Recorded 1956–2015 Girls' name Peak 2014 117 births

Terralyn — girls' name

117 babies named Terralyn in U.S. Social Security records since 1956, with the highest year being 2014. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1950s61960s151970s101980s51990s282000s322010s21
2000s
Peak decade

27% of everyone ever named Terralyn was born in this single decade.

2014
Single peak year

11 babies were named Terralyn in 2014 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Terralyn

The Social Security Administration has registered 117 babies named Terralyn between 1956 and 2015, spanning 60 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Terralyn currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2015. The name reached its historical peak in 2014, when 11 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Terralyn performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 32 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Terralyn shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Terralyn 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 117 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.

Terralyn at a glance

Last recorded 2015

Total births

117

Since 1956

60 years of records

Peak year

2014

11 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2015

Active since

1956

Recorded for 60 years

Last year on file: 2015

Terralyn popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2015–1956

Last recorded 2015
Peak year (2014)
11
Annual births at peak — across 60 years of records
4681012 20152007200319981990197619621956 6

Terralyn by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
32 births that decade — 27% of Terralyn's all-time total
1950s61960s151970s101980s51990s282000s322010s21

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Terralyn?
117 babies have been named Terralyn since 1956. It was last recorded in 2015. The peak year was 2014 with 11 births.
When was Terralyn most popular?
Terralyn was most popular in the 2000s decade with 32 total births. The single peak year was 2014.
How long has the name Terralyn been used?
Terralyn has been recorded in Social Security data since 1956, spanning 60 years of data through 2015.
What names are similar to Terralyn?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Teresa, Terri, Terry, Teri, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1956–2015 (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.