The first name Tera
A girl’s name.
2 syllables Female
Popularity in the United States
Babies named Tera at birth, 1880–2025
In 2024, 8 girls born in the United States were named Tera, the 12,059th most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 1984, when 416 were.
9,918
babies named Tera since 1880
#12,059
rank in 2024
1984
peak year
US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.
Famous people named Tera
2 on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Tera PatrickAmerican pornographic actress, born 1976
- Tera WrayAmerican pornographic actress (1982–2016)
Questions
- Is Tera a boy's or a girl's name?
- Mostly a girl's name: 100% of the 9,918 US babies named Tera since 1880 were girls.
- When was Tera most popular?
- 1984 in the United States, when 416 babies were named Tera, its highest rank at 486th.