Terrell
Terrell was given to 113 boys in 2025, #1,538 among boys’ names; 38,087 Americans have been recorded with it since 1885 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 33,400 Americans named Terrell and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (88% of everyone recorded); the median is 37 years old and half are between 26 and 48.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Terrell by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Terrell mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Terrell is “a male given name.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Terrell?
#1,538 among boys’ names, 2025
Terrell fell from #891 in 2015 to #1,538 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 0.13 to 0.07 per 1,000.
1,004 babies in 1989, the peak
Terrell peaked in 1989, when 1,004 babies were given it (983 boys, #259 among boys’ names). The 113 births of 2025 are 11% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 113 | #1,538 | 0.07 |
| 2024 | 120 | #1,499 | 0.07 |
| 2023 | 109 | #1,607 | 0.06 |
| 2022 | 161 | #1,225 | 0.09 |
| 2021 | 177 | #1,142 | 0.10 |
| 2020 | 173 | #1,132 | 0.10 |
| 2019 | 190 | #1,073 | 0.11 |
| 2018 | 215 | #968 | 0.12 |
| 2017 | 245 | #881 | 0.13 |
| 2016 | 229 | #929 | 0.12 |
Every recorded year (125)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 248 | #891 | 0.13 |
| 2014 | 276 | #824 | 0.14 |
| 2013 | 322 | #728 | 0.17 |
| 2012 | 350 | #676 | 0.18 |
| 2011 | 383 | #621 | 0.20 |
| 2010 | 378 | #640 | 0.20 |
| 2009 | 451 | #584 | 0.23 |
| 2008 | 480 | #546 | 0.24 |
| 2007 | 521 | #510 | 0.25 |
| 2006 | 500 | #517 | 0.24 |
| 2005 | 519 | #482 | 0.26 |
| 2004 | 512 | #485 | 0.26 |
| 2003 | 516 | #482 | 0.26 |
| 2002 | 503 | #473 | 0.26 |
| 2001 | 531 | #456 | 0.27 |
| 2000 | 608 | #409 | 0.31 |
| 1999 | 705 | #370 | 0.37 |
| 1998 | 862 | #320 | 0.45 |
| 1997 | 688 | #361 | 0.36 |
| 1996 | 669 | #362 | 0.35 |
| 1995 | 696 | #353 | 0.37 |
| 1994 | 734 | #336 | 0.38 |
| 1993 | 847 | #314 | 0.43 |
| 1992 | 849 | #311 | 0.43 |
| 1991 | 949 | #280 | 0.47 |
| 1990 | 925 | #282 | 0.45 |
| 1989 | 983 | #259 | 0.49 |
| 1988 | 918 | #256 | 0.48 |
| 1987 | 868 | #258 | 0.46 |
| 1986 | 857 | #260 | 0.47 |
| 1985 | 890 | #255 | 0.48 |
| 1984 | 801 | #259 | 0.44 |
| 1983 | 713 | #286 | 0.40 |
| 1982 | 682 | #295 | 0.38 |
| 1981 | 600 | #318 | 0.33 |
| 1980 | 604 | #317 | 0.34 |
| 1979 | 593 | #318 | 0.34 |
| 1978 | 502 | #343 | 0.31 |
| 1977 | 591 | #315 | 0.36 |
| 1976 | 502 | #344 | 0.32 |
| 1975 | 492 | #349 | 0.32 |
| 1974 | 339 | #425 | 0.22 |
| 1973 | 364 | #410 | 0.23 |
| 1972 | 352 | #423 | 0.22 |
| 1971 | 345 | #439 | 0.20 |
| 1970 | 354 | #432 | 0.19 |
| 1969 | 319 | #442 | 0.18 |
| 1968 | 297 | #446 | 0.17 |
| 1967 | 327 | #421 | 0.19 |
| 1966 | 247 | #486 | 0.14 |
| 1965 | 243 | #492 | 0.13 |
| 1964 | 220 | #529 | 0.11 |
| 1963 | 254 | #505 | 0.13 |
| 1962 | 226 | #532 | 0.11 |
| 1961 | 207 | #548 | 0.10 |
| 1960 | 219 | #535 | 0.10 |
| 1959 | 221 | #529 | 0.10 |
| 1958 | 263 | #480 | 0.12 |
| 1957 | 213 | #532 | 0.10 |
| 1956 | 201 | #527 | 0.10 |
| 1955 | 199 | #518 | 0.10 |
| 1954 | 195 | #522 | 0.10 |
| 1953 | 178 | #534 | 0.09 |
| 1952 | 177 | #527 | 0.09 |
| 1951 | 194 | #487 | 0.10 |
| 1950 | 203 | #469 | 0.11 |
| 1949 | 202 | #463 | 0.11 |
| 1948 | 212 | #459 | 0.12 |
| 1947 | 182 | #500 | 0.10 |
| 1946 | 187 | #468 | 0.12 |
| 1945 | 133 | #519 | 0.10 |
| 1944 | 131 | #530 | 0.10 |
| 1943 | 119 | #585 | 0.08 |
| 1942 | 102 | #628 | 0.07 |
| 1941 | 130 | #524 | 0.11 |
| 1940 | 119 | #540 | 0.10 |
| 1939 | 88 | #628 | 0.08 |
| 1938 | 72 | #723 | 0.06 |
| 1937 | 67 | #750 | 0.06 |
| 1936 | 65 | #755 | 0.06 |
| 1935 | 64 | #776 | 0.06 |
| 1934 | 57 | #834 | 0.06 |
| 1933 | 47 | #922 | 0.05 |
| 1932 | 48 | #950 | 0.05 |
| 1931 | 28 | #1,330 | 0.03 |
| 1930 | 36 | #1,189 | 0.03 |
| 1929 | 41 | #1,091 | 0.04 |
| 1928 | 42 | #1,092 | 0.04 |
| 1927 | 45 | #1,057 | 0.04 |
| 1926 | 36 | #1,216 | 0.03 |
| 1925 | 36 | #1,199 | 0.03 |
| 1924 | 46 | #1,054 | 0.04 |
| 1923 | 32 | #1,296 | 0.03 |
| 1922 | 42 | #1,106 | 0.04 |
| 1921 | 36 | #1,223 | 0.03 |
| 1920 | 47 | #1,016 | 0.04 |
| 1919 | 34 | #1,228 | 0.03 |
| 1918 | 35 | #1,191 | 0.03 |
| 1917 | 30 | #1,261 | 0.03 |
| 1916 | 35 | #1,116 | 0.04 |
| 1915 | 30 | #1,211 | 0.04 |
| 1914 | 25 | #1,185 | 0.04 |
| 1913 | 15 | #1,428 | 0.03 |
| 1912 | 27 | #872 | 0.06 |
| 1911 | 8 | #1,370 | 0.04 |
| 1910 | 5 | #1,815 | 0.03 |
| 1909 | 8 | #1,146 | 0.05 |
| 1908 | 7 | #1,200 | 0.05 |
| 1907 | 8 | #1,082 | 0.05 |
| 1903 | 8 | #904 | 0.07 |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,299 | 0.04 |
| 1901 | 5 | #1,197 | 0.05 |
| 1900 | 8 | #1,042 | 0.05 |
| 1890 | 5 | #1,146 | 0.05 |
| 1885 | 5 | #1,084 | 0.05 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Terrell a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 38,087 Americans recorded as Terrell, 4% are girls and 96% boys. In 2025 it went to 113 boys; SSA lists no girls with it that year (fewer than 5, or none).
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Terrell: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Terrell, and how old are they?
33,400 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 88% of the 38,087 Americans ever recorded as Terrell. The median Terrell alive today is 37 years old; half are between 26 and 48.
The 2020 Census counted 26,446 people named Terrell (1,167 women and girls, 25,279 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 33,627 born in the U.S. The Census count is 21% 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 | 401 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 3,010 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 6,330 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 12,700 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 8,400 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 2,560 |
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 Terrell born?
The states with the most babies named Terrell are Florida, Michigan and Texas, with 43% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florida | 15 | #953 | 1.4× |
| Michigan | 11 | #708 | 1.1× |
| Texas | 9 | #1,892 | 0.6× |
| California | 7 | #2,182 | 0.5× |
| North Carolina | 7 | #1,131 | 1.0× |
| Illinois | 6 | #1,262 | 1.4× |
| Georgia | 6 | #1,338 | 2.2× |
| Louisiana | 6 | #762 | 2.5× |
| New York | 5 | #2,016 | 0.8× |
| Alabama | 5 | #869 | 2.0× |
Where Terrell is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Terrell is most over-represented in Louisiana: since 1910 it was given 2.5 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 Terrell with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 51,745 babies since 1880, Terrell is the most given (74% of them). In 2025 it was given to 113 of their 118 babies (96%), again the most given.
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 Terrell
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 Terrell and names like it
- Compare Terrell and TerrillBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1980sTerrell peaked in 1989.
- Illinois’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Terrell since 1910.
- The top names of 1989The year the most babies were named Terrell.
- The names of the MillennialsMost people named Terrell alive today were born 1981-1996.
- Names starting with TMost given first.