Terance

Boy · recorded 1938–2024

  • 2024last recorded
  • 1978best year

Most popular in 1978.

Last recorded in 2024. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1938

0204019381960198120032024

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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 85 recorded years as a table
Terance, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19385
19404
19415
19429
19434
19445
19454
19465
19479
194811
19496
195015
195110
195214
195318
195420
195519
195621
195719
195817
195920
196022
196121
196218
196322
196431
196532
196634
196729
196826
196926
197026
197130
197223
197336
197431
197528
197631
197737
197840
197927
198034
198130
198234
198331
198433
198531
198631
198732
198838
198932
199031
199138
199224
199320
199423
199520
199621
199721
199814
199912
200010
200112
200211
20039
200410
20057
200613
200710
20087
20099
201011
20116
20129
20139
20145
20155
20164
20175
20186
20193
20203
20215
20223
20246

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Terance 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 2024
10
Rank in 2024
#7,765
How rare
1 in 172,288 boys
Since 1938
2,840

Terance was last recorded in 2024. 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 40 per million boys born.

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

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