Terrel — #9951 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Terrel

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,961 babies named Terrel between 1915 and 2024, spanning 110 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Terrel currently holds the #9951 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1989, when 94 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Terrel performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 669 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Terrel shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 198 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Louisiana and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Terrel in 19 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Terrel 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 2,961 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.