first name
TERENCE
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 26,742 people named Terence, 56% reported their origin as White, 32.8% as Black and 5.3% as Asian or Pacific Islander. Virtually all are male (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Terence peaked in 1964, when 1,024 babies got the name.
At least 34,460 babies have been given the name since 1885. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Terence by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #601. The largest share of babies named Terence, 34.9%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Terence is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Terence has been most common in District of Columbia (2.5×), New York (2.1×), and Hawaii (1.9×), and least common in West Virginia (0.14×).
29,799 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
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4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Terence, most common first.
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