Terin — unisex name
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.
50% of everyone ever named Terin was born in this single decade.
31 babies were named Terin in 1982 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Terin
The Social Security Administration has registered 343 babies named Terin between 1979 and 2014, spanning 36 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Terin currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2014. The name reached its historical peak in 1982, when 31 babies received it in a single year. Terin is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 181 additional births since 1980.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Terin performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 170 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Terin shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Terin in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Terin 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 343 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.
Terin at a glance
Last recorded 2014Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Terin popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2014–1979
- Peak year (1982)
- 31
- Annual births at peak — across 36 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2014.
343 total births across 36 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1982 with 31 births in a single year.
Terin popularity over time — boys
181 total births recorded since 1980 (Terin as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Terin accounts for 35% of total recorded use across both genders.
Terin by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 170 births that decade — 50% of Terin's all-time total
Terin decade highlights
- Peak decade 170 births
- Runner-up 102 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Terin's strongest decade
170 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 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.
Top 5 states
- California 1.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 1.5% 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, 1979–2014 (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.