Terra
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- TAIR-uh
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #2,410 for girls
Terra is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “earth”. In 2025 it ranked 2,410th for girls in the US (74 babies).
What does Terra mean?
Latin: Latin word
“earth”
Latin for earth; in Roman religion Terra Mater, or Tellus, was the goddess of the earth.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Terra a girl's or a boy's name?
Terra is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 74 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Terra in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,410th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 74 about 1 in 22,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 6% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 74 girls in the US were named Terra, making it the 2,410th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,216th. Its busiest year was 1980, with 604 girls. It first appears in the records in 1940.
Half of all the girls named Terra in the US since 1880 were born between 1976 and 1993, the years shaded on the chart below.
Terra in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 74 | #2,410 |
| 2024 | 71 | #2,508 |
| 2023 | 90 | #2,124 |
| 2022 | 87 | #2,174 |
| 2021 | 79 | #2,309 |
| 2020 | 81 | #2,216 |
| 2019 | 87 | #2,140 |
| 2018 | 81 | #2,254 |
| 2017 | 88 | #2,160 |
| 2016 | 97 | #2,033 |
| 2015 | 94 | #2,080 |
| 2014 | 85 | #2,213 |
| 2013 | 84 | #2,211 |
| 2012 | 102 | #1,929 |
| 2011 | 88 | #2,156 |
| 2010 | 80 | #2,360 |
| 2009 | 92 | #2,165 |
| 2008 | 99 | #2,062 |
| 2007 | 99 | #2,059 |
| 2006 | 96 | #2,050 |
| 2005 | 128 | #1,589 |
| 2004 | 101 | #1,870 |
| 2003 | 131 | #1,485 |
| 2002 | 137 | #1,403 |
| 2001 | 118 | #1,572 |
| 2000 | 162 | #1,223 |
| 1999 | 190 | #1,059 |
| 1998 | 175 | #1,098 |
| 1997 | 175 | #1,073 |
| 1996 | 204 | #942 |
| 1995 | 233 | #837 |
| 1994 | 253 | #800 |
| 1993 | 264 | #780 |
| 1992 | 284 | #743 |
| 1991 | 304 | #700 |
| 1990 | 355 | #630 |
| 1989 | 371 | #589 |
| 1988 | 380 | #561 |
| 1987 | 365 | #548 |
| 1986 | 414 | #505 |
| 1985 | 469 | #458 |
| 1984 | 518 | #411 |
| 1983 | 510 | #424 |
| 1982 | 522 | #423 |
| 1981 | 483 | #444 |
| 1980 | 604 | #379 |
| 1979 | 554 | #393 |
| 1978 | 509 | #406 |
| 1977 | 543 | #387 |
| 1976 | 486 | #416 |
| 1975 | 527 | #386 |
| 1974 | 518 | #395 |
| 1973 | 469 | #417 |
| 1972 | 489 | #404 |
| 1971 | 394 | #488 |
| 1970 | 277 | #618 |
| 1969 | 75 | #1,303 |
| 1968 | 67 | #1,365 |
| 1967 | 64 | #1,372 |
| 1966 | 69 | #1,304 |
| 1965 | 59 | #1,437 |
| 1964 | 74 | #1,293 |
| 1963 | 72 | #1,298 |
| 1962 | 51 | #1,576 |
| 1961 | 51 | #1,579 |
| 1960 | 31 | #2,060 |
| 1959 | 53 | #1,477 |
| 1958 | 45 | #1,587 |
| 1957 | 54 | #1,441 |
| 1956 | 46 | #1,559 |
| 1955 | 45 | #1,515 |
| 1954 | 33 | #1,800 |
| 1953 | 30 | #1,833 |
| 1952 | 22 | #2,199 |
| 1951 | 23 | #2,063 |
| 1950 | 14 | #2,780 |
| 1949 | 14 | #2,725 |
| 1948 | 15 | #2,588 |
| 1947 | 10 | #3,446 |
| 1946 | 7 | #3,993 |
| 1945 | 7 | #3,674 |
| 1944 | 6 | #4,052 |
| 1943 | 9 | #3,248 |
| 1942 | 8 | #3,442 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 5 | #4,347 |
Names like Terra
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Tiana, Briana, Tessa, Brianna, Serena, Tara, Mara, Ana, Brenna, Marina, Miranda, Kendra
Names related to Terra
More Latin names
Oliver, Olivia, Leo, Roman, Aurora, Emily, Florence, Mabel, Luna, Nora, Rosie, Emilia, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Terra: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/terra, updated 20 October 2026.