Theran — boys' name

What the Data Says About Theran

The Social Security Administration has registered 261 babies named Theran between 1924 and 2016, spanning 93 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Theran currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 12 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Theran performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 76 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Theran shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Wisconsin, which accounts for 18 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Theran in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Theran 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 261 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.