Terrance — #1292 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Terrance

The Social Security Administration has registered 70,058 babies named Terrance between 1895 and 2024, spanning 130 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Terrance currently holds the #1292 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1988, when 1,424 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Terrance performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 12,570 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Terrance shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 4,811 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Michigan. In total, SSA state-level files list Terrance in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Terrance 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 70,058 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.