Masculine dossier · first seen 1886

Terrence

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

Endangered Down 92.3% from peak

Peak era

1955

Peak rank proxy

1,497

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Boomer

1886Peak 19552024

Peak year

1955

Decline from peak

92.3%

2024

116

All-time

72,305

Terrence once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1955, when 1,497 boys were named Terrence.

In 2024, only 116 boys were given the name.

Down 92.3% from its peak.

All told, about 72,305 Americans have been named Terrence and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1886.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 92.3% from peak

19551,497 boys named Terrence

2024116 boys named Terrence

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