Terran
Recorded 1945–2025 · United States
Terran was most popular in 1985, when 69 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,685 that year. In 2025 it ranked #12,329, with 15 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,102 people named Terran.
Terran over time
How old is the name Terran?
Terran first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1945, which makes it about 80 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 65 of the 81 years since.
How many people are named Terran?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 2,102 American births named Terran 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 2,030 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Terran in 2025?
15 American babies were named Terran in 2025, ranking #12,329 that year.
Is Terran getting more or less popular?
Terran is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 15 births a year, against 37 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.
Is Terran a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Terran is a unisex name — 26.9% of the 2,102 Americans given it were girls and 73.1% were boys. It changed hands: since 1986 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that. In births since 2016 it is 6% girls and 94% 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.
How old is someone named Terran?
Roughly 2,030 Americans named Terran are alive today — 97% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 29 years old, and half are between 18 and 39.
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.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org