How rare is the name Terra?

13,575 people in the United States have the first name Terra, about 1 in 22,249. It ranks #2,019 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

TERRA

#2,019

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
13,575
About
1 in 22,249
This common or more
78.2%
Who bears it

Of the 13,575 people named Terra, 73.6% reported their origin as White, 13.2% as Black and 5.5% as two or more races. 99.4% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Terra peaked in 1980, when 604 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19402025
Peak year
1980
Births that year
604
In 2025*
74 ▼88%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 15,434 babies have been given the name since 1940. 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.

Terra by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1970s, when it ranked #794. The largest share of babies named Terra, 38.4%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1940s#5,64281
1950s#2,857365
1960s#2,318613
1970s#7944,766
1980s#8514,641
1990s#1,4932,437
2000s#3,0051,163
2010s#3,860886
2020s#4,110482
Silent Generation 1928–450.2%
Baby boom 1946–644.5%
Generation X 1965–8037%
Millennials 1981–9638.4%
Generation Z 1997–1212.8%
2013 and later7.1%

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 Terra is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Terra has been most common in Washington (2.4×), Oregon (2.2×), and Oklahoma (2×), and least common in New York (0.29×).

11,872 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.

Either side of Terra

#2,017 Halle · 13,596#2,018 Marci · 13,577#2,020 Moshe · 13,574#2,021 Elliana · 13,571

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Terra, most common first.

#125 Terry · 376,955#464 Terri · 121,174#2,669 Tera · 8,809#12,255 Terre · 1,020#12,495 Teara · 995#13,720 Terria · 874#18,161 Terrah · 596#18,652 Tearra · 576

Also a last name

As a last name, Terra ranks #22,171 of 156,621, with 1,193 people. See Terra as a last name

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