How popular is the name Terra?

Terra ranks 1,088th among girls' names in US records, with 15,358 births since 1940. Over the past decade it accounts for 853.

Is Terra a unisex name?

No. Terra is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

1980, when 604 children were given the name. It has been in use for 85 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Girl name#1,088 of girl names

Pronounced T EH1 R AA2 (ARPABET)

Terra is a girls' name, and first appears in 1940. It has been given to 15,358 children — the 1,088th most common girls' name on record.

Its use has been broadly flat across the past two decades. Its best single year was 1980, when 604 children were given it.

1980Girls: 604Boys: 0

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Terra?: Terra ranks 1,088th among girls' names in US records, with 15,358 births since 1940. Over the past decade it accounts for 853.
Is Terra a unisex name?: No. Terra is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Terra most popular?: 1980, when 604 children were given the name. It has been in use for 85 years and is still recorded as of 2024.