Terrika — girls' name

What the Data Says About Terrika

The Social Security Administration has registered 570 babies named Terrika between 1975 and 2005, spanning 31 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Terrika currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2005. The name reached its historical peak in 1988, when 39 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Terrika performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 242 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Terrika shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Tennessee, which accounts for 35 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Terrika in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Terrika 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 570 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.