Terra is an established variant of Terri that peaked in 1980 and has since faded.
Terra is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #2,434 for girl births in the United States (and #4,347 across all names), given to 74 babies. Terra first appears in 1940 and peaked in 1980 (604 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 74 | 74 | #2,434 | — |
| 2024 | 71 | 71 | #2,531 | — |
| 2023 | 90 | 90 | #2,141 | — |
| 2022 | 87 | 87 | #2,191 | — |
| 2021 | 79 | 79 | #2,325 | — |
| 2020 | 81 | 81 | #2,239 | — |
| 2019 | 87 | 87 | #2,153 | — |
| 2018 | 81 | 81 | #2,270 | — |
| 2017 | 88 | 88 | #2,181 | — |
| 2016 | 97 | 97 | #2,051 | — |
| 2015 | 94 | 94 | #2,087 | — |
| 2014 | 85 | 85 | #2,232 | — |
| 2013 | 84 | 84 | #2,234 | — |
| 2012 | 102 | 102 | #1,939 | — |
| 2011 | 88 | 88 | #2,172 | — |
| 2010 | 80 | 80 | #2,384 | — |
| 2009 | 92 | 92 | #2,181 | — |
| 2008 | 99 | 99 | #2,074 | — |
| 2007 | 99 | 99 | #2,067 | — |
| 2006 | 96 | 96 | #2,065 | — |
| 2005 | 128 | 128 | #1,598 | — |
| 2004 | 101 | 101 | #1,881 | — |
| 2003 | 131 | 131 | #1,494 | — |
| 2002 | 137 | 137 | #1,409 | — |
| 2001 | 118 | 118 | #1,583 | — |
| 2000 | 162 | 162 | #1,230 | — |
| 1999 | 190 | 190 | #1,065 | — |
| 1998 | 175 | 175 | #1,104 | — |
| 1997 | 175 | — | #1,078 | — |
| 1996 | 204 | — | #944 | — |
| 1995 | 233 | — | #840 | — |
| 1994 | 253 | — | #801 | — |
| 1993 | 264 | — | #783 | — |
| 1992 | 284 | — | #747 | — |
| 1991 | 304 | — | #701 | — |
| 1990 | 355 | — | #634 | — |
| 1989 | 371 | — | #590 | — |
| 1988 | 380 | — | #561 | — |
| 1987 | 365 | — | #549 | — |
| 1986 | 414 | — | #506 | — |
| 1985 | 469 | — | #458 | — |
| 1984 | 523 | — | #411 | #7,226 |
| 1983 | 510 | — | #425 | — |
| 1982 | 522 | — | #423 | — |
| 1981 | 483 | — | #444 | — |
| 1980 | 604 | — | #379 | — |
| 1979 | 554 | — | #394 | — |
| 1978 | 509 | — | #407 | — |
| 1977 | 543 | — | #387 | — |
| 1976 | 486 | — | #416 | — |
| 1975 | 527 | — | #386 | — |
| 1974 | 518 | — | #395 | — |
| 1973 | 469 | — | #417 | — |
| 1972 | 489 | — | #404 | — |
| 1971 | 394 | — | #490 | — |
| 1970 | 277 | — | #619 | — |
| 1969 | 75 | — | #1,316 | — |
| 1968 | 67 | — | #1,373 | — |
| 1967 | 64 | — | #1,381 | — |
| 1966 | 69 | — | #1,309 | — |
| 1965 | 59 | — | #1,445 | — |
| 1964 | 74 | — | #1,309 | — |
| 1963 | 72 | — | #1,304 | — |
| 1962 | 51 | — | #1,595 | — |
| 1961 | 51 | — | #1,596 | — |
| 1960 | 31 | — | #2,090 | — |
| 1959 | 53 | — | #1,495 | — |
| 1958 | 45 | — | #1,604 | — |
| 1957 | 54 | — | #1,454 | — |
| 1956 | 46 | — | #1,579 | — |
| 1955 | 45 | — | #1,535 | — |
| 1954 | 33 | — | #1,831 | — |
| 1953 | 30 | — | #1,866 | — |
| 1952 | 22 | — | #2,262 | — |
| 1951 | 23 | — | #2,105 | — |
| 1950 | 14 | — | #2,894 | — |
| 1949 | 14 | — | #2,836 | — |
| 1948 | 15 | — | #2,690 | — |
| 1947 | 10 | — | #3,682 | — |
| 1946 | 7 | — | #4,375 | — |
| 1945 | 7 | — | #3,990 | — |
| 1944 | 6 | — | #4,522 | — |
| 1943 | 9 | — | #3,466 | — |
| 1942 | 8 | — | #3,708 | — |
| 1940 | 5 | — | #4,969 | — |