Terran
Boy · TAIR-an · Latin
Terran is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “of the earth”. In 2025 it ranked 5,859th for boys in the US (15 babies).
What does Terran mean?
Latin: science-fiction word for an Earthling, from terra 'earth'
“of the earth”
In science fiction, Terrans are humans from Earth, a coinage from the Latin terra.
- Say it
- TAIR-an
Is Terran a girl's or a boy's name?
Terran is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Terran in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,859among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 110,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 53% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 15 boys in the US were named Terran, making it the 5,859th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,137th. Its busiest year was 1992, with 51 boys. It first appears in the records in 1945.
Half of all the boys named Terran in the US since 1880 were born between 1988 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 1982, 53% of the babies named Terran in the US were girls. By 2018 it was 16%, with more boys than girls since 1986.
Terran in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #5,859 |
| 2024 | 12 | #6,827 |
| 2023 | 14 | #6,215 |
| 2022 | 15 | #5,870 |
| 2021 | 20 | #4,776 |
| 2020 | 24 | #4,137 |
| 2019 | 28 | #3,791 |
| 2018 | 36 | #3,168 |
| 2017 | 18 | #5,107 |
| 2016 | 23 | #4,326 |
| 2015 | 30 | #3,590 |
| 2014 | 29 | #3,615 |
| 2013 | 31 | #3,403 |
| 2012 | 32 | #3,368 |
| 2011 | 29 | #3,604 |
| 2010 | 33 | #3,307 |
| 2009 | 31 | #3,474 |
| 2008 | 26 | #3,918 |
| 2007 | 39 | #2,972 |
| 2006 | 42 | #2,743 |
| 2005 | 29 | #3,385 |
| 2004 | 41 | #2,595 |
| 2003 | 31 | #3,040 |
| 2002 | 36 | #2,628 |
| 2001 | 37 | #2,557 |
| 2000 | 40 | #2,375 |
| 1999 | 45 | #2,095 |
| 1998 | 50 | #1,928 |
| 1997 | 44 | #2,021 |
| 1996 | 36 | #2,249 |
| 1995 | 29 | #2,551 |
| 1994 | 29 | #2,551 |
| 1993 | 32 | #2,341 |
| 1992 | 51 | #1,672 |
| 1991 | 26 | #2,600 |
| 1990 | 31 | #2,250 |
| 1989 | 24 | #2,609 |
| 1988 | 25 | #2,362 |
| 1987 | 29 | #2,053 |
| 1986 | 28 | #2,055 |
| 1985 | 29 | #1,974 |
| 1984 | 16 | #2,823 |
| 1983 | 22 | #2,271 |
| 1982 | 24 | #2,165 |
| 1981 | 21 | #2,337 |
| 1980 | 13 | #3,255 |
| 1979 | 21 | #2,309 |
| 1978 | 17 | #2,567 |
| 1977 | 20 | #2,270 |
| 1976 | 17 | #2,507 |
| 1975 | 12 | #3,076 |
| 1974 | 13 | #2,797 |
| 1973 | 9 | #3,443 |
| 1972 | 7 | #3,960 |
| 1971 | 9 | #3,368 |
| 1970 | 8 | #3,519 |
| 1969 | 11 | #2,681 |
| 1968 | 8 | #3,106 |
| 1967 | 5 | #3,964 |
| 1966 | 7 | #3,247 |
| 1965 | 5 | #3,928 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 5 | #4,063 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 7 | #3,273 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 5 | #3,731 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 5 | #3,337 |
Nicknames for Terran
- Terry 15 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Terran
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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