Recorded 1885–2025 · United States
Terence was most popular in 1964, when 1,024 American babies were given the name — ranking #525 that year. In 2025 it ranked #5,826, with 47 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 34,460 people named Terence.
Terence first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1885, which makes it about 140 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 120 of the 141 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 34,460 American births named Terence between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 27,548 are estimated to be alive today.
47 American babies were named Terence in 2025, ranking #5,826 that year.
Terence is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 49 births a year, against 118 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -59% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Terence is a boy’s name — 0.5% of the 34,460 Americans given it were girls and 99.5% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 27,548 Americans named Terence are alive today — 80% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 54 years old, and half are between 38 and 65.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org