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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Terri

Terri was the 6303rd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 19 babies. Its best year was 1959, when it ranked 46th with 8,783 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 2,607 places. More babies were named Terri in the 1960s than in any other decade.

Meaning short form of Teresa (variant of Terry) · English, Greek

Say it TAIR-ee /ˈtɛɹi/

Rank in 2025
#6,303 girls, down 2,860 places since 2020
Babies in 2025
19girls
Girls and boys
Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
Peak year
19598,783 babies
Total since 1880
147,027babies recorded

What does the name Terri mean?

Terri is a spelling of Terry used for girls, as a short form of Teresa (Theresa), as Wiktionary notes. Theresa is of uncertain origin; DMNES says it may come from Greek therizein 'to harvest', and it was spread by Saint Teresa of Ávila. Terri was very popular in the US in the 1950s and 1960s.

Theresa (Spanish / Greek, “origin uncertain”)

How sure is this? Uncertain. Short form of a name whose origin is uncertain.

Related names: Terry, Teresa, Theresa, Tessa.

See also: Greek names.

Sources for this meaning

Terri popularity since 1880

02.5k5k7.5k10k 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.

A few boys are given the name too: 914 since 1946.

YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025#6,30319
2020#3,44345
2010#3,30150
2000#1,378136
1990#554426
1980#2421,068
1970#1133,402
1960#498,743
1950#2281,106
1940#1,00851
1930#3,6288
1920——
1910——
1900——
1890——
1880——

How popular is Terri, counting every spelling?

Terri is the most common spelling of a name family that had 26 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 26 girls in 2025.

SpellingBabies 2025Official rankBabies 2021–2025
Terri19#6,303128
Teri7#13,07139

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 Terri?

19 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Terri (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Terri 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 439 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Terri.

Chance of another Terri 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 Terri?

About 125,400 people born in the US named Terri are alive today, with a median age of 63; half are between 57 and 68. That makes Terri a name most people associate with older generations.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
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.

Terri by state

How common Terri was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 50 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: fewer than 5 a yearIL–Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New York: fewer than 5 a yearNY–Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: fewer than 5 a yearOH–Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesCA0.01Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearNC–South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: fewer than 5 a yearGA–Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: fewer than 5 a yearTX–Florida: fewer than 5 a yearFL–
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Terri, girls, 2021–2025. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

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

Middle names for Terri · Sibling names for Terri

Questions about the name Terri

What does Terri mean?

Terri is usually explained as “short form of Teresa (variant of Terry)”, but this is uncertain. Certainty: uncertain.

How popular is the name Terri?

Terri was the 6303rd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 19 babies. Its best year was 1959, when it ranked 46th with 8,783 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 2,607 places. More babies were named Terri in the 1960s than in any other decade.

Is Terri a boy or girl name?

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

Where is Terri most popular?

In 2021–2025, Terri was most common in California (0.01 per 1,000 girls).