Terry
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- TERR-ee
- Origin
- Latin
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,771 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #1,115 for boys
Terry is a boys' name of Latin origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,771st for boys in the UK (15 babies) and 1,115th for boys in the US (192 babies).
What does Terry mean?
Latin: pet form of Terence; also a surname from Norman French Thierry
Originally a pet form of Terence; the surname Terry came from Thierry, the Norman French form of Theodoric.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Terry a girl's or a boy's name?
Terry is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 boys in the UK and 10 girls and 192 boys in the US.
How popular is Terry in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,771among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 20,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 41% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 15 boys in the UK were named Terry, making it the 1,771st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,241st. Its busiest year was 1997, with 94 boys.
Half of all the boys named Terry in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2012. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,703rd in England and Wales.
In the England and Wales top 100 for boys, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1944 (#88), 1954 (#92), 1964 (#86), 1974 (#93) and 1984 (#84).
Terry in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #1,771 |
| 2024 | 10 | #2,328 |
| 2023 | 15 | #1,715 |
| 2022 | 20 | #1,404 |
| 2021 | 24 | #1,227 |
| 2020 | 23 | #1,241 |
| 2019 | 21 | #1,302 |
| 2018 | 24 | #1,210 |
| 2017 | 40 | #879 |
| 2016 | 24 | #1,234 |
| 2015 | 33 | #982 |
| 2014 | 31 | #1,005 |
| 2013 | 26 | #1,112 |
| 2012 | 40 | #852 |
| 2011 | 46 | #764 |
| 2010 | 45 | #751 |
| 2009 | 56 | #643 |
| 2008 | 52 | #667 |
| 2007 | 74 | #505 |
| 2006 | 58 | #564 |
| 2005 | 51 | #576 |
| 2004 | 51 | #558 |
| 2003 | 44 | #582 |
| 2002 | 42 | #556 |
| 2001 | 37 | #576 |
| 2000 | 67 | #391 |
| 1999 | 56 | #441 |
| 1998 | 64 | #399 |
| 1997 | 94 | #313 |
| 1996 | 87 | #316 |
How popular is Terry in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,115among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 192about 1 in 8,900 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 30% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 192 boys in the US were named Terry, making it the 1,115th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 932nd. Its busiest year was 1957, with 15,624 boys. 10 girls were also named Terry in 2025 (9,454th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Terry in the US since 1880 were born between 1951 and 1967, the years shaded on the chart below.
Girls were 35% of the babies named Terry in the US in 1907, and 5% in 2025.
Terry in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 192 | #1,115 |
| 2024 | 174 | #1,186 |
| 2023 | 204 | #1,064 |
| 2022 | 231 | #975 |
| 2021 | 214 | #1,025 |
| 2020 | 238 | #932 |
| 2019 | 267 | #841 |
| 2018 | 314 | #751 |
| 2017 | 358 | #691 |
| 2016 | 388 | #666 |
| 2015 | 389 | #661 |
| 2014 | 423 | #623 |
| 2013 | 427 | #594 |
| 2012 | 482 | #542 |
| 2011 | 478 | #531 |
| 2010 | 521 | #497 |
| 2009 | 482 | #548 |
| 2008 | 580 | #480 |
| 2007 | 608 | #455 |
| 2006 | 614 | #444 |
| 2005 | 693 | #406 |
| 2004 | 657 | #399 |
| 2003 | 667 | #392 |
| 2002 | 687 | #380 |
| 2001 | 803 | #342 |
| 2000 | 847 | #331 |
| 1999 | 905 | #315 |
| 1998 | 947 | #302 |
| 1997 | 1,046 | #269 |
| 1996 | 1,094 | #258 |
| 1995 | 1,176 | #245 |
| 1994 | 1,218 | #242 |
| 1993 | 1,426 | #213 |
| 1992 | 1,595 | #196 |
| 1991 | 1,740 | #180 |
| 1990 | 1,893 | #164 |
| 1989 | 2,003 | #151 |
| 1988 | 2,065 | #141 |
| 1987 | 2,102 | #133 |
| 1986 | 2,251 | #122 |
| 1985 | 2,374 | #119 |
| 1984 | 2,335 | #118 |
| 1983 | 2,470 | #110 |
| 1982 | 2,761 | #105 |
| 1981 | 2,815 | #105 |
| 1980 | 2,981 | #101 |
| 1979 | 3,040 | #95 |
| 1978 | 3,089 | #91 |
| 1977 | 3,443 | #83 |
| 1976 | 3,668 | #75 |
| 1975 | 3,971 | #67 |
| 1974 | 4,027 | #69 |
| 1973 | 4,374 | #65 |
| 1972 | 4,770 | #62 |
| 1971 | 5,858 | #56 |
| 1970 | 6,186 | #54 |
| 1969 | 6,415 | #52 |
| 1968 | 7,089 | #48 |
| 1967 | 7,685 | #42 |
| 1966 | 8,455 | #40 |
| 1965 | 9,088 | #40 |
| 1964 | 10,867 | #35 |
| 1963 | 12,463 | #32 |
| 1962 | 12,301 | #34 |
| 1961 | 13,194 | #32 |
| 1960 | 13,932 | #34 |
| 1959 | 14,545 | #33 |
| 1958 | 15,006 | #33 |
| 1957 | 15,624 | #33 |
| 1956 | 15,064 | #31 |
| 1955 | 15,586 | #28 |
| 1954 | 15,553 | #27 |
| 1953 | 13,259 | #30 |
| 1952 | 12,438 | #29 |
| 1951 | 12,216 | #30 |
| 1950 | 11,433 | #30 |
| 1949 | 11,457 | #28 |
| 1948 | 12,136 | #26 |
| 1947 | 12,751 | #26 |
| 1946 | 10,678 | #26 |
| 1945 | 6,834 | #33 |
| 1944 | 5,974 | #43 |
| 1943 | 5,737 | #49 |
| 1942 | 4,810 | #52 |
| 1941 | 3,606 | #64 |
| 1940 | 2,982 | #73 |
| 1939 | 2,444 | #83 |
| 1938 | 2,336 | #86 |
| 1937 | 1,684 | #113 |
| 1936 | 1,291 | #126 |
| 1935 | 962 | #154 |
| 1934 | 720 | #182 |
| 1933 | 572 | #205 |
| 1932 | 430 | #262 |
| 1931 | 290 | #321 |
| 1930 | 296 | #321 |
| 1929 | 222 | #390 |
| 1928 | 218 | #406 |
| 1927 | 180 | #457 |
| 1926 | 165 | #469 |
| 1925 | 190 | #433 |
| 1924 | 140 | #532 |
| 1923 | 134 | #524 |
| 1922 | 130 | #554 |
| 1921 | 125 | #562 |
| 1920 | 142 | #511 |
| 1919 | 94 | #624 |
| 1918 | 100 | #615 |
| 1917 | 92 | #617 |
| 1916 | 85 | #630 |
| 1915 | 105 | #544 |
| 1914 | 58 | #667 |
| 1913 | 69 | #519 |
| 1912 | 49 | #574 |
| 1911 | 29 | #562 |
| 1910 | 30 | #512 |
| 1909 | 27 | #496 |
| 1908 | 23 | #522 |
| 1907 | 20 | #540 |
| 1906 | 13 | #674 |
| 1905 | 15 | #615 |
| 1904 | 18 | #515 |
| 1903 | 18 | #505 |
| 1902 | 18 | #507 |
| 1901 | 13 | #559 |
| 1900 | 21 | #518 |
| 1899 | 7 | #856 |
| 1898 | 14 | #572 |
| 1897 | 15 | #515 |
| 1896 | 20 | #438 |
| 1895 | 13 | #579 |
| 1894 | 12 | #594 |
| 1893 | 8 | #768 |
| 1892 | 12 | #596 |
| 1891 | 5 | #962 |
| 1890 | 12 | #566 |
| 1889 | 9 | #673 |
| 1888 | 15 | #505 |
| 1887 | 16 | #420 |
| 1886 | 12 | #540 |
| 1885 | 9 | #641 |
| 1884 | 10 | #613 |
| 1883 | 10 | #597 |
| 1882 | 7 | #754 |
| 1881 | 0 | – |
| 1880 | 10 | #600 |
Nicknames for Terry
Names like Terry
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Anthony Patrick Billy Toby Tommy Michael Thomas Teddy David Tony Daniel Timothy
Names related to Terry
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Terry: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/terry, updated 20 October 2026.