Terron — #8396 US boys' name
2,487 babies named Terron in U.S. Social Security records since 1946, with the highest year being 1992. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 41% of names given to boys today.
25% of everyone ever named Terron was born in this single decade.
79 babies were named Terron in 1992 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Terron
The Social Security Administration has registered 2,487 babies named Terron between 1946 and 2024, spanning 79 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Terron currently holds the #8396 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1992, when 79 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Terron performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 629 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Terron shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Missouri, which accounts for 93 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Terron in 16 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Terron 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 2,487 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.
Terron at a glance
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Current rank
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Terron popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1946
- Peak year (1992)
- 79
- Annual births at peak — across 79 years of records
Currently ranks #8396 among boys.
2,487 total births across 79 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1992 with 79 births in a single year.
Terron popularity over time — girls
32 total births recorded since 1970 (Terron as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Terron accounts for 1% of total recorded use across both genders.
Terron by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 629 births that decade — 25% of Terron's all-time total
Terron decade highlights
- Peak decade 629 births
- Runner-up 550 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Terron's strongest decade
629 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 25% of all-time use.
Terron by state
Where Terron concentrates geographically — total births since 1946
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Missouri | | 93 | 3.7% |
| #2 | Illinois | | 71 | 2.9% |
| #3 | California | | 63 | 2.5% |
| #4 | Florida | | 53 | 2.1% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 46 | 1.8% |
| #6 | New York | | 34 | 1.4% |
| #7 | New Jersey | | 31 | 1.2% |
| #8 | Ohio | | 28 | 1.1% |
93 of 2,487 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 16 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Missouri 3.7% of nationwide
- Illinois 2.9% of nationwide
- California 2.5% of nationwide
- Florida 2.1% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 1.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 16 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Missouri accounts for 3.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Terron appears in 16 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, 1946–2024 (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.