Terrence — #1519 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Terrence

The Social Security Administration has registered 72,305 babies named Terrence between 1886 and 2024, spanning 139 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Terrence currently holds the #1519 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1955, when 1,497 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Terrence performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 12,833 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Terrence shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 7,126 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Terrence in 50 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Terrence 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 72,305 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.