Terran
#6,102 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' nameMeaning not yet documented
Terran has been given to 2,102 babies in the U.S. since 1945. In 2025 it ranked #6,102 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1992, with 51 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 73% boys, 27% girls all-time.
Babies named Terran, 2025
1 in 221,000
Terran over time, 1880–2025
Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
Girls or boys — Terran over time
In 2025, Terran went to 0% girls and 100% boys.
A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.
How common is Terran?
Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.
- Among all babies, 2025
- 1 in 221,000
- 15 of 3,315,165 births
- Among boys only
- 1 in 114,000
- <0.01% of boys
- Rank, 2025
- #6,102
- of 13,926 boys’ names in use
- Coin-flip room size
- 153,194 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Terran sits on the popularity scale
Chance at least one other child shares the name
If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.
Put another way: gather 153,194 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Terran. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Terrans were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Terran was born before 1999 — so the typical Terran is around 26 today.
- Biggest decade
- 1990s
- 24.3% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 45.6%
- Spread across generations
- Recorded since 1950
- 1,526
- People you could plausibly meet
1990s — 24.3% of all recorded uses (373).
Is Terran rising or falling?
Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.
- Rank vs 1 year ago
- +1,110
- Places climbed
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- −1,844
- Places dropped
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- −2,428
- Places dropped
- Births vs 10 years ago
- 0.50×
- Fewer babies than then
- Share of its own peak
- 29.4%
- Peak was 1992 (51)
- Years since peak
- 33
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Shifting
- 20.8% average annual change
Spellings of Terran
Terran is not the most common spelling — Terry is, with 60.6% against Terran's 0.22%.
Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.
Where Terran is used — boys
Across 1910–2025, Terran was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 596,250 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1California1 in —
- 2Florida1 in —
- 3Indiana1 in —
- 4Ohio1 in —
- 5Texas1 in —
Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Terran has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Where Terran is used — girls
Across 1910–2025, Terran was most concentrated in Texas — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 2,456,184 across all states with data.
Most concentrated
- 1Texas1 in —
Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Terran has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Terran around the world
Where Terran ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.
- Canada1993–2010#2,676in 2010
- South Australia1986–1991#481in 1991
Popularity data from Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.
Terran by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a boy's name
Names similar to Terran
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Terran
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.