Terri
Girls' name · Mid-century
- Living in the US
- ~130,000 survival-weighted estimate
- 2025 rank
- #6,116 among girls
- Births in 2025
- 19 147,027 since 1880
- Typical age
- 62 years, median
Terri popularity over time
1959 is the peak year for Terri, with 8,810 births. 1922 is the earliest year with at least five recorded births. It has held a top-100 place in 16 separate years.
As of 2025 the name sits at #6,116, with 19 births that year. The ten-year change is -55%. It slipped 1095 places against the previous year.
How many people are named Terri?
About 130,000 people named Terri are alive in the United States today. SSA has recorded 147,027 births under the name since 1880.
This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.
How old is the average Terri?
Median age among living Terris: 62. More of them were born in the 1960s than in any other decade. By the site’s era rules that makes Terri a mid-century name.
Your Terri
Notable people named Terri
| Name | Known for | Years | Editions | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Terri Sewell | American politician | 1965 | 21 |
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Terri Lyne Carrington | American drummer | 1965 | 18 |
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Terri Irwin | American-Australian zoologist, conservationist and television host | 1964 | 16 |
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Terri Clark | Canadian country musician | 1968 | 16 |
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Terri Tatchell | Canadian screenwriter | 1978 | 13 |
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Terri Runnels | American professional wrestler, professional wrestling manager, television host, and model | 1966 | 13 |
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Terri Hawkes | Canadian actress | 1957 | 13 |
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Terri Attwood | British bioinformatician | 1959 | 12 |
Photo credits (8)
- Terri Sewell — Maryland GovPics, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Terri Lyne Carrington — Sonicportraits at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Terri Irwin — Eva Rinaldi, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Terri Clark — Caldorwards4 at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Terri Tatchell — Vancouver Film School at https://www.flickr.com/photos/vancouverfilmschool/, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Terri Runnels — Rob DiCaterino from Clifton, NJ, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Terri Hawkes — Sergei Scurfield, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Terri Attwood — Duncan.Hull, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
The sharpest rise. Births under this name jumped from 515 in 1946 to 785 in 1947 — 1.5 times over in a single year.
Birth records contain the rise and nothing about its cause. This site does not supply one.
People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.
Names similar to Terri
Matched by sound and spelling inside this dataset, then ordered by total recorded births. This is not a claim about shared etymology.
Related pages
- All names from 1959
- Top names of 2025
- Names beginning with T
- Every year, 1880 to 2025
- Names by state
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/api/name/terri.json.
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