Terral — boys' name

What the Data Says About Terral

The Social Security Administration has registered 586 babies named Terral between 1924 and 2003, spanning 80 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Terral currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2003. The name reached its historical peak in 1978, when 22 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Terral performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 114 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Terral shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Arkansas, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Alabama. In total, SSA state-level files list Terral in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Terral 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 586 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.