Terra
Terra was the 2434th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 74 babies. Its best year was 1980, when it ranked 379th with 604 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 347 places. More babies were named Terra in the 1970s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #2,434 girls, down 195 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 74girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1980604 babies
- Total since 1880
- 15,434babies recorded
Terra popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 5 since 1984.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,434 | 74 |
| 2020 | #2,239 | 81 |
| 2010 | #2,384 | 80 |
| 2000 | #1,230 | 162 |
| 1990 | #634 | 355 |
| 1980 | #379 | 604 |
| 1970 | #619 | 277 |
| 1960 | #2,090 | 31 |
| 1950 | #2,894 | 14 |
| 1940 | #4,969 | 5 |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Terra, counting every spelling?
Terra is the most common spelling of a name family that had 74 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 74 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Terra | 74 | #2,434 | 401 |
| Tera | — | — | 48 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Terra?
74 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Terra (0.02 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Terra born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 113 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Terra.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Terra?
About 14,700 people born in the US named Terra are alive today, with a median age of 43; half are between 32 and 50. That makes Terra mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Terra by state
How common Terra was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 45 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Terra: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Terra, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Terra
How popular is the name Terra?
Terra was the 2434th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 74 babies. Its best year was 1980, when it ranked 379th with 604 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 347 places. More babies were named Terra in the 1970s than in any other decade.
Is Terra a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Terra in the US.
Where is Terra most popular?
In 2021–2025, Terra was most common in California (0.06 per 1,000 girls), followed by Florida and Ohio.