Terrence Boy
How popular is Terrence?
#1,585 boy name in 2025
107 baby boys were named Terrence in the US in 2025, making it the 1585th most popular boy name.
Terrence popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,585 for boys (▼ 64 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 107 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-62% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #812 in 2015, #1,130 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1955 (1,497 boys) |
| Highest rank | #176 in 1950 |
| First recorded | 1886 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Terrence counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Terrence family of names ranked #1,137 for boys in 2025 (#1,117 the year before), with 154 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Terrence | 107 | 69% |
| Terence | 47 | 31% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Terrence is most popular
Babies named Terrence per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Illinois: 0.2 per 1,000 (40 boys)
- Georgia: 0.1 per 1,000 (32 boys)
- North Carolina: 0.1 per 1,000 (30 boys)
- Florida: 0.1 per 1,000 (55 boys)
- New York: 0.1 per 1,000 (44 boys)
Terrence by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 25 | #605 |
| 1890s | 59 | #652 |
| 1900s | 28 | #1,057 |
| 1910s | 213 | #1,037 |
| 1920s | 584 | #742 |
| 1930s | 1,773 | #294 |
| 1940s | 7,656 | #177 |
| 1950s | 12,833 | #176 |
| 1960s | 10,818 | #205 |
| 1970s | 11,905 | #187 |
| 1980s | 10,665 | #209 |
| 1990s | 7,724 | #255 |
| 2000s | 4,297 | #486 |
| 2010s | 3,003 | #588 |
| 2020s | 829 | #1,130 |
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Questions
- Is Terrence a boy or girl name?
- Terrence is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Terrence were boys.
- How popular is the name Terrence?
- 107 baby boys were named Terrence in the US in 2025, making it the 1585th most popular boy name.
- When was Terrence most popular?
- Terrence peaked in 1955, when 1,497 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #176 in 1950.
- How many people are named Terrence?
- 72,939 babies have been named Terrence in the US since 1880. We estimate about 58,840 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 50.
- Where is Terrence most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Terrence was most common in Illinois, at 0.2 of every 1,000 boys born there.
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.