Terriel — boys' name
32 babies named Terriel in U.S. Social Security records since 1952, with the highest year being 1986. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
38% of everyone ever named Terriel was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Terriel in 1986 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Terriel
The Social Security Administration has registered 32 babies named Terriel between 1952 and 1986, spanning 35 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Terriel currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1986. The name reached its historical peak in 1986, when 8 babies received it in a single year. Terriel is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 5 additional births since 2009.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Terriel performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 12 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Terriel shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Terriel 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 32 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.
Terriel at a glance
Last recorded 1986Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Terriel popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1986–1952
- Peak year (1986)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 35 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1986.
32 total births across 35 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1986 with 8 births in a single year.
Terriel popularity over time — girls
5 total births recorded since 2009 (Terriel as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Terriel accounts for 14% of total recorded use across both genders.
Terriel by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 12 births that decade — 38% of Terriel's all-time total
Terriel decade highlights
- Peak decade 12 births
- Runner-up 8 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Terriel's strongest decade
12 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 38% of all-time use.
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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, 1952–1986 (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.