How Many People Are Named Terrance?
people named Terrance are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 5,741 people in the US has this name
Based on 70,921 babies named Terrance in Social Security records from 1895 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
๐ Rare
Peak Year
1,440 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
๐ Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of TERENCE.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Terrance in English. Counting Terrance and these spellings together, about 147,601 people alive in the US have the name.
โง Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Terrance, 1.1% were girls and 98.9% were boys.
๐ฅ Age Distribution
The average person named Terrance alive today is about 44 years old, and 55% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 32 and 58 in 2025.
๐ Popularity Over Time
Terrance first appears in the records in 1895 and was given most often in 1988, to 1,440 babies. In 2025, 109 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1895 to 2025
๐ Rank History
Terrance has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #179, in 1979 to 1980. In 2025 it ranked #1,570.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,570 |
| Best rank | #179 (1979 to 1980) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #202 in the 1980s |
๐ State-Wise Distribution
People named Terrance alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Terrance were born in Illinois than in any other state: about 4,002 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Terrance was given 2.3 times as often in North Dakota, 2.2 times in Mississippi and 2 times in Louisiana.
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