Terah

Boy · recorded 1968–1991

  • 1991last recorded
  • 1978best year

Most popular in 1978.

Last recorded in 1991. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Terah.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1968

02419681974198019851991

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 8 recorded years as a table
Terah, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19683
19743
19773
19784
19803
19813
19823
19913

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Terah isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1991
6
Rank in 1991
#7,271
How rare
1 in 336,721 boys
Since 1968
43

Terah was last recorded in 1991. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1978, at 4 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Terah doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.