Teri Girl
How popular is Teri?
#11,928 girl name in 2025
7 baby girls were named Teri in the US in 2025, making it the 11928th most popular girl name.
39,099living people named Teri (est.)
62median age of people named Teri
44,171babies named Teri since 1880
1 in 473,620US babies born in 2025
Teri popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #11,928 for girls (▼ 1662 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 7 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-50% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #8,004 in 2015 |
| Peak year | 1960 (2,329 girls) |
| Highest rank | #171 in 1960 |
| First recorded | 1920 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Teri counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Terri family of names ranked #2,928 for girls in 2025 (#2,630 the year before), with 34 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Terri | 19 | 56% |
| Teri | 7 | 21% |
| Teari | 8 | 24% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Teri by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 17 | #3,955 |
| 1930s | 62 | #1,684 |
| 1940s | 1,617 | #450 |
| 1950s | 11,834 | #178 |
| 1960s | 16,763 | #171 |
| 1970s | 7,842 | #263 |
| 1980s | 3,951 | #407 |
| 1990s | 1,283 | #835 |
| 2000s | 426 | #2,207 |
| 2010s | 123 | #6,339 |
| 2020s | 39 | #9,557 |
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Questions
- Is Teri a boy or girl name?
- Teri is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Teri were girls.
- How popular is the name Teri?
- 7 baby girls were named Teri in the US in 2025, making it the 11928th most popular girl name.
- When was Teri most popular?
- Teri peaked in 1960, when 2,329 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #171 in 1960.
- How many people are named Teri?
- 44,171 babies have been named Teri in the US since 1880. We estimate about 39,099 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 62.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.