Terrilyn — girls' name

What the Data Says About Terrilyn

The Social Security Administration has registered 930 babies named Terrilyn between 1946 and 2011, spanning 66 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Terrilyn currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2011. The name reached its historical peak in 1958, when 60 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Terrilyn performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 286 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Terrilyn shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Louisiana, which accounts for 40 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Michigan and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Terrilyn in 8 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Terrilyn 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 930 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.