Terrea — girls' name
92 babies named Terrea in U.S. Social Security records since 1950, with the highest year being 1956. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
50% of everyone ever named Terrea was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Terrea in 1956 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Terrea
The Social Security Administration has registered 92 babies named Terrea between 1950 and 1993, spanning 44 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Terrea currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1993. The name reached its historical peak in 1956, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Terrea performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 46 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Terrea shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 14 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Terrea in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Terrea 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 92 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.
Terrea at a glance
Last recorded 1993Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Terrea popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–1950
- Peak year (1956)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 44 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1993.
92 total births across 44 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1956 with 10 births in a single year.
Terrea by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 46 births that decade — 50% of Terrea's all-time total
Terrea decade highlights
- Peak decade 46 births
- Runner-up 24 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Terrea's strongest decade
46 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 50% of all-time use.
Terrea by state
Where Terrea concentrates geographically — total births since 1950
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 14 | 15.2% |
14 of 92 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 15.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 15.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1950–1993 (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.