Terah
Girl · TAIR-uh · Irish
Terah is a girls' name of Irish origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Terah mean?
Irish: probably a variant of Tara; also a biblical name
In Genesis, Terah is the father of Abraham.
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- TAIR-uh
Is Terah a girl's or a boy's name?
Terah is a girls' name.
How popular is Terah in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1985, with 65 girls. It first appears in the records in 1955.
Half of all the girls named Terah in the US since 1880 were born between 1979 and 1995, the years shaded on the chart below.
Terah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 11 | #9,476 |
| 2014 | 14 | #8,050 |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 11 | #9,706 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 12 | #9,227 |
| 2009 | 16 | #7,676 |
| 2008 | 12 | #9,472 |
| 2007 | 13 | #9,003 |
| 2006 | 16 | #7,480 |
| 2005 | 17 | #6,815 |
| 2004 | 20 | #5,965 |
| 2003 | 13 | #7,993 |
| 2002 | 20 | #5,669 |
| 2001 | 20 | #5,565 |
| 2000 | 20 | #5,486 |
| 1999 | 19 | #5,418 |
| 1998 | 23 | #4,633 |
| 1997 | 21 | #4,815 |
| 1996 | 29 | #3,718 |
| 1995 | 19 | #5,014 |
| 1994 | 24 | #4,233 |
| 1993 | 34 | #3,285 |
| 1992 | 23 | #4,375 |
| 1991 | 30 | #3,534 |
| 1990 | 55 | #2,284 |
| 1989 | 34 | #3,098 |
| 1988 | 42 | #2,534 |
| 1987 | 29 | #3,166 |
| 1986 | 40 | #2,469 |
| 1985 | 65 | #1,739 |
| 1984 | 53 | #1,945 |
| 1983 | 64 | #1,700 |
| 1982 | 53 | #1,965 |
| 1981 | 58 | #1,867 |
| 1980 | 48 | #2,128 |
| 1979 | 45 | #2,187 |
| 1978 | 43 | #2,159 |
| 1977 | 53 | #1,877 |
| 1976 | 34 | #2,387 |
| 1975 | 33 | #2,411 |
| 1974 | 33 | #2,348 |
| 1973 | 25 | #2,753 |
| 1972 | 22 | #2,976 |
| 1971 | 17 | #3,650 |
| 1970 | 6 | #7,069 |
| 1969 | 7 | #5,972 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 7 | #5,456 |
| 1966 | 5 | #6,563 |
| 1965 | 6 | #5,816 |
| 1964 | 6 | #6,008 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 5 | #6,566 |
| 1960 | 5 | #6,389 |
| 1959 | 6 | #5,565 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 7 | #4,739 |
Names like Terah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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