# Terra (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/terra/  
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 | “goddess of the earth”, “the land itself” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈtɛɹə/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 15,434 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 5 / 15,429 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 12, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Latin Terra (“goddess of the earth; the land itself”).

## What it means

Terra is grouped under earth.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 88 | 2,172 |
| 2012 | 102 | 1,939 |
| 2013 | 84 | 2,234 |
| 2014 | 85 | 2,232 |
| 2015 | 94 | 2,087 |
| 2016 | 97 | 2,051 |
| 2017 | 88 | 2,181 |
| 2018 | 81 | 2,270 |
| 2019 | 87 | 2,153 |
| 2020 | 81 | 2,239 |
| 2021 | 79 | 2,325 |
| 2022 | 87 | 2,191 |
| 2023 | 90 | 2,141 |
| 2024 | 71 | 2,531 |
| 2025 | 74 | 2,434 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 5 | 7,226 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 3 | 5,765 |
| 2021 | 3 | 5,581 |
| 2022 | 3 | 5,669 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,891 |

## People named Terra

- Terra Naomi, American musician

## 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.