Tera
Girl · TAIR-a · Irish
Tera is a girls' name of Irish origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Tera mean?
Irish: spelling of Tara
Tara is both the Hill of Tara, seat of Ireland's ancient high kings, and a Sanskrit word for 'star'.
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Is Tera a girl's or a boy's name?
Tera is a girls' name.
How popular is Tera in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1984, with 416 girls. It first appears in the records in 1885.
Half of all the girls named Tera in the US since 1880 were born between 1974 and 1988, the years shaded on the chart below.
Tera in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8 | #11,117 |
| 2023 | 10 | #9,611 |
| 2022 | 12 | #8,536 |
| 2021 | 18 | #6,409 |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,541 |
| 2019 | 10 | #9,730 |
| 2018 | 9 | #10,540 |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,685 |
| 2016 | 13 | #8,390 |
| 2015 | 15 | #7,610 |
| 2014 | 22 | #5,795 |
| 2013 | 16 | #7,368 |
| 2012 | 30 | #4,705 |
| 2011 | 20 | #6,332 |
| 2010 | 36 | #4,106 |
| 2009 | 37 | #4,106 |
| 2008 | 52 | #3,221 |
| 2007 | 52 | #3,247 |
| 2006 | 45 | #3,504 |
| 2005 | 65 | #2,603 |
| 2004 | 49 | #3,123 |
| 2003 | 51 | #2,953 |
| 2002 | 75 | #2,196 |
| 2001 | 74 | #2,189 |
| 2000 | 50 | #2,850 |
| 1999 | 90 | #1,767 |
| 1998 | 76 | #1,974 |
| 1997 | 103 | #1,560 |
| 1996 | 77 | #1,879 |
| 1995 | 111 | #1,446 |
| 1994 | 133 | #1,274 |
| 1993 | 143 | #1,209 |
| 1992 | 126 | #1,326 |
| 1991 | 170 | #1,062 |
| 1990 | 217 | #888 |
| 1989 | 230 | #823 |
| 1988 | 243 | #770 |
| 1987 | 239 | #750 |
| 1986 | 291 | #636 |
| 1985 | 373 | #532 |
| 1984 | 416 | #486 |
| 1983 | 402 | #489 |
| 1982 | 386 | #517 |
| 1981 | 343 | #543 |
| 1980 | 356 | #531 |
| 1979 | 362 | #526 |
| 1978 | 395 | #492 |
| 1977 | 390 | #488 |
| 1976 | 353 | #505 |
| 1975 | 381 | #482 |
| 1974 | 409 | #449 |
| 1973 | 396 | #463 |
| 1972 | 379 | #474 |
| 1971 | 318 | #559 |
| 1970 | 191 | #762 |
| 1969 | 75 | #1,303 |
| 1968 | 58 | #1,491 |
| 1967 | 63 | #1,382 |
| 1966 | 45 | #1,669 |
| 1965 | 48 | #1,622 |
| 1964 | 46 | #1,708 |
| 1963 | 51 | #1,579 |
| 1962 | 38 | #1,857 |
| 1961 | 42 | #1,767 |
| 1960 | 39 | #1,810 |
| 1959 | 21 | #2,516 |
| 1958 | 17 | #2,861 |
| 1957 | 17 | #2,822 |
| 1956 | 14 | #3,185 |
| 1955 | 16 | #2,838 |
| 1954 | 13 | #3,156 |
| 1953 | 11 | #3,479 |
| 1952 | 11 | #3,371 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 10 | #3,422 |
| 1949 | 14 | #2,725 |
| 1948 | 15 | #2,588 |
| 1947 | 10 | #3,446 |
| 1946 | 8 | #3,664 |
| 1945 | 10 | #2,915 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 10 | #3,039 |
| 1942 | 7 | #3,736 |
| 1941 | 6 | #3,952 |
| 1940 | 11 | #2,571 |
| 1939 | 6 | #3,780 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 8 | #3,145 |
| 1936 | 8 | #3,101 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 7 | #3,447 |
| 1933 | 6 | #3,751 |
| 1932 | 6 | #3,899 |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 6 | #4,051 |
| 1928 | 12 | #2,622 |
| 1927 | 9 | #3,282 |
| 1926 | 7 | #3,872 |
| 1925 | 10 | #3,115 |
| 1924 | 6 | #4,432 |
| 1923 | 8 | #3,640 |
| 1922 | 12 | #2,778 |
| 1921 | 15 | #2,378 |
| 1920 | 12 | #2,731 |
| 1919 | 6 | #4,249 |
| 1918 | 10 | #3,023 |
| 1917 | 14 | #2,315 |
| 1916 | 8 | #3,256 |
| 1915 | 8 | #3,133 |
| 1914 | 8 | #2,637 |
| 1913 | 5 | #3,185 |
| 1912 | 5 | #2,977 |
| 1911 | 5 | #2,463 |
| 1910 | 5 | #2,398 |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 8 | #1,512 |
| 1906 | 7 | #1,553 |
| 1905 | 5 | #1,930 |
| 1904 | 6 | #1,658 |
| 1903 | 7 | #1,440 |
| 1902 | 6 | #1,593 |
| 1901 | 7 | #1,339 |
| 1900 | 8 | #1,430 |
| 1899 | 6 | #1,393 |
| 1898 | 6 | #1,501 |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,582 |
| 1895 | 5 | #1,592 |
| 1894 | 7 | #1,236 |
| 1893 | 5 | #1,437 |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 5 | #1,047 |
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