Is Terin a boy or girl name?

Terin is a unisex name. Of the 524 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 65.5% were girls and 34.5% were boys. It changed hands in 1992, and has gone mainly to boys since.

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Terin

Recorded 1979–2014 · United States

Terin was most popular in 1982, when 36 American babies were given the name — ranking #4,070 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 524 people named Terin.

Terin over time

Births per year. The dot marks Terin’s peak in 1982. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Terin a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Terin is a unisex name — 65.5% of the 524 Americans given it were girls and 34.5% were boys. It changed hands: since 1992 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that.

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.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org