Terryl
Terryl was last recorded in 2008, when 6 babies were given it; 1,457 Americans have been recorded with it between 1935 and 2008 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,090 Americans named Terryl and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (75% of everyone recorded); the median is 66 years old and half are between 54 and 74.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Terryl by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Terryl?
Unranked in 2025
Its last boys’ rank on record is #12,382, in 2008; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
64 babies in 1949, the peak
Terryl peaked in 1949, when 64 babies were given it (25 boys, #1,495 among boys’ names). It was not recorded in 2025.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | under 5 | 6 | #12,382 | |
| 2007 | under 5 | 10 | #8,098 | |
| 2001 | under 5 | 5 | #12,133 | |
| 1999 | under 5 | 9 | #7,052 | |
| 1998 | under 5 | 6 | #9,518 | |
| 1997 | under 5 | 9 | #6,555 | |
| 1996 | under 5 | 6 | #8,891 | |
| 1995 | under 5 | 5 | #10,168 | |
| 1994 | under 5 | 9 | #6,306 | |
| 1993 | under 5 | 7 | #7,536 |
Every recorded year (67)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | under 5 | 13 | #4,536 | |
| 1991 | under 5 | 8 | #6,448 | |
| 1990 | under 5 | 8 | #6,351 | |
| 1989 | under 5 | 9 | #5,549 | |
| 1988 | under 5 | 8 | #5,692 | |
| 1987 | under 5 | 8 | #5,403 | |
| 1986 | under 5 | 13 | #3,626 | |
| 1985 | under 5 | 13 | #3,576 | |
| 1983 | under 5 | 10 | #4,113 | |
| 1982 | under 5 | 9 | #4,550 | |
| 1981 | under 5 | 9 | #4,460 | |
| 1980 | under 5 | 5 | #7,204 | |
| 1979 | 6 | #10,109 | 12 | #3,546 |
| 1978 | under 5 | 9 | #4,127 | |
| 1977 | under 5 | 11 | #3,580 | |
| 1976 | under 5 | 10 | #3,693 | |
| 1975 | 5 | #10,468 | 9 | #3,920 |
| 1974 | under 5 | 5 | #5,927 | |
| 1973 | 9 | #6,032 | 11 | #3,192 |
| 1972 | 14 | #4,276 | 6 | #4,940 |
| 1971 | 10 | #5,500 | 12 | #2,953 |
| 1970 | 8 | #6,315 | 11 | #3,050 |
| 1969 | under 5 | 9 | #3,290 | |
| 1968 | 15 | #3,593 | 9 | #3,086 |
| 1967 | 8 | #5,408 | 16 | #2,021 |
| 1966 | 16 | #3,259 | 15 | #2,125 |
| 1965 | 19 | #2,922 | 12 | #2,460 |
| 1964 | 16 | #3,366 | 18 | #1,966 |
| 1963 | 31 | #2,166 | 10 | #2,835 |
| 1962 | 26 | #2,409 | 18 | #1,952 |
| 1961 | 18 | #3,049 | 16 | #2,139 |
| 1960 | 24 | #2,505 | 26 | #1,615 |
| 1959 | 23 | #2,452 | 23 | #1,702 |
| 1958 | 22 | #2,500 | 14 | #2,250 |
| 1957 | 17 | #2,915 | 17 | #2,012 |
| 1956 | 34 | #1,866 | 13 | #2,353 |
| 1955 | 29 | #2,018 | 23 | #1,641 |
| 1954 | 27 | #2,067 | 16 | #2,035 |
| 1953 | 29 | #1,921 | 14 | #2,175 |
| 1952 | 29 | #1,887 | 12 | #2,364 |
| 1951 | 19 | #2,383 | 11 | #2,488 |
| 1950 | 35 | #1,599 | 17 | #1,873 |
| 1949 | 39 | #1,485 | 25 | #1,495 |
| 1948 | 31 | #1,703 | 17 | #1,877 |
| 1947 | 23 | #2,082 | 24 | #1,553 |
| 1946 | 29 | #1,675 | 19 | #1,685 |
| 1945 | 20 | #1,937 | 7 | #2,971 |
| 1944 | 21 | #1,911 | 12 | #2,185 |
| 1943 | 15 | #2,440 | 16 | #1,900 |
| 1942 | 8 | #3,707 | 6 | #3,527 |
| 1941 | 7 | #3,919 | 5 | #3,952 |
| 1940 | 8 | #3,478 | 7 | #3,108 |
| 1939 | 9 | #3,122 | 7 | #3,082 |
| 1938 | under 5 | 5 | #3,984 | |
| 1937 | 5 | #4,857 | under 5 | |
| 1936 | 5 | #4,790 | under 5 | |
| 1935 | 8 | #3,395 | under 5 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Terryl a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 1,457 Americans recorded as Terryl, 49% are girls and 51% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Terryl: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Terryl, and how old are they?
1,090 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 75% of the 1,457 Americans ever recorded as Terryl. The median Terryl alive today is 66 years old; half are between 54 and 74.
The 2020 Census counted 1,303 people named Terryl (690 women and girls, 613 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,194 born in the U.S. The Census count is 9% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 72 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 603 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 242 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 128 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 44 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 51,745 babies since 1880, Terryl is the fifth most given (2.8% of them). In 2025 none of their 118 babies recorded by SSA was a Terryl (SSA lists a name only with 5 or more babies of one sex).
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
More about Terryl and names like it
- Compare Terryl and TerrellBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1940sTerryl peaked in 1949.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Terryl since 1910.
- The top names of 1949The year the most babies were named Terryl.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Terryl alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with TMost given first.