Girls' name · since 1946
Terrilee
154 babies named Terrilee in U.S. Social Security records since 1946, with the highest year being 1955. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #22,531 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 154
- born since 1946
- 1950s
- peak decade
Terrilee sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 154 recorded since 1946.
Social Security Administration records show Terrilee recorded 154 times among girls since 1946, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1950s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1946 to 1972.
- #22,531 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 154 born since 1946
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Terrilee ranks #22,531 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 154 born since 1946, peaking in the 1950s.
- #22,531 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 154
- born since 1946
- 1950s
- peak decade
Terrilee's 154 recorded births place it above 68.84% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Terrilee's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Terrilee's SSA record in two at 1959 and the more recent half accounts for 49% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 51%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1952, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1955 peak of 14, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Terrilee popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1946–1972
- Peak year (1955)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Terrilee by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (71 births, 46% of the file).
1950s was Terrilee's strongest decade.
71 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Terrilee births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 15
1940s
15 births
- 1950s
1950s
71 births
- 1960s
1960s
62 births
- 1970s 6
1970s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 71 births (46% of all-time use).
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- Terrilee's decade-level peak was the 1950s (71 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 1970s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Terrilee: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1955)
Similar record span (~26 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1946–1972 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Terrilee draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.