Terrilyn

Girl · recorded 1946–2011

  • 2011last recorded
  • 1958best year

Most popular in 1958.

Last recorded in 2011. Fewer than five girls 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 1946

0153019461962197919952011

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 57 recorded years as a table
Terrilyn, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19464
19473
19486
19503
19517
195210
19536
195411
195511
195610
195711
195830
195919
196015
196117
196212
196317
196419
196515
196615
196716
196816
196915
197015
197114
197211
197314
197410
197511
19766
197714
19785
197911
198010
19815
19829
19837
198412
19855
19867
19877
19883
19894
19906
19913
19934
19953
19963
19976
19986
19993
20003
20024
20033
20044
20054
20113

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Terrilyn 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 2011
5
Rank in 2011
#16,764
How rare
1 in 351,813 girls
Since 1946
930

Terrilyn was last recorded in 2011. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1958, at 30 per million girls born.

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

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