# Terrence (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/terrence/  
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 | boys |
| Origin | Latin |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 72,939 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 72,412 / 527 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 252, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1978 | 21 | 3,624 |
| 1979 | 14 | 5,076 |
| 1980 | 9 | 7,359 |
| 1981 | 14 | 5,227 |
| 1982 | 10 | 6,846 |
| 1983 | 14 | 5,125 |
| 1984 | 11 | 6,254 |
| 1985 | 8 | 8,269 |
| 1986 | 20 | 4,180 |
| 1987 | 16 | 5,063 |
| 1988 | 8 | 9,175 |
| 1989 | 8 | 9,611 |
| 1990 | 8 | 10,121 |
| 1991 | 8 | 10,194 |
| 1992 | 7 | 11,638 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 364 | 646 |
| 2012 | 340 | 700 |
| 2013 | 329 | 716 |
| 2014 | 329 | 729 |
| 2015 | 279 | 814 |
| 2016 | 272 | 834 |
| 2017 | 263 | 842 |
| 2018 | 217 | 957 |
| 2019 | 184 | 1,090 |
| 2020 | 173 | 1,133 |
| 2021 | 148 | 1,287 |
| 2022 | 151 | 1,281 |
| 2023 | 134 | 1,389 |
| 2024 | 116 | 1,527 |
| 2025 | 107 | 1,600 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 12 | 1,788 |
| 2012 | 11 | 1,962 |
| 2013 | 8 | 2,403 |
| 2014 | 9 | 2,248 |
| 2015 | 6 | 3,004 |
| 2016 | 9 | 2,335 |
| 2017 | 9 | 2,324 |
| 2018 | 3 | 4,749 |
| 2019 | 4 | 3,937 |
| 2020 | 5 | 3,334 |
| 2021 | 5 | 3,451 |
| 2022 | 7 | 2,755 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,107 |
| 2024 | 7 | 2,921 |
| 2025 | 5 | 3,684 |

## 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.