How Many People Are Named Terri?
people named Terri are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 2,685 people in the US has this name
Based on 147,027 babies named Terri in Social Security records from 1922 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
⭐ Uncommon
Peak Year
8,810 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 Terri in English. Counting Terri and these spellings together, about 182,657 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Terri, 99.4% were girls and 0.6% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Terri alive today is about 60 years old, and 63% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 56 and 67 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Terri first appears in the records in 1922 and was given most often in 1959, to 8,810 babies. In 2025, 19 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1922 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Terri never made the top 10 girls' names. Its best rank was #46, in 1959, and it was in the top 100 for 16 years, 1954 to 1969. In 2025 it ranked #6,302.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #6,302 |
| Best rank | #46 (1959) |
| Years in the top 100 | 16 (1954 to 1969) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #64 in the 1960s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Terri alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Terri were born in California than in any other state: about 12,312 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Terri was given 1.9 times as often in Oklahoma, 1.6 times in Idaho and 1.6 times in Kansas.
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