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Terence

Boy · TERR-ens · Latin

Terence is a boys' name of Latin origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,337th for boys in the UK (22 babies) and 2,718th for boys in the US (47 babies).

What does Terence mean?

Latin: from the Roman family name Terentius

Borne by the Roman comic playwright Terence; in Ireland it was used to anglicise the Gaelic name Toirdhealbhach.

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Is Terence a girl's or a boy's name?

Terence is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 22 boys in the UK and 47 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Terence in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#1,337among boys
Babies in 2025
22about 1 in 14,000 boys
Five-year trend
Steadydown 2% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 22 boys in the UK were named Terence, making it the 1,337th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,462nd. Its busiest year was 1997, with 72 boys.

2025 had more boys named Terence than any year since 2017.

Half of all the boys named Terence in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2013. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.

In 2025, 27 boys in the UK were given Terence or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,019, up from #1,337 for this spelling alone.

Among boys in 2025, it was 1,275th in England and Wales.

In the England and Wales top 100 for boys, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1924 (#68), 1934 (#22), 1944 (#18), 1954 (#29), 1964 (#51) and 1974 (#99).

1996Busiest: 72 in 19972025
Terence in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
202522#1,337
202412#2,009
202318#1,507
202218#1,501
202116#1,619
202018#1,462
201915#1,683
201820#1,362
201728#1,115
201626#1,163
201522#1,268
201421#1,308
201334#938
201234#957
201130#1,014
201029#1,047
200931#956
200840#795
200732#896
200638#755
200529#866
200444#626
200331#754
200235#625
200143#524
200038#570
199945#509
199858#422
199772#371
199663#382

How popular is Terence in the US?

Rank in 2025
#2,718among boys
Babies in 2025
47about 1 in 36,000 boys
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 38% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 47 boys in the US were named Terence, making it the 2,718th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,291st. Its busiest year was 1964, with 1,014 boys. It first appears in the records in 1885.

Half of all the boys named Terence in the US since 1880 were born between 1957 and 1985, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 154 boys in the US were given Terence or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,151, up from #2,718 for this spelling alone.

1885Busiest: 1,014 in 19642025
Terence in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
202547#2,718
202443#2,915
202337#3,226
202261#2,324
202156#2,409
202059#2,291
201977#1,917
201870#2,045
201781#1,829
201697#1,641
2015101#1,588
2014111#1,465
2013116#1,427
2012135#1,293
2011127#1,331
2010143#1,232
2009129#1,341
2008130#1,329
2007145#1,215
2006138#1,214
2005122#1,271
2004136#1,151
2003177#925
2002148#1,032
2001164#943
2000202#797
1999223#729
1998204#770
1997172#834
1996247#666
1995289#602
1994343#552
1993358#543
1992437#480
1991425#478
1990482#451
1989572#385
1988595#349
1987481#394
1986503#370
1985549#343
1984551#338
1983524#346
1982479#367
1981413#400
1980395#409
1979380#405
1978406#386
1977425#379
1976421#372
1975480#352
1974485#347
1973502#338
1972529#335
1971539#343
1970595#324
1969624#303
1968786#254
1967766#263
1966805#255
1965768#270
19641,014#241
1963810#269
1962747#281
1961729#287
1960754#288
1959740#289
1958715#285
1957795#266
1956887#244
1955767#250
1954661#275
1953478#323
1952445#329
1951405#338
1950447#322
1949390#341
1948402#335
1947436#327
1946349#348
1945243#383
1944212#414
1943264#377
1942203#433
1941171#450
1940136#499
1939120#519
1938126#516
1937120#529
1936108#549
193597#585
193466#751
193363#770
193274#722
193148#939
193044#1,037
192951#940
192833#1,254
192739#1,145
192631#1,296
192528#1,390
192437#1,187
192338#1,157
192242#1,084
192168#834
192046#1,020
191926#1,407
191822#1,595
191726#1,362
191622#1,504
191520#1,552
191419#1,388
191310#1,802
191219#1,059
19115#1,739
19100–
19090–
19080–
19070–
19068#926
19050–
19046#1,063
19030–
19020–
19010–
19000–
18990–
18980–
18970–
18960–
18950–
18940–
18930–
18920–
18910–
18900–
18890–
18889#704
18875#921
18860–
18859#641

Nicknames for Terence

Names like Terence

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

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Other spellings of Terence

Terrence

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