Is Terryl a boy or girl name?

Terryl is a unisex name. Of the 1,457 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 49.2% were girls and 50.8% were boys. It changed hands in 1965, and has gone mainly to girls since.

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Terryl

Recorded 1935–2008 · United States

Terryl was most popular in 1949, when 64 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,923 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,457 people named Terryl.

Terryl over time

Births per year. The dot marks Terryl’s peak in 1949. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Terryl a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Terryl is a unisex name — 49.2% of the 1,457 Americans given it were girls and 50.8% were boys. It changed hands: since 1965 it has gone mainly to girls, having gone mainly to boys 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