- 1980s
- peak decade
Terin is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 343 have been recorded since 1979.
Terin has 343 recorded births among girls since 1979, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1979 to 2014.
- #14,823 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 343 born since 1979
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Terin ranks #14,823 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 343 born since 1979, peaking in the 1980s.
- #14,823 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 343
- born since 1979
- 1980s
- peak decade
Terin's 343 recorded births place it above 79.5% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
Terin's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Terin splits its recorded history at 1993: 36% of all births land in the more recent half, 64% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 2002 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1982 peak of 31 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Terin popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–2014
- Peak year (1982)
- 31
- Annual births at peak, across 36 years of records
Terin popularity over time - boys
181 total births recorded since 1980 (Terin as boys' name)
Terin by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (170 births, 50% of the file).
1980s was Terin's strongest decade.
170 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Terin births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 6
1970s
6 births
- 1980s
1980s
170 births
- 1990s
1990s
102 births
- 2000s 60
2000s
60 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 170 births (50% of all-time use).
Terin by state
Where Terin concentrates geographically, total births since 1979
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 1.5% |
5 of 343 births nationwide.
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What to do with Terin's data
- Terin's decade-level peak was the 1980s (170 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Terins (5 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Terin: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1982)
Similar record span (~35 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, 1979–2014 (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 Terin 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.