Terri Girl
How popular is Terri?
#6,115 girl name in 2025
19 baby girls were named Terri in the US in 2025, making it the 6115th most popular girl name.
Terri popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #6,115 for girls (▼ 1097 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 19 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-55% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #3,649 in 2015, #3,399 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1959 (8,783 girls) |
| Highest rank | #46 in 1959 |
| First recorded | 1922 |
| 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 |
Terri 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.
Where Terri is most popular
Babies named Terri per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (10 girls)
Terri by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 40 | #2,551 |
| 1930s | 180 | #1,132 |
| 1940s | 4,153 | #246 |
| 1950s | 46,431 | #46 |
| 1960s | 63,741 | #49 |
| 1970s | 19,600 | #113 |
| 1980s | 7,726 | #234 |
| 1990s | 2,631 | #553 |
| 2000s | 1,008 | #1,344 |
| 2010s | 430 | #3,182 |
| 2020s | 173 | #3,399 |
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Questions
- Is Terri a boy or girl name?
- Terri is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Terri were girls.
- How popular is the name Terri?
- 19 baby girls were named Terri in the US in 2025, making it the 6115th most popular girl name.
- When was Terri most popular?
- Terri peaked in 1959, when 8,783 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #46 in 1959.
- How many people are named Terri?
- 147,027 babies have been named Terri in the US since 1880. We estimate about 129,108 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 63.
- Where is Terri most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Terri was most common in California, at 0.0 of every 1,000 girls 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.