first name
TERRY
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 376,955 people named Terry, 80.4% reported their origin as White, 12.8% as Black and 2.7% as two or more races. 79.5% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Terry peaked in 1955, when 20,939 babies got the name.
At least 521,478 babies have been given the name since 1880. 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.
Terry by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1950s, when it ranked #43. The largest share of babies named Terry, 61.9%, 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 Terry is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Terry has been most common in Tennessee (1.7×), West Virginia (1.7×), and South Dakota (1.7×), and least common in Rhode Island (0.17×).
514,850 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 Terry
Spelled almost the same
7 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Terry, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Terry ranks #372 of 156,621, with 83,406 people. See Terry as a last name
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