NameTides

Terrance

Terrance was the #1,564 boys' name in the US in 2025 (109 babies), and #2,269 in Canada.

Terrance as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Terrance as a boy’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.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020USCanada
Terrance as a boy’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.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
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#1,564 (109)—#2,269 (8)
2024#1,290 (152)—#1,909 (10)
2023#1,248 (155)—#1,592 (12)
2022#1,152 (180)—#1,759 (10)
2021#1,054 (203)—#1,653 (11)
2020#961 (226)—#1,176 (18)
2019#939 (230)#3,411 (5)#1,065 (20)
2018#812 (277)#4,749 (3)#1,572 (11)
2017#763 (307)#4,812 (3)#1,074 (20)
2016#735 (332)#3,478 (5)#1,159 (18)
2015#673 (377)#4,747 (3)#978 (22)
2014#689 (365)—#1,250 (15)
2013#613 (409)#4,685 (3)#760 (31)
2012#586 (435)#3,416 (5)#1,102 (18)
2011#585 (429)#3,300 (5)#958 (22)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1979 at #179.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1895.

How common is it?

about 1 in 16,000 baby boys 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
USBoys2025about 1 in 16,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 20,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Terrance is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 17,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 14,000 to 1 in 19,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Terrance 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: #935ILMichigan: 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: #1,015OHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: fewer than 5 babiesCAUtah: 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: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: #522MSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #853GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,347TXFlorida: #1,256FL
Terrance (boys) 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
TerranceCanadaBoys#2,2698
TerranceEngland & WalesBoys—too few
TerranceNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
TerranceUSGirls—too few
TerranceUSBoys#1,564109