Teruyo — girls' name
11 babies named Teruyo in U.S. Social Security records since 1917, with the highest year being 1917. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
55% of everyone ever named Teruyo was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Teruyo in 1917 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Teruyo
The Social Security Administration has registered 11 babies named Teruyo between 1917 and 1927, spanning 11 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Teruyo currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1927. The name reached its historical peak in 1917, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Teruyo performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 6 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Teruyo shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Hawaii, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Teruyo in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Teruyo 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 11 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.
Teruyo at a glance
Last recorded 1927Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Teruyo popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1927–1917
- Peak year (1917)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 11 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1927.
11 total births across 11 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1917 with 6 births in a single year.
Teruyo by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1910s
- 6 births that decade — 55% of Teruyo's all-time total
Teruyo decade highlights
- Peak decade 6 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1910s was Teruyo's strongest decade
6 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 55% of all-time use.
Teruyo by state
Where Teruyo concentrates geographically — total births since 1917
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Hawaii | | 5 | 45.5% |
5 of 11 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Hawaii 45.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Hawaii accounts for 45.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration 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, 1917–1927 (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.