first name
TERRELL
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 26,446 people named Terrell, 72.1% reported their origin as Black, 19.4% as White and 4.8% as two or more races. 95.6% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Terrell peaked in 1989, when 1,004 babies got the name.
At least 38,087 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.
Terrell by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #581. The largest share of babies named Terrell, 35%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.
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 Terrell is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Terrell has been most common in Louisiana (3×), Georgia (2.6×), and District of Columbia (2.5×), and least common in Nebraska (0.16×).
32,716 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 Terrell
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Terrell, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Terrell ranks #1,013 of 156,621, with 33,860 people. See Terrell as a last name
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