first name
TERRILL
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 3,621 people named Terrill, 52.6% reported their origin as White, 39.6% as Black and 4.1% as two or more races. 82.9% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Terrill peaked in 1975, when 132 babies got the name.
At least 5,079 babies have been given the name since 1917. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.
Terrill by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1940s, when it ranked #1,667. The largest share of babies named Terrill, 29.2%, were born between 1965 and 1980, Generation X's birth years.
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 Terrill is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Terrill has been most common in Louisiana (2.8×), Illinois (2.6×), and Florida (2.4×), and least common in Ohio (0.83×).
1,255 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.
Exactly as common as Terrill
2 other first names also have 3,621 people.
Either side of Terrill
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Terrill, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Terrill ranks #6,238 of 156,621, with 5,259 people. See Terrill as a last name
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