Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Terrence” in the USA?

Number of people named “Terrence” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Terrence” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Terrence” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Terrence” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Terrence” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Terrence” by birth year

This chart shows how “Terrence” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1886 10 0.000039167 10 -100%
1888 10 0.000033392 10 -100%
1889 5 0.000017304 5 -100%
1890 9 0.000029861 9 -100%
1892 6 0.000017944 6 -100%
1893 7 0.000021524 7 -100%
1894 5 0.000014763 5 -100%
1895 6 0.000017093 6 -100%
1896 8 0.000022379 8 -100%
1897 11 0.000031704 11 -100%
1898 7 0.000018351 7 -100%
1900 5 0.000011105 5 -100%
1901 5 0.000014459 5 -100%
1907 7 0.000015041 7 -100%
1908 6 0.000012279 6 -100%
1909 5 0.00000978 5 -100%
1910 9 0.000015236 9 -100%
1911 11 0.000017073 11 -100%
1912 17 0.000017205 17 -100%
1913 18 0.00001583 18 -100%
1914 19 0.000013415 19 -100%
1915 26 0.000014189 26 -100%
1916 18 0.000009305 18 -100%
1917 25 0.000012458 25 -100%
1918 40 0.000018424 40 -100%
1919 30 0.000014216 30 -100%
1920 55 0.000024308 55 -100%
1921 60 0.000025701 60 -100%
1922 53 0.000023153 53 -100%
1923 61 0.000026493 61 -100%
1924 35 0.000014696 35 -100%
1925 68 0.000029143 68 -100%
1926 54 0.00002352 54 -100%
1927 63 0.000027163 63 -100%
1928 63 0.000027865 63 -100%
1929 72 0.000032844 72 -100%
1930 67 0.000030136 67 -100%
1931 72 0.000034214 72 -100%
1932 95 0.000044996 95 -100%
1933 112 0.000056015 112 -100%
1934 130 0.000062596 130 -100%
1935 171 0.000081822 171 -100%
1936 216 0.000103967 216 -100%
1937 246 0.000115457 246 -100%
1938 310 0.000140108 310 -100%
1939 354 0.000160658 354 -100%
1940 397 0.000172407 397 -100%
1941 444 0.000182234 444 -100%
1942 555 0.000203161 555 -100%
1943 632 0.00022391 5 627 -98%
1944 614 0.000228246 614 -100%
1945 604 0.000227675 6 598 -98%
1946 939 0.000293868 939 -100%
1947 1108 0.000307579 8 1100 -99%
1948 1216 0.000352207 12 1204 -98%
1949 1191 0.000341772 14 1177 -98%
1950 1277 0.000364507 10 1267 -98%
1951 1178 0.000319784 7 1171 -99%
1952 1172 0.000308583 8 1164 -99%
1953 1225 0.000317881 8 1217 -99%
1954 1450 0.000364257 10 1440 -99%
1955 1508 0.000375584 11 1497 -99%
1956 1456 0.000353138 5 1451 -99%
1957 1311 0.000311984 7 1304 -99%
1958 1227 0.000296814 9 1218 -99%
1959 1113 0.000267677 9 1104 -98%
1960 1024 0.00024652 11 1013 -98%
1961 1005 0.000242619 7 998 -99%
1962 997 0.000247065 9 988 -98%
1963 1020 0.000257693 7 1013 -99%
1964 1285 0.000330538 14 1271 -98%
1965 1044 0.000287964 14 1030 -97%
1966 1099 0.000316199 9 1090 -98%
1967 1079 0.00031783 14 1065 -97%
1968 1145 0.000338917 13 1132 -98%
1969 1230 0.000353924 12 1218 -98%
1970 1478 0.000409814 18 1460 -98%
1971 1253 0.000365055 14 1239 -98%
1972 1168 0.00037162 7 1161 -99%
1973 1185 0.000392789 19 1166 -97%
1974 1116 0.000367105 10 1106 -98%
1975 1162 0.000384845 13 1149 -98%
1976 1177 0.000387898 13 1164 -98%
1977 1170 0.000368331 18 1152 -97%
1978 1137 0.000358238 21 1116 -96%
1979 1206 0.000362489 14 1192 -98%
1980 1194 0.000346639 9 1185 -98%
1981 1091 0.000315375 14 1077 -97%
1982 1085 0.000309296 10 1075 -98%
1983 1022 0.000295091 14 1008 -97%
1984 1004 0.000287782 11 993 -98%
1985 950 0.000266173 8 942 -98%
1986 959 0.000269603 20 939 -96%
1987 1060 0.000293986 16 1044 -97%
1988 1249 0.00033802 8 1241 -99%
1989 1170 0.000304335 8 1162 -99%
1990 1063 0.000268945 8 1055 -98%
1991 1061 0.000272382 8 1053 -98%
1992 1062 0.000276471 7 1055 -99%
1993 915 0.000242688 915 -100%
1994 802 0.000215728 802 -100%
1995 652 0.000178037 652 -100%
1996 623 0.000170816 623 -100%
1997 581 0.000160243 581 -100%
1998 491 0.000133489 491 -100%
1999 497 0.000134547 497 -100%
2000 480 0.000126987 480 -100%
2001 431 0.000115136 431 -100%
2002 397 0.000106198 397 -100%
2003 440 0.000115719 440 -100%
2004 354 0.000092648 354 -100%
2005 403 0.000104816 403 -100%
2006 467 0.000118043 467 -100%
2007 449 0.000112315 449 -100%
2008 420 0.000106852 420 -100%
2009 456 0.000119366 456 -100%
2010 426 0.000115268 426 -100%
2011 364 0.000099514 364 -100%
2012 340 0.000092963 340 -100%
2013 329 0.000090244 329 -100%
2014 329 0.000088766 329 -100%
2015 279 0.000075387 279 -100%
2016 272 0.000074141 272 -100%
2017 263 0.000073542 263 -100%
2018 217 0.00006172 217 -100%
2019 184 0.000053012 184 -100%
2020 173 0.000051787 173 -100%
2021 148 0.000043684 148 -100%
2022 151 0.000044633 151 -100%
2023 134 0.000040469 134 -100%
2024 116 0.000034851 116 -100%

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