Terrelle — boys' name
575 babies named Terrelle in U.S. Social Security records since 1969, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
30% of everyone ever named Terrelle was born in this single decade.
27 babies were named Terrelle in 1990 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Terrelle
The Social Security Administration has registered 575 babies named Terrelle between 1969 and 2017, spanning 49 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Terrelle currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 27 babies received it in a single year. Terrelle is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 34 additional births since 1975.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Terrelle performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 172 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Terrelle shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Terrelle in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Terrelle 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 575 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.
Terrelle at a glance
Last recorded 2017Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Terrelle popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–1969
- Peak year (1990)
- 27
- Annual births at peak — across 49 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2017.
575 total births across 49 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1990 with 27 births in a single year.
Terrelle popularity over time — girls
34 total births recorded since 1975 (Terrelle as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Terrelle accounts for 6% of total recorded use across both genders.
Terrelle by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 172 births that decade — 30% of Terrelle's all-time total
Terrelle decade highlights
- Peak decade 172 births
- Runner-up 172 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Terrelle's strongest decade
172 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 30% of all-time use.
Terrelle by state
Where Terrelle concentrates geographically — total births since 1969
Top 5 states
- Florida 1.0% of nationwide
- New York 0.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Florida accounts for 1.0% 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, 1969–2017 (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.