Terrisa — girls' name
287 babies named Terrisa in U.S. Social Security records since 1953, with the highest year being 1963. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
37% of everyone ever named Terrisa was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Terrisa in 1963 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Terrisa
The Social Security Administration has registered 287 babies named Terrisa between 1953 and 2007, spanning 55 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Terrisa currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2007. The name reached its historical peak in 1963, when 14 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Terrisa performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 106 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Terrisa shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Terrisa in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Terrisa 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 287 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.
Terrisa at a glance
Last recorded 2007Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Terrisa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2007–1953
- Peak year (1963)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 55 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2007.
287 total births across 55 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1963 with 14 births in a single year.
Terrisa by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 106 births that decade — 37% of Terrisa's all-time total
Terrisa decade highlights
- Peak decade 106 births
- Runner-up 73 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Terrisa's strongest decade
106 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 37% of all-time use.
Terrisa by state
Where Terrisa concentrates geographically — total births since 1953
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 1.7% |
5 of 287 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 1.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 1.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1953–2007 (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.