How Many People Are Named Teri?
people named Teri are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 8,855 people in the US has this name
Based on 44,171 babies named Teri in Social Security records from 1920 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
2,339 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Either a strictly feminine form of TERRY (1) or a diminutive of THERESA.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Teri in English. Counting Teri and these spellings together, about 182,657 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Teri (99.6%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Teri alive today is about 58 years old, and 54% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 52 and 66 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Teri first appears in the records in 1920 and was given most often in 1960, to 2,339 babies. In 2025, 7 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1920 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Teri has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #171, in 1960. In 2025 it ranked #13,066.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #13,066 |
| Best rank | #171 (1960) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #208 in the 1960s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Teri alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Teri were born in California than in any other state: about 6,228 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Teri was given 2.8 times as often in Utah, 2.5 times in Montana and 2.3 times in Idaho.
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