Terrance is a familiar boys' name that peaked in 1988 and has since faded.
Terrance is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #1,570 for boy births in the United States (and #3,354 across all names), given to 109 babies. Terrance first appears in 1895 and peaked in 1988 (1,424 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 109 | 109 | — | #1,570 |
| 2024 | 152 | 152 | — | #1,293 |
| 2023 | 155 | 155 | — | #1,251 |
| 2022 | 180 | 180 | — | #1,153 |
| 2021 | 203 | 203 | — | #1,058 |
| 2020 | 226 | 226 | — | #963 |
| 2019 | 230 | 230 | — | #941 |
| 2018 | 277 | 277 | — | #812 |
| 2017 | 307 | 307 | — | #766 |
| 2016 | 332 | 332 | — | #737 |
| 2015 | 377 | 377 | — | #675 |
| 2014 | 365 | 365 | — | #689 |
| 2013 | 409 | 409 | — | #613 |
| 2012 | 435 | 435 | — | #588 |
| 2011 | 429 | 429 | — | #586 |
| 2010 | 446 | 446 | — | #570 |
| 2009 | 562 | 562 | — | #486 |
| 2008 | 512 | 512 | — | #527 |
| 2007 | 569 | 569 | — | #473 |
| 2006 | 583 | 583 | — | #464 |
| 2005 | 562 | 562 | — | #455 |
| 2004 | 535 | 535 | — | #472 |
| 2003 | 552 | 552 | — | #458 |
| 2002 | 563 | 563 | — | #440 |
| 2001 | 580 | 580 | — | #423 |
| 2000 | 628 | 628 | — | #402 |
| 1999 | 688 | 688 | — | #376 |
| 1998 | 680 | 680 | — | #374 |
| 1997 | 720 | — | #11,980 | #355 |
| 1996 | 731 | — | — | #340 |
| 1995 | 848 | — | #10,439 | #315 |
| 1994 | 1,000 | — | #11,684 | #275 |
| 1993 | 1,058 | — | — | #273 |
| 1992 | 1,282 | — | #11,637 | #233 |
| 1991 | 1,346 | — | — | #221 |
| 1990 | 1,236 | — | #6,843 | #236 |
| 1989 | 1,377 | — | #5,530 | #208 |
| 1988 | 1,440 | — | #5,298 | #193 |
| 1987 | 1,144 | — | #6,756 | #216 |
| 1986 | 1,144 | — | #7,088 | #213 |
| 1985 | 1,204 | — | #4,840 | #203 |
| 1984 | 1,227 | — | #5,516 | #198 |
| 1983 | 1,214 | — | #3,938 | #197 |
| 1982 | 1,277 | — | #6,845 | #198 |
| 1981 | 1,288 | — | #5,872 | #195 |
| 1980 | 1,398 | — | #4,135 | #179 |
| 1979 | 1,363 | — | #4,407 | #179 |
| 1978 | 1,296 | — | #5,195 | #183 |
| 1977 | 1,252 | — | #4,634 | #192 |
| 1976 | 1,224 | — | #2,995 | #185 |
| 1975 | 1,204 | — | #2,957 | #192 |
| 1974 | 1,091 | — | #3,001 | #208 |
| 1973 | 1,212 | — | #2,824 | #191 |
| 1972 | 1,128 | — | #3,395 | #206 |
| 1971 | 1,120 | — | #3,359 | #212 |
| 1970 | 1,200 | — | #3,020 | #213 |
| 1969 | 1,002 | — | #3,094 | #233 |
| 1968 | 1,042 | — | #3,046 | #221 |
| 1967 | 1,006 | — | #3,196 | #222 |
| 1966 | 976 | — | #3,541 | #224 |
| 1965 | 968 | — | #2,676 | #240 |
| 1964 | 1,141 | — | #2,815 | #224 |
| 1963 | 819 | — | #4,511 | #270 |
| 1962 | 752 | — | #5,801 | #282 |
| 1961 | 769 | — | #4,212 | #281 |
| 1960 | 741 | — | #3,199 | #291 |
| 1959 | 839 | — | #3,805 | #275 |
| 1958 | 930 | — | #3,528 | #257 |
| 1957 | 1,051 | — | #3,673 | #238 |
| 1956 | 1,066 | — | #4,144 | #226 |
| 1955 | 1,163 | — | #2,466 | #213 |
| 1954 | 1,138 | — | #2,689 | #209 |
| 1953 | 982 | — | #2,799 | #217 |
| 1952 | 918 | — | #2,661 | #221 |
| 1951 | 929 | — | #2,566 | #215 |
| 1950 | 966 | — | #3,217 | #208 |
| 1949 | 845 | — | #2,610 | #222 |
| 1948 | 880 | — | #2,823 | #215 |
| 1947 | 801 | — | #3,683 | #230 |
| 1946 | 637 | — | #4,376 | #245 |
| 1945 | 459 | — | — | #282 |
| 1944 | 472 | — | — | #272 |
| 1943 | 470 | — | #3,778 | #284 |
| 1942 | 394 | — | — | #309 |
| 1941 | 300 | — | — | #333 |
| 1940 | 254 | — | — | #360 |
| 1939 | 254 | — | — | #348 |
| 1938 | 186 | — | — | #419 |
| 1937 | 147 | — | — | #460 |
| 1936 | 136 | — | — | #485 |
| 1935 | 102 | — | — | #574 |
| 1934 | 95 | — | — | #610 |
| 1933 | 56 | — | — | #833 |
| 1932 | 57 | — | — | #850 |
| 1931 | 42 | — | — | #1,046 |
| 1930 | 45 | — | — | #1,035 |
| 1929 | 34 | — | — | #1,212 |
| 1928 | 33 | — | — | #1,269 |
| 1927 | 45 | — | — | #1,056 |
| 1926 | 30 | — | — | #1,352 |
| 1925 | 28 | — | — | #1,421 |
| 1924 | 19 | — | — | #1,887 |
| 1923 | 23 | — | — | #1,638 |
| 1922 | 24 | — | — | #1,585 |
| 1921 | 30 | — | — | #1,387 |
| 1920 | 23 | — | — | #1,636 |
| 1919 | 27 | — | — | #1,407 |
| 1918 | 15 | — | — | #2,152 |
| 1917 | 18 | — | — | #1,805 |
| 1916 | 18 | — | — | #1,760 |
| 1915 | 12 | — | — | #2,295 |
| 1914 | 7 | — | — | #2,879 |
| 1913 | 8 | — | — | #2,249 |
| 1912 | 11 | — | — | #1,609 |
| 1911 | 5 | — | — | #1,970 |
| 1910 | 6 | — | — | #1,568 |
| 1895 | 5 | — | — | #1,223 |