NameTides

Terra

Terra was the #2,410 girls' name in the US in 2025 (74 babies), and #3,044 in Canada.

Terra as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Terra as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020USCanada
Terra as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#2,410 (74)—#3,044 (6)
2024#2,508 (71)#5,892 (3)#2,259 (9)
2023#2,124 (90)——
2022#2,174 (87)#5,670 (3)#2,553 (7)
2021#2,309 (79)#5,581 (3)#1,778 (12)
2020#2,216 (81)—#2,591 (7)
2019#2,140 (87)—#2,025 (10)
2018#2,254 (81)—#2,892 (6)
2017#2,160 (88)#5,765 (3)—
2016#2,033 (97)—#3,294 (5)
2015#2,080 (94)—#1,659 (13)
2014#2,213 (85)—#2,374 (8)
2013#2,211 (84)—#2,204 (9)
2012#1,929 (102)—#2,601 (7)
2011#2,156 (88)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1980 at #379.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1940.

How common is it?

about 1 in 22,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 22,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 25,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Terra is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 22,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 18,000 to 1 in 27,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Terra by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #2,487CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #1,437NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,636TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Terra (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
TerraCanadaGirls#3,0446
TerraEngland & WalesGirls—too few
TerraNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
TerraUSGirls#2,41074
TerraUSBoys—too few