# Terry (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/terry/  
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 and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈtɛɹi/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Tarry, Torry, Teri, Terri, Terrie |
| US babies named this | 521,478 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 424,523 / 96,955 (19% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,173, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 21 | 6,366 |
| 2011 | 18 | 7,090 |
| 2012 | 17 | 7,433 |
| 2013 | 15 | 8,113 |
| 2014 | 9 | 11,859 |
| 2015 | 8 | 12,910 |
| 2016 | 11 | 10,056 |
| 2017 | 9 | 11,545 |
| 2018 | 10 | 10,491 |
| 2019 | 15 | 7,685 |
| 2020 | 8 | 12,047 |
| 2022 | 7 | 13,455 |
| 2023 | 9 | 11,091 |
| 2024 | 10 | 10,198 |
| 2025 | 10 | 10,047 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 478 | 533 |
| 2012 | 482 | 542 |
| 2013 | 427 | 594 |
| 2014 | 423 | 625 |
| 2015 | 389 | 663 |
| 2016 | 388 | 666 |
| 2017 | 358 | 691 |
| 2018 | 314 | 757 |
| 2019 | 267 | 844 |
| 2020 | 238 | 933 |
| 2021 | 214 | 1,029 |
| 2022 | 231 | 978 |
| 2023 | 204 | 1,065 |
| 2024 | 174 | 1,187 |
| 2025 | 192 | 1,116 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 3 | 5,785 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 42 | 743 |
| 2012 | 34 | 885 |
| 2013 | 23 | 1,116 |
| 2014 | 31 | 935 |
| 2015 | 32 | 927 |
| 2016 | 23 | 1,187 |
| 2017 | 38 | 833 |
| 2018 | 22 | 1,194 |
| 2019 | 19 | 1,316 |
| 2020 | 23 | 1,150 |
| 2021 | 20 | 1,290 |
| 2022 | 16 | 1,534 |
| 2023 | 15 | 1,610 |
| 2024 | 10 | 2,263 |
| 2025 | 15 | 1,705 |

## 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.