# Terri (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/terri/  
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 | 147,027 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 914 / 146,113 (99% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 681, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 44 | 3,600 |
| 2012 | 51 | 3,264 |
| 2013 | 40 | 3,847 |
| 2014 | 51 | 3,224 |
| 2015 | 42 | 3,696 |
| 2016 | 40 | 3,846 |
| 2017 | 44 | 3,548 |
| 2018 | 33 | 4,350 |
| 2019 | 35 | 4,146 |
| 2020 | 45 | 3,443 |
| 2021 | 31 | 4,499 |
| 2022 | 32 | 4,461 |
| 2023 | 20 | 6,141 |
| 2024 | 26 | 5,133 |
| 2025 | 19 | 6,303 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | 11 | 4,100 |
| 1987 | 8 | 5,408 |
| 1988 | 12 | 4,140 |
| 1989 | 10 | 5,130 |
| 1990 | 19 | 3,295 |
| 1992 | 8 | 6,634 |
| 1993 | 8 | 6,765 |
| 1994 | 8 | 6,913 |
| 1995 | 8 | 6,921 |
| 1996 | 5 | 10,385 |
| 1997 | 8 | 7,210 |
| 2001 | 6 | 10,419 |
| 2002 | 11 | 6,483 |
| 2005 | 5 | 13,166 |
| 2008 | 5 | 14,384 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 26 | 1,102 |
| 2008 | 17 | 1,584 |
| 2009 | 10 | 2,326 |
| 2010 | 7 | 3,156 |
| 2011 | 8 | 2,893 |
| 2012 | 6 | 3,681 |
| 2013 | 6 | 3,536 |
| 2014 | 5 | 4,003 |
| 2015 | 4 | 4,736 |
| 2016 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2018 | 4 | 4,684 |
| 2019 | 5 | 4,001 |
| 2021 | 3 | 5,581 |
| 2022 | 5 | 3,970 |
| 2023 | 3 | 5,687 |

## People named Terri

- Terri Lyne Carrington, American drummer (born 1965)
- Terri Sewell, American politician (born 1965)
- Terri Irwin, American-Australian zoologist, conservationist and television host
- Terri Clark, Canadian country musician
- Terri Runnels, American professional wrestler, professional wrestling manager, television host, and model
- Terrie Hawkes, Canadian actress
- Terri Tatchell, Canadian screenwriter (born 1978)
- Terri Attwood, British bioinformatician
- Terri Conn, actress
- Terri Stickles, American swimmer, Olympic bronze medalist, former world record-holder
- Terri Garber, American actress
- Terri Minsky, American television producer and writer

## 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.