girl's name

Tera

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 4
  • Births on record 9,984

Tera is a girl's name. In 2024 it was given to 8 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1984, when 416 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1885.

Tera over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1880s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2024, not a full ten years.

3,574
'80 '90 '00 '10 '20 '30 '40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Tera by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1880s 5
1890s 34
1900s 54
1910s 74
1920s 97
1930s 41
1940s 91
1950s 130
1960s 505
1970s 3,574
1980s 3,279
1990s 1,246
2000s 550
2010s 180
2020s (to 2024) 58

How popular is Tera?

In 2024, Tera was given to 8 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Tera is used

Canada #2,493 6 in 1998
United States #12,036 8 in 2024

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Tera

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Tera also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Tera over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Tera

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Tera — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Tera

How popular is the name Tera?

In 2024, Tera was given to 8 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Tera a girl's or a boy's name?

Tera is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Tera most popular?

Tera peaked in 1984, when 416 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.