Teronica — girls' name
23 babies named Teronica in U.S. Social Security records since 1972, with the highest year being 1973. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
57% of everyone ever named Teronica was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Teronica in 1973 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Teronica
The Social Security Administration has registered 23 babies named Teronica between 1972 and 1990, spanning 19 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Teronica currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1990. The name reached its historical peak in 1973, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Teronica performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 13 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Teronica shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Teronica 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 23 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.
Teronica at a glance
Last recorded 1990Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Teronica popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–1972
- Peak year (1973)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 19 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1990.
23 total births across 19 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1973 with 8 births in a single year.
Teronica by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 13 births that decade — 57% of Teronica's all-time total
Teronica decade highlights
- Peak decade 13 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Teronica's strongest decade
13 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 57% 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, 1972–1990 (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.