Unisex name · since 1945
Terran
Terran has 1,536 recorded births since 1945 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1992 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #3,897 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,924 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,536
- born since 1945
- 1990s
- peak decade
Terran currently ranks #5924 among unisex names in America, with 1,536 babies recorded since 1945.
Terran has 1,536 recorded births among boys since 1945, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #5924 as of the latest data, more common than 57% of boys, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1945 to 2025.
- #3,897 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #5,924 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 1,536 born since 1945
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Terran ranks #3,897 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,924 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 1,536 born since 1945, peaking in the 1990s.
- #3,897 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,924 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,536
- born since 1945
- 1990s
- peak decade
Terran's 1,536 recorded births place it above 91.43% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 5 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Terran compares
1,536 Top 25% higher than 75% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Terran's all-time total is 4x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Terran | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,536 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 51 | 34 | 22,252 |
Terran's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Terran splits its recorded history at 1993: 65% of all births land in the more recent half, 35% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1945 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1992 peak of 51 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Terran popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1945–2025
- Peak year (1992)
- 51
- Annual births at peak, across 81 years of records
Terran popularity over time - girls
566 total births recorded since 1961 (Terran as girls' name)
Terran by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (373 births, 24% of the file).
1990s was Terran's strongest decade.
373 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 24% of all-time use.
Terran births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 10
1940s
10 births
- 1950s 7
1950s
7 births
- 1960s 41
1960s
41 births
- 1970s 133
1970s
133 births
- 1980s
1980s
231 births
- 1990s
1990s
373 births
- 2000s
2000s
352 births
- 2010s
2010s
289 births
- 2020s 100
2020s
100 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 373 births (24% of all-time use).
How Terran compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Terran's total volume
Terran by state
Where Terran concentrates geographically, total births since 1945
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 44 | 2.9% |
| #2 | Texas | | 22 | 1.4% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 6 | 0.4% |
| #4 | Florida | | 5 | 0.3% |
| #5 | Indiana | | 5 | 0.3% |
44 of 1,536 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
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What to do with Terran's data
- Terran's decade-level peak was the 1990s (373 total births); usage has since declined to 100 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Terrans (44 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Terran: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1992)
Similar record span (~80 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, 1945–2025 (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 Terran 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.