Is Terry a boy or girl name?
Terry is mostly a boy name in the US. In 2024, 10 girls and 174 boys were named Terry, so 5.4% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 18.6% of the 521,274 US babies named Terry were girls.
- Boy rank, 2024
- #1,186
- Girl rank, 2024
- #10,169
- Babies named Terry since 1880
- 521,274
- Most popular year
- 1955
- 20,939 babies
Boys and girls named Terry, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 98 | 0 | 0% |
| 1890s | 118 | 7 | 5.6% |
| 1900s | 186 | 53 | 22.2% |
| 1910s | 711 | 328 | 31.6% |
| 1920s | 1,646 | 1,173 | 41.6% |
| 1930s | 11,024 | 1,926 | 14.9% |
| 1940s | 76,966 | 13,698 | 15.1% |
| 1950s | 140,724 | 43,194 | 23.5% |
| 1960s | 101,484 | 27,636 | 21.4% |
| 1970s | 42,427 | 5,779 | 12% |
| 1980s | 24,157 | 1,951 | 7.5% |
| 1990s | 13,043 | 752 | 5.5% |
| 2000s | 6,638 | 280 | 4% |
| 2010s | 4,047 | 133 | 3.2% |
| 2020s | 1,061 | 34 | 3.1% |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 174 | #1,186 | 10 | #10,169 |
| 2023 | 204 | #1,065 | 9 | #11,076 |
| 2022 | 231 | #978 | 7 | #13,447 |
| 2021 | 214 | #1,028 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 238 | #933 | 8 | #12,039 |
| 2019 | 267 | #843 | 15 | #7,683 |
| 2018 | 314 | #755 | 10 | #10,487 |
| 2017 | 358 | #691 | 9 | #11,540 |
| 2016 | 388 | #666 | 11 | #10,052 |
| 2015 | 388 | #664 | 8 | #12,908 |
| 2014 | 423 | #625 | 9 | #11,854 |
| 2013 | 428 | #593 | 15 | #8,113 |
| 2012 | 482 | #542 | 17 | #7,432 |
| 2011 | 478 | #532 | 18 | #7,087 |
| 2010 | 521 | #497 | 21 | #6,366 |
| 2009 | 482 | #549 | 23 | #6,074 |
| 2008 | 580 | #480 | 15 | #8,490 |
| 2007 | 608 | #455 | 26 | #5,510 |
| 2006 | 614 | #445 | 24 | #5,692 |
| 2005 | 693 | #406 | 25 | #5,247 |
| 2004 | 657 | #400 | 49 | #3,174 |
| 2003 | 667 | #392 | 22 | #5,572 |
| 2002 | 687 | #380 | 30 | #4,271 |
| 2001 | 803 | #343 | 36 | #3,700 |
| 2000 | 847 | #331 | 30 | #4,176 |
| 1999 | 905 | #315 | 44 | #3,042 |
| 1998 | 947 | #302 | 65 | #2,220 |
| 1997 | 1,046 | #269 | 60 | #2,281 |
| 1996 | 1,094 | #258 | 53 | #2,449 |
| 1995 | 1,176 | #245 | 55 | #2,391 |
| 1994 | 1,218 | #242 | 76 | #1,889 |
| 1993 | 1,426 | #213 | 94 | #1,625 |
| 1992 | 1,595 | #196 | 101 | #1,547 |
| 1991 | 1,741 | #180 | 90 | #1,668 |
| 1990 | 1,895 | #164 | 114 | #1,395 |
| 1989 | 2,003 | #151 | 142 | #1,162 |
| 1988 | 2,065 | #141 | 155 | #1,042 |
| 1987 | 2,102 | #133 | 177 | #931 |
| 1986 | 2,251 | #122 | 147 | #1,031 |
| 1985 | 2,374 | #119 | 180 | #892 |
| 1984 | 2,335 | #118 | 181 | #850 |
| 1983 | 2,471 | #110 | 215 | #755 |
| 1982 | 2,761 | #105 | 235 | #729 |
| 1981 | 2,814 | #105 | 227 | #732 |
| 1980 | 2,981 | #101 | 292 | #625 |
| 1979 | 3,040 | #96 | 304 | #593 |
| 1978 | 3,089 | #91 | 275 | #615 |
| 1977 | 3,443 | #83 | 315 | #559 |
| 1976 | 3,668 | #75 | 387 | #475 |
| 1975 | 3,971 | #68 | 491 | #412 |
| 1974 | 4,026 | #69 | 519 | #394 |
| 1973 | 4,375 | #65 | 638 | #343 |
| 1972 | 4,770 | #62 | 749 | #320 |
| 1971 | 5,858 | #56 | 987 | #286 |
| 1970 | 6,187 | #54 | 1,114 | #269 |
| 1969 | 6,415 | #52 | 1,243 | #240 |
| 1968 | 7,090 | #48 | 1,398 | #218 |
| 1967 | 7,684 | #42 | 1,594 | #201 |
| 1966 | 8,454 | #40 | 1,710 | #191 |
| 1965 | 9,090 | #40 | 2,022 | #173 |
| 1964 | 10,868 | #35 | 2,908 | #139 |
| 1963 | 12,459 | #32 | 3,521 | #123 |
| 1962 | 12,304 | #34 | 4,038 | #112 |
| 1961 | 13,190 | #32 | 4,362 | #108 |
| 1960 | 13,930 | #34 | 4,840 | #101 |
| 1959 | 14,546 | #33 | 5,214 | #95 |
| 1958 | 15,008 | #33 | 5,327 | #89 |
| 1957 | 15,618 | #33 | 5,266 | #92 |
| 1956 | 15,066 | #31 | 5,272 | #91 |
| 1955 | 15,586 | #28 | 5,353 | #83 |
| 1954 | 15,554 | #27 | 4,787 | #88 |
| 1953 | 13,259 | #30 | 3,374 | #117 |
| 1952 | 12,438 | #29 | 3,033 | #120 |
| 1951 | 12,216 | #30 | 3,042 | #115 |
| 1950 | 11,433 | #30 | 2,526 | #127 |
| 1949 | 11,457 | #28 | 2,791 | #115 |
| 1948 | 12,136 | #26 | 2,280 | #133 |
| 1947 | 12,751 | #26 | 2,291 | #135 |
| 1946 | 10,678 | #26 | 1,917 | #143 |
| 1945 | 6,833 | #33 | 950 | #204 |
| 1944 | 5,976 | #43 | 914 | #217 |
| 1943 | 5,737 | #49 | 923 | #217 |
| 1942 | 4,810 | #52 | 818 | #235 |
| 1941 | 3,606 | #64 | 444 | #308 |
| 1940 | 2,982 | #73 | 370 | #331 |
| 1939 | 2,443 | #83 | 315 | #370 |
| 1938 | 2,336 | #86 | 273 | #406 |
| 1937 | 1,684 | #113 | 232 | #425 |
| 1936 | 1,291 | #126 | 200 | #453 |
| 1935 | 962 | #154 | 195 | #457 |
| 1934 | 720 | #182 | 146 | #540 |
| 1933 | 572 | #206 | 145 | #529 |
| 1932 | 430 | #264 | 149 | #536 |
| 1931 | 290 | #322 | 119 | #608 |
| 1930 | 296 | #321 | 152 | #555 |
| 1929 | 222 | #392 | 120 | #633 |
| 1928 | 218 | #408 | 142 | #593 |
| 1927 | 180 | #458 | 162 | #558 |
| 1926 | 165 | #470 | 145 | #590 |
| 1925 | 190 | #436 | 148 | #597 |
| 1924 | 140 | #534 | 116 | #692 |
| 1923 | 134 | #527 | 94 | #751 |
| 1922 | 130 | #556 | 98 | #738 |
| 1921 | 125 | #567 | 94 | #756 |
| 1920 | 142 | #514 | 54 | #1,019 |
| 1919 | 94 | #627 | 55 | #965 |
| 1918 | 100 | #617 | 54 | #987 |
| 1917 | 92 | #619 | 46 | #1,052 |
| 1916 | 85 | #634 | 31 | #1,326 |
| 1915 | 105 | #549 | 32 | #1,252 |
| 1914 | 58 | #672 | 37 | #985 |
| 1913 | 69 | #519 | 24 | #1,145 |
| 1912 | 49 | #581 | 17 | #1,344 |
| 1911 | 29 | #574 | 16 | #1,163 |
| 1910 | 30 | #521 | 16 | #1,162 |
| 1909 | 27 | #501 | 11 | #1,361 |
| 1908 | 23 | #539 | 6 | #2,075 |
| 1907 | 20 | #556 | 11 | #1,277 |
| 1906 | 13 | #703 | 10 | #1,312 |
| 1905 | 15 | #634 | 9 | #1,403 |
| 1904 | 18 | #535 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 18 | #522 | 6 | #1,769 |
| 1902 | 18 | #519 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 13 | #590 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 21 | #532 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 7 | #923 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 14 | #605 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 15 | #549 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 20 | #458 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 13 | #605 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 12 | #623 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 8 | #826 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 12 | #635 | 7 | #1,265 |
| 1891 | 5 | #1,110 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 12 | #598 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 9 | #717 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 15 | #524 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 16 | #437 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 12 | #571 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 9 | #691 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 10 | #653 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 10 | #639 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 7 | #828 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1880 | 10 | #632 | 0 | – |
Highest rank
As a boy name, Terry reached #26 in 1946. As a girl name, it reached #83 in 1955. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.
Names from the same era
These names were also most popular in the 1950s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Names spelled like Terry
Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.