# Teri (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/teri/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 44,171 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 214 / 43,957 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 379, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

A spelling variant of Terry, from Teresa.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 17 | 7,485 |
| 2011 | 17 | 7,402 |
| 2012 | 20 | 6,555 |
| 2013 | 9 | 11,882 |
| 2014 | 16 | 7,608 |
| 2015 | 14 | 8,401 |
| 2016 | 8 | 12,787 |
| 2017 | 12 | 9,298 |
| 2018 | 5 | 17,899 |
| 2019 | 5 | 17,737 |
| 2021 | 10 | 10,234 |
| 2022 | 7 | 13,454 |
| 2023 | 6 | 15,015 |
| 2024 | 9 | 11,033 |
| 2025 | 7 | 13,071 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1964 | 7 | 3,569 |
| 1967 | 6 | 3,924 |
| 1968 | 8 | 3,340 |
| 1970 | 6 | 4,678 |
| 1971 | 5 | 5,579 |
| 1972 | 10 | 3,323 |
| 1974 | 5 | 5,924 |
| 1975 | 7 | 4,749 |
| 1976 | 10 | 3,693 |
| 1978 | 8 | 4,524 |
| 1980 | 7 | 5,465 |
| 1981 | 7 | 5,429 |
| 1982 | 7 | 5,564 |
| 1985 | 5 | 7,481 |
| 1988 | 6 | 7,166 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 26 | 852 |
| 2001 | 20 | 1,025 |
| 2002 | 21 | 1,032 |
| 2003 | 12 | 1,628 |
| 2004 | 9 | 2,112 |
| 2005 | 17 | 1,343 |
| 2006 | 16 | 1,502 |
| 2007 | 13 | 1,854 |
| 2008 | 5 | 3,860 |
| 2009 | 7 | 3,031 |
| 2010 | 11 | 2,235 |
| 2011 | 6 | 3,549 |
| 2013 | 6 | 3,536 |
| 2015 | 3 | 5,730 |
| 2022 | 3 | 5,669 |

## People named Teri

- Teri Hatcher, American actress (born 1964)
- Teri Polo, American actress
- Teri Weigel, American pornographic actress and model
- Teri McMinn, American actress
- Teri Copley, American actress
- Teri Reeves, American actress
- Teri Harrison, American actress and model
- Teri Thornton, American jazz singer (1934–2000)
- Teri Austin, Canadian actress
- Teri Ann Linn, American actress and singer
- Teri Gender Bender, American rock musician
- Teri Moïse, American singer (1970–2013)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.