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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Terran

Terran was the 6105th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 15 babies. Its best year was 1992, when it ranked 1694th with 51 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 2,430 places. More babies were named Terran in the 1990s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
#6,105 boys, down 1,843 places since 2020
Babies in 2025
15boys
Girls and boys
Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
Peak year
199251 babies
Total since 1880
2,102babies recorded

Terran popularity since 1880

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GirlsBoys Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Rank (boys)Babies (girls)Babies (boys)
2025—#6,105—15
2020—#4,262—24
2010—#3,368—33
2000#9,820#2,4221040
1990#4,515#2,3002231
1980#12,013#3,412513
1970#9,223#3,80558
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How popular is Terran, counting every spelling?

Terran is the most common spelling of a name family that had 21 boys in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 21 boys in 2025.

SpellingBabies 2025Official rankBabies 2021–2025
Terran15#6,10576
Terron6#11,84362

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 Terran?

15 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Terran (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Terran 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 554 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Terran.

Chance of another Terran in a class of 20under 1 in 50US, born 2025

Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.

How old are people named Terran?

About 1,500 people born in the US named Terran are alive today, with a median age of 27; half are between 16 and 37. That makes Terran mostly worn by children and young adults.

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Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

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.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Terran: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Terran, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Terran

How popular is the name Terran?

Terran was the 6105th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 15 babies. Its best year was 1992, when it ranked 1694th with 51 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 2,430 places. More babies were named Terran in the 1990s than in any other decade.

Is Terran a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Terran in the US.