Terri
Pronounced T EH1 R IY0 (ARPABET)
- 2 syllables
- Peaked 1959
- 133 years in use
- 5 spellings
How popular is Terri?
Terri is a girls' name, and first appears in 1892. It has been given to 307,006 children — the 140th most common girls' name on record.
It is falling away, down 50% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 1959, when 17,224 children were given it.
Five other spellings are counted in that total — Terry, Teri, Terrie and two more — because they are pronounced identically.
Spelling variants
These spellings sound identical to Terri and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.
- Terry
- Teri
- Terrie
- Tarry
- Terree
Nicknames
Terri is itself a short form of Teresa.
Characteristics
- 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- T EH1 R IY0 · T ER1 R IY1
- Stress pattern:
- 10 · 11
- Syllables:
- 2
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Terri
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Terri
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Terri?
- Terri ranks 140th among girls' names in US records, with 307,006 births since 1892. Over the past decade it accounts for 531.
- Is Terri a unisex name?
- No. Terri is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Terri most popular?
- 1959, when 17,224 children were given the name. It has been in use for 133 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
- How else is Terri spelled?
- Terry, Teri, Terrie, Tarry, Terree. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.