How rare is the name Terrance?

51,100 people in the United States have the first name Terrance, about 1 in 5,911. It ranks #887 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

TERRANCE

#887

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
51,100
About
1 in 5,911
This common or more
68.3%
Who bears it

Of the 51,100 people named Terrance, 56% reported their origin as Black, 35.1% as White and 4.1% as two or more races. 99.3% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Terrance peaked in 1988, when 1,440 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18952025
Peak year
1988
Births that year
1,440
In 2025*
109 ▼92%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 70,921 babies have been given the name since 1895. 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.

Terrance by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1970s, when it ranked #414. The largest share of babies named Terrance, 26.5%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1890s#3,9395
1910s#3,572127
1920s#2,728289
1930s#1,1591,120
1940s#5665,512
1950s#4939,982
1960s#5519,216
1970s#41412,090
1980s#41512,713
1990s#5939,589
2000s#9795,646
2010s#1,4543,607
2020s#2,4731,025
Before 19010%
Greatest Generation 1901–270.5%
Silent Generation 1928–455%
Baby boom 1946–6424.5%
Generation X 1965–8026.1%
Millennials 1981–9626.5%
Generation Z 1997–1212.8%
2013 and later4.7%

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 Terrance is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Terrance has been most common in Louisiana (2.1×), North Dakota (2.1×), and Mississippi (2×), and least common in Utah (0.14×).

66,303 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 Terrance

#885 Celeste · 51,111#886 Bob · 51,102#888 Rosemarie · 51,041#889 Mya · 51,028

Spelled almost the same

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

#877 Terrence · 51,590#1,343 Terence · 26,742#7,512 Terance · 2,023

Also a last name

As a last name, Terrance ranks #34,822 of 156,621, with 699 people. See Terrance as a last name

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