Terita — girls' name
96 babies named Terita in U.S. Social Security records since 1953, with the highest year being 1973. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
43% of everyone ever named Terita was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Terita in 1973 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Terita
The Social Security Administration has registered 96 babies named Terita between 1953 and 1982, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Terita currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1982. The name reached its historical peak in 1973, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Terita performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 41 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Terita shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Terita 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 96 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.
Terita at a glance
Last recorded 1982Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Terita popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1982–1953
- Peak year (1973)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 30 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1982.
96 total births across 30 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1973 with 9 births in a single year.
Terita by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 41 births that decade — 43% of Terita's all-time total
Terita decade highlights
- Peak decade 41 births
- Runner-up 31 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Terita's strongest decade
41 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 43% 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, 1953–1982 (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.