Terence
Terence is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 43 births. Its best rank was 241st, in 1964.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 430.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 19641,015 births
- Best rank
- #241in 1964
- Since 1885
- 34,243people given the name
The story in the numbers
34,243 boys have been named Terence in the United States since 1885, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1964, with 1,015 births.
The name has all but left use: 43 births in 2024, against 1,015 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1968, and the 1960s alone account for 23%. It has spent 77 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Terence | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 23 | |
| 1900s | 14 | |
| 1910s | 169 | |
| 1920s | 413 | |
| 1930s | 866 | |
| 1940s | 2,806 | |
| 1950s | 6,340 | |
| 1960s | 7,803 | |
| 1970s | 4,762 | |
| 1980s | 5,062 | |
| 1990s | 3,180 | |
| 2000s | 1,491 | |
| 2010s | 1,058 | |
| 2020s | 256 |
In 1964, its biggest year
Terence was the 241st most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1964 were Michael, John, David, James and Robert. See all of 1964.
Names that rose and fell with Terence
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Daryllpeak 1960
- Michaelpeak 1957
- Keithpeak 1957
- Timothypeak 1959
- Darylpeak 1956
- Stevenpeak 1956
- Randellpeak 1960
- Gregorypeak 1962
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.