Girls' name · since 1988
Terreka
12 babies named Terreka in U.S. Social Security records since 1988, with the highest year being 1988. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #52,395 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 12
- born since 1988
- 1980s
- peak decade
Terreka is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 12 have been recorded since 1988.
Terreka has 12 recorded births among girls since 1988, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls 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 1988 to 1991.
- #52,395 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 12 born since 1988
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Terreka ranks #52,395 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 12 born since 1988, peaking in the 1980s.
- #52,395 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 12
- born since 1988
- 1980s
- peak decade
Terreka's 12 recorded births place it above 27.4% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Terreka's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Terreka's SSA record in two at 1991 and the more recent half accounts for 42% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 58%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1991, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1988 peak of 7, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Terreka popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–1991
- Peak year (1988)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 4 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 1991.
12 total births across 4 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1988 with 7 births in a single year.
Terreka by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (7 births, 58% of the file).
1980s was Terreka's strongest decade.
7 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 58% of all-time use.
Terreka births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
7 births
- 1990s
1990s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 7 births (58% of all-time use).
Terreka decade highlights
- Peak decade 7 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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What to do with Terreka's data
- Terreka's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (7 total births) through the 1990s (5) -- 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Terreka: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1988)
Similar record span (~3 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, 1988–1991 (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 Terreka 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.
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