How Many People Are Named Terra?
people named Terra are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 23,135 people in the US has this name
Based on 15,434 babies named Terra in Social Security records from 1940 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
604 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of TARA (1), perhaps influenced by the Latin word terra meaning "land, earth".
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Terra in English. Counting Terra and these spellings together, about 28,536 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Terra in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Terra alive today is about 39 years old, and 74% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 31 and 49 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Terra first appears in the records in 1940 and was given most often in 1980, to 604 babies. In 2025, 74 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1940 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Terra has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #379, in 1980. In 2025 it ranked #2,434.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,434 |
| Best rank | #379 (1980) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #435 in the 1970s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Terra alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Terra were born in California than in any other state: about 1,661 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Terra was given 2.2 times as often in Oklahoma, 2.2 times in Washington and 2.1 times in Arkansas.
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