How Many People Are Named Terrence?
people named Terrence are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 5,864 people in the US has this name
Based on 72,939 babies named Terrence in Social Security records from 1886 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
๐ Rare
Peak Year
1,508 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 Terrence in English. Counting Terrence and these spellings together, about 147,601 people alive in the US have the name.
โง Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Terrence, 0.8% were girls and 99.2% were boys.
๐ฅ Age Distribution
The average person named Terrence alive today is about 48 years old, and 52% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 35 and 63 in 2025.
๐ Popularity Over Time
Terrence first appears in the records in 1886 and was given most often in 1955, to 1,508 babies. In 2025, 107 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1886 to 2025
๐ Rank History
Terrence has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #176, in 1950. In 2025 it ranked #1,600.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,600 |
| Best rank | #176 (1950) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #202 in the 1950s |
๐ State-Wise Distribution
People named Terrence alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Terrence were born in New York than in any other state: about 5,469 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Terrence was given 2.1 times as often in District of Columbia, 2 times in Illinois and 1.6 times in Louisiana.
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