Feminine dossier · first seen 1940

Terra

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Terra
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1980

Peak rank proxy

604

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen X

1940Peak 19802024

Peak year

1980

Decline from peak

88.4%

2024

All-time

15,353

Terra has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1980, when 604 girls were named Terra.

In 2024, only 70 girls were given the name.

Down 88.4% from its peak.

All told, about 15,353 Americans have been named Terra and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1940.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGen X

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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