Terrel
Terrel was last recorded in 2024, when 7 babies were given it; 3,042 Americans have been recorded with it between 1915 and 2024 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 2,490 Americans named Terrel and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (82% of everyone recorded); the median is 38 years old and half are between 29 and 53.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Terrel by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Terrel?
Unranked in 2025
Its last boys’ rank on record is #10,801, in 2024; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
94 babies in 1989, the peak
Terrel peaked in 1989, when 94 boys were given it, #1,087 among boys’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7 | #10,801 | 4.1 |
| 2023 | 6 | #12,092 | 3.5 |
| 2021 | 11 | #7,518 | 6.3 |
| 2020 | 14 | #6,251 | 8.1 |
| 2019 | 6 | #11,982 | 3.3 |
| 2018 | 13 | #6,662 | 7.2 |
| 2017 | 10 | #8,079 | 5.4 |
| 2016 | 15 | #6,022 | 7.9 |
| 2015 | 15 | #5,958 | 7.8 |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,499 | 5.7 |
Every recorded year (105)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 9 | #8,692 | 4.8 |
| 2012 | 17 | #5,452 | 9.0 |
| 2011 | 14 | #6,211 | 7.4 |
| 2010 | 18 | #5,223 | 9.4 |
| 2009 | 18 | #5,287 | 9.1 |
| 2008 | 23 | #4,371 | 11.3 |
| 2007 | 32 | #3,434 | 15.4 |
| 2006 | 33 | #3,297 | 16.1 |
| 2005 | 37 | #2,891 | 18.5 |
| 2004 | 32 | #3,143 | 16.1 |
| 2003 | 27 | #3,427 | 13.7 |
| 2002 | 32 | #2,933 | 16.5 |
| 2001 | 53 | #2,020 | 27.3 |
| 2000 | 48 | #2,124 | 24.4 |
| 1999 | 51 | #1,924 | 26.6 |
| 1998 | 58 | #1,762 | 30.3 |
| 1997 | 54 | #1,785 | 28.6 |
| 1996 | 52 | #1,780 | 27.5 |
| 1995 | 77 | #1,345 | 40.4 |
| 1994 | 70 | #1,402 | 36.2 |
| 1993 | 80 | #1,272 | 40.8 |
| 1992 | 78 | #1,282 | 39.1 |
| 1991 | 83 | #1,219 | 41.1 |
| 1990 | 66 | #1,376 | 32.1 |
| 1989 | 94 | #1,087 | 47.0 |
| 1988 | 81 | #1,115 | 42.3 |
| 1987 | 70 | #1,150 | 37.5 |
| 1986 | 71 | #1,125 | 38.6 |
| 1985 | 65 | #1,167 | 35.2 |
| 1984 | 51 | #1,317 | 28.3 |
| 1983 | 46 | #1,395 | 25.7 |
| 1982 | 37 | #1,648 | 20.4 |
| 1981 | 33 | #1,760 | 18.4 |
| 1980 | 31 | #1,848 | 17.4 |
| 1979 | 38 | #1,564 | 22.1 |
| 1978 | 33 | #1,687 | 20.1 |
| 1977 | 26 | #1,944 | 15.8 |
| 1976 | 28 | #1,820 | 17.8 |
| 1975 | 34 | #1,555 | 21.8 |
| 1974 | 33 | #1,541 | 21.0 |
| 1973 | 25 | #1,814 | 16.0 |
| 1972 | 26 | #1,764 | 16.0 |
| 1971 | 21 | #2,042 | 11.9 |
| 1970 | 17 | #2,281 | 9.1 |
| 1969 | 20 | #1,906 | 11.2 |
| 1968 | 27 | #1,540 | 15.5 |
| 1967 | 28 | #1,468 | 16.1 |
| 1966 | 20 | #1,752 | 11.2 |
| 1965 | 32 | #1,380 | 17.2 |
| 1964 | 18 | #1,965 | 9.0 |
| 1963 | 17 | #2,038 | 8.4 |
| 1962 | 27 | #1,539 | 13.1 |
| 1961 | 31 | #1,462 | 14.6 |
| 1960 | 35 | #1,354 | 16.4 |
| 1959 | 26 | #1,585 | 12.2 |
| 1958 | 26 | #1,553 | 12.3 |
| 1957 | 24 | #1,665 | 11.1 |
| 1956 | 20 | #1,810 | 9.5 |
| 1955 | 24 | #1,604 | 11.7 |
| 1954 | 35 | #1,289 | 17.2 |
| 1953 | 24 | #1,586 | 12.2 |
| 1952 | 18 | #1,850 | 9.3 |
| 1951 | 29 | #1,401 | 15.4 |
| 1950 | 29 | #1,361 | 16.2 |
| 1949 | 29 | #1,373 | 16.3 |
| 1948 | 23 | #1,555 | 13.1 |
| 1947 | 36 | #1,228 | 19.7 |
| 1946 | 27 | #1,376 | 16.6 |
| 1945 | 19 | #1,572 | 14.1 |
| 1944 | 19 | #1,621 | 13.9 |
| 1943 | 19 | #1,690 | 13.3 |
| 1942 | 12 | #2,254 | 8.7 |
| 1941 | 15 | #1,890 | 12.2 |
| 1940 | 25 | #1,363 | 21.6 |
| 1939 | 11 | #2,279 | 9.9 |
| 1938 | 16 | #1,807 | 14.4 |
| 1937 | 10 | #2,463 | 9.4 |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,507 | 5.8 |
| 1935 | 15 | #1,916 | 14.4 |
| 1934 | 12 | #2,250 | 11.6 |
| 1933 | 15 | #1,895 | 15.1 |
| 1932 | 6 | #3,735 | 5.7 |
| 1931 | 10 | #2,631 | 9.6 |
| 1929 | 6 | #3,916 | 5.6 |
| 1928 | 8 | #3,327 | 7.2 |
| 1927 | 9 | #3,123 | 8.0 |
| 1926 | 6 | #4,141 | 5.4 |
| 1925 | 9 | #3,123 | 8.1 |
| 1924 | 9 | #3,230 | 7.9 |
| 1923 | 7 | #3,780 | 6.4 |
| 1921 | 12 | #2,612 | 10.9 |
| 1920 | 8 | #3,468 | 7.5 |
| 1917 | 7 | #3,512 | 7.6 |
| 1916 | 8 | #3,152 | 9.0 |
| 1915 | 7 | #3,358 | 8.2 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Terrel a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 3,042 Americans recorded as Terrel, 3% are girls and 97% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Terrel: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Terrel, and how old are they?
2,490 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 82% of the 3,042 Americans ever recorded as Terrel. The median Terrel alive today is 38 years old; half are between 29 and 53.
The 2020 Census counted 2,285 people named Terrel (164 women and girls, 2,121 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,574 born in the U.S. The Census count is 11% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 54 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 374 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 398 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 1,010 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 537 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 116 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Terrel born?
The states with the most babies named Terrel are New York, Louisiana and California, with 56% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Louisiana is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 198 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Louisiana | 103 | not ranked | 1.8× |
| California | 85 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Texas | 78 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Florida | 55 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Illinois | 30 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| North Carolina | 27 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Pennsylvania | 24 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| New Jersey | 21 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Michigan | 16 | not ranked | 0.1× |
Where Terrel is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Terrel is most over-represented in Louisiana: since 1915 it was given 1.8 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Terrel with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
How common is the spelling Terrel?
Terrel is a less common spelling of Terrell: SSA has recorded 3,042 Terrel and 38,087 Terrell since 1880.
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 51,745 babies since 1880, Terrel is the third most given (5.9% of them). In 2025 none of their 118 babies recorded by SSA was a Terrel (SSA lists a name only with 5 or more babies of one sex).
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Terrel
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Terrel and names like it
- Compare Terrel and TerrellBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1980sTerrel peaked in 1989.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Terrel since 1910.
- The top names of 1989The year the most babies were named Terrel.
- The names of the MillennialsMost people named Terrel alive today were born 1981-1996.
- Names starting with TMost given first.