Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Terry

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

Endangered Down 98.9% from peak

Peak era

1957

Peak rank proxy

15,618

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Boomer

1880Peak 19572024

Peak year

1957

Decline from peak

98.9%

2024

174

All-time

424,330

Terry 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 1957, when 15,618 boys were named Terry.

In 2024, only 174 boys were given the name.

Down 98.9% from its peak.

All told, about 424,330 Americans have been named Terry and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 98.9% from peak

195715,618 boys named Terry

2024174 boys named Terry

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