Boys' name · since 1950
Terrall
Terrall has 130 recorded births since 1950 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1980 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #15,724 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 130
- born since 1950
- 1980s
- peak decade
Terrall sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 130 recorded since 1950.
Terrall has 130 recorded births among boys since 1950, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1950 to 1999.
- #15,724 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 130 born since 1950
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Terrall ranks #15,724 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 130 born since 1950, peaking in the 1980s.
- #15,724 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 130
- born since 1950
- 1980s
- peak decade
Terrall's 130 recorded births place it above 65.41% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Terrall's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Terrall's full recorded timeline at 1980, 53% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 47% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1950, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1980 peak of 10 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Terrall popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1950–1999
- Peak year (1980)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 50 years of records
Terrall by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (51 births, 39% of the file).
1980s was Terrall's strongest decade.
51 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Terrall births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 17
1950s
17 births
- 1960s 12
1960s
12 births
- 1970s
1970s
32 births
- 1980s
1980s
51 births
- 1990s 18
1990s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 51 births (39% of all-time use).
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- Terrall's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (51 total births) through the 1990s (18) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Terrall: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1980)
Similar record span (~49 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1950–1999 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Terrall draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.