How Many People Are Named Terah?
people named Terah are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 250,391 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,416 babies named Terah in Social Security records from 1955 to 2018, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
65 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Possibly means "station" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament Terah is the father of Abraham. He led his people out of Ur and towards Canaan, but died along the way.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Related & Similar Names
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Terah, 97.1% were girls and 2.9% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1970s: 95.1% of the babies were girls then and 100% in the 2000s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Terah alive today is about 38 years old, and 73% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 30 and 46 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Terah first appears in the records in 1955 and was given most often in 1985, to 65 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2018.
Babies given the name each year, 1955 to 2018
🏆 Rank History
Terah has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,711, in 1983.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #1,711 (1983) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,196 in the 1980s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Terah alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Terah were born in California than in any other state: about 70 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Terah was given 3.6 times as often in Texas and 3 times in California.
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