Terrill — #11005 US boys' name
4,365 babies named Terrill in U.S. Social Security records since 1917, with the highest year being 1975. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 23% of names given to boys today.
23% of everyone ever named Terrill was born in this single decade.
122 babies were named Terrill in 1975 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Terrill
The Social Security Administration has registered 4,365 babies named Terrill between 1917 and 2024, spanning 108 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Terrill currently holds the #11005 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1975, when 122 babies received it in a single year. Terrill is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 714 additional births since 1932.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Terrill performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 987 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Terrill shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 254 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Terrill in 26 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Terrill 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 4,365 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.
Terrill at a glance
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Current rank
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Terrill popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1917
- Peak year (1975)
- 122
- Annual births at peak — across 108 years of records
Currently ranks #11005 among boys.
4,365 total births across 108 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1975 with 122 births in a single year.
Terrill popularity over time — girls
714 total births recorded since 1932 (Terrill as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Terrill accounts for 14% of total recorded use across both genders.
Terrill by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 987 births that decade — 23% of Terrill's all-time total
Terrill decade highlights
- Peak decade 987 births
- Runner-up 724 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Terrill's strongest decade
987 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 23% of all-time use.
Terrill by state
Where Terrill concentrates geographically — total births since 1917
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 254 | 5.8% |
| #2 | Illinois | | 156 | 3.6% |
| #3 | Florida | | 106 | 2.4% |
| #4 | Michigan | | 104 | 2.4% |
| #5 | New York | | 84 | 1.9% |
| #6 | Louisiana | | 65 | 1.5% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 56 | 1.3% |
| #8 | Missouri | | 53 | 1.2% |
254 of 4,365 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 26 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 5.8% of nationwide
- Illinois 3.6% of nationwide
- Florida 2.4% of nationwide
- Michigan 2.4% of nationwide
- New York 1.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 26 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 5.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Terrill appears in 26 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1917–2024 (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.