Terra — #2532 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Terra

The Social Security Administration has registered 15,353 babies named Terra between 1940 and 2024, spanning 85 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Terra currently holds the #2532 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1980, when 604 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Terra performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 4,766 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Terra shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 1,720 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Terra in 41 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Terra 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 15,353 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.