Terrence is a familiar boys' name that peaked in 1955 and has since faded.
Terrence is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #1,600 for boy births in the United States (and #3,402 across all names), given to 107 babies. Terrence first appears in 1886 and peaked in 1955 (1,497 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 107 | 107 | — | #1,600 |
| 2024 | 116 | 116 | — | #1,527 |
| 2023 | 134 | 134 | — | #1,389 |
| 2022 | 151 | 151 | — | #1,281 |
| 2021 | 148 | 148 | — | #1,287 |
| 2020 | 173 | 173 | — | #1,133 |
| 2019 | 184 | 184 | — | #1,090 |
| 2018 | 217 | 217 | — | #957 |
| 2017 | 263 | 263 | — | #842 |
| 2016 | 272 | 272 | — | #834 |
| 2015 | 279 | 279 | — | #814 |
| 2014 | 329 | 329 | — | #729 |
| 2013 | 329 | 329 | — | #716 |
| 2012 | 340 | 340 | — | #700 |
| 2011 | 364 | 364 | — | #646 |
| 2010 | 426 | 426 | — | #588 |
| 2009 | 456 | 456 | — | #579 |
| 2008 | 420 | 420 | — | #598 |
| 2007 | 449 | 449 | — | #572 |
| 2006 | 467 | 467 | — | #543 |
| 2005 | 403 | 403 | — | #578 |
| 2004 | 354 | 354 | — | #606 |
| 2003 | 440 | 440 | — | #530 |
| 2002 | 397 | 397 | — | #561 |
| 2001 | 431 | 431 | — | #520 |
| 2000 | 480 | 480 | — | #488 |
| 1999 | 497 | 497 | — | #461 |
| 1998 | 491 | 491 | — | #459 |
| 1997 | 581 | — | — | #402 |
| 1996 | 623 | — | — | #376 |
| 1995 | 652 | — | — | #367 |
| 1994 | 802 | — | — | #321 |
| 1993 | 915 | — | — | #298 |
| 1992 | 1,062 | — | #11,638 | #271 |
| 1991 | 1,061 | — | #10,194 | #258 |
| 1990 | 1,063 | — | #10,121 | #255 |
| 1989 | 1,170 | — | #9,611 | #233 |
| 1988 | 1,249 | — | #9,175 | #210 |
| 1987 | 1,060 | — | #5,063 | #226 |
| 1986 | 959 | — | #4,180 | #242 |
| 1985 | 950 | — | #8,269 | #244 |
| 1984 | 1,004 | — | #6,254 | #226 |
| 1983 | 1,022 | — | #5,125 | #223 |
| 1982 | 1,084 | — | #6,846 | #222 |
| 1981 | 1,091 | — | #5,227 | #224 |
| 1980 | 1,194 | — | #7,359 | #209 |
| 1979 | 1,206 | — | #5,076 | #202 |
| 1978 | 1,137 | — | #3,624 | #201 |
| 1977 | 1,170 | — | #4,054 | #198 |
| 1976 | 1,177 | — | #4,887 | #191 |
| 1975 | 1,162 | — | #4,830 | #196 |
| 1974 | 1,116 | — | #5,740 | #199 |
| 1973 | 1,185 | — | #3,466 | #194 |
| 1972 | 1,168 | — | #7,226 | #201 |
| 1971 | 1,253 | — | #4,291 | #198 |
| 1970 | 1,478 | — | #3,558 | #187 |
| 1969 | 1,230 | — | #4,398 | #205 |
| 1968 | 1,145 | — | #3,979 | #205 |
| 1967 | 1,079 | — | #3,639 | #211 |
| 1966 | 1,099 | — | #4,831 | #211 |
| 1965 | 1,043 | — | #3,528 | #226 |
| 1964 | 1,285 | — | #3,682 | #214 |
| 1963 | 1,020 | — | #5,843 | #239 |
| 1962 | 996 | — | #4,830 | #248 |
| 1961 | 1,006 | — | #5,792 | #249 |
| 1960 | 1,025 | — | #4,150 | #251 |
| 1959 | 1,113 | — | #4,596 | #242 |
| 1958 | 1,227 | — | #4,489 | #216 |
| 1957 | 1,311 | — | #5,321 | #206 |
| 1956 | 1,456 | — | #6,804 | #194 |
| 1955 | 1,508 | — | #3,762 | #181 |
| 1954 | 1,450 | — | #3,939 | #184 |
| 1953 | 1,225 | — | #4,562 | #200 |
| 1952 | 1,172 | — | #4,448 | #195 |
| 1951 | 1,178 | — | #4,786 | #193 |
| 1950 | 1,277 | — | #3,642 | #176 |
| 1949 | 1,191 | — | #2,837 | #181 |
| 1948 | 1,216 | — | #3,121 | #177 |
| 1947 | 1,108 | — | #4,316 | #188 |
| 1946 | 939 | — | — | #190 |
| 1945 | 604 | — | #4,504 | #226 |
| 1944 | 615 | — | — | #223 |
| 1943 | 632 | — | #5,307 | #229 |
| 1942 | 555 | — | — | #242 |
| 1941 | 444 | — | — | #271 |
| 1940 | 397 | — | — | #280 |
| 1939 | 354 | — | — | #294 |
| 1938 | 310 | — | — | #312 |
| 1937 | 246 | — | — | #347 |
| 1936 | 216 | — | — | #372 |
| 1935 | 171 | — | — | #428 |
| 1934 | 130 | — | — | #512 |
| 1933 | 112 | — | — | #539 |
| 1932 | 95 | — | — | #614 |
| 1931 | 72 | — | — | #726 |
| 1930 | 67 | — | — | #794 |
| 1929 | 72 | — | — | #751 |
| 1928 | 63 | — | — | #833 |
| 1927 | 63 | — | — | #857 |
| 1926 | 54 | — | — | #927 |
| 1925 | 68 | — | — | #808 |
| 1924 | 35 | — | — | #1,245 |
| 1923 | 61 | — | — | #880 |
| 1922 | 53 | — | — | #971 |
| 1921 | 60 | — | — | #908 |
| 1920 | 55 | — | — | #938 |
| 1919 | 30 | — | — | #1,316 |
| 1918 | 40 | — | — | #1,092 |
| 1917 | 25 | — | — | #1,432 |
| 1916 | 18 | — | — | #1,761 |
| 1915 | 26 | — | — | #1,337 |
| 1914 | 19 | — | — | #1,437 |
| 1913 | 18 | — | — | #1,246 |
| 1912 | 17 | — | — | #1,167 |
| 1911 | 11 | — | — | #1,112 |
| 1910 | 9 | — | — | #1,186 |
| 1909 | 5 | — | — | #1,658 |
| 1908 | 6 | — | — | #1,358 |
| 1907 | 7 | — | — | #1,190 |
| 1901 | 5 | — | — | #1,199 |
| 1900 | 5 | — | — | #1,485 |
| 1898 | 7 | — | — | #990 |
| 1897 | 11 | — | — | #675 |
| 1896 | 8 | — | — | #889 |
| 1895 | 6 | — | — | #1,070 |
| 1894 | 5 | — | — | #1,219 |
| 1893 | 7 | — | — | #897 |
| 1892 | 6 | — | — | #1,056 |
| 1890 | 9 | — | — | #733 |
| 1889 | 5 | — | — | #1,101 |
| 1888 | 10 | — | — | #696 |
| 1886 | 10 | — | — | #644 |