Terence

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Terence: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Terence: Recorded every year since 1952, its highest recorded position is #48, and it stood at #577 in 2025.

5registrars recorded it
129times a registrar ranked it
74years from first to last
#48highest recorded position
20groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Terence's record

Ranked every year since 1952, without a single year missing. Names by continuity of record
Held a top-100 place for 29 years running. Names by top-100 run

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#376
1997	#383
1998	#424
1999	#499
2000	#579
2001	#544
2002	#600
2003	#761
2004	#637
2005	#919
2006	#733
2007	#820
2008	#850
2009	#904
2010	#1055
2011	#1045
2012	#977
2013	#882
2014	#1281
2015	#1380
2016	#1123
2017	#1068
2018	#1533
2019	#1587
2020	#1548
2021	#1595
2022	#1469
2023	#1533
2024	#1951

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Republic of Ireland in 61 of the 62 years from 1964 to 2025.

In 2024: #785 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #1951 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 5 national registrars across 5 regions, 1952–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1952
First recorded at #53 among boys in New South Wales, Australia in 1952 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
New South Wales, Australia · Boys
Highest recorded1952–1964
Highest recorded position: #48 among boys in New South Wales, Australia, in 1953 (recorded 1952–1964).
New South Wales, Australia · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #577 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Terence appears in 5 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, with 61 ranked years and 2,383 births registered; the earliest is New South Wales, Australia · Boys, from 1952.

Terence across 5 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Terence's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#55 (1964)	#54 (1967)	#577 (2025)	61 of 62	2,383 (1964–2025)	112 (1967)
England and Wales · Boys	#376 (1996)	#376 (1996)	#1951 (2024)	29 of 29	834 (1996–2024)	59 (1997)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#179 (1997)	#179 (1997)	#392 (2020)	15 of 24	60 (1997–2020)	8 (1997)
New South Wales, Australia · Boys	#53 (1952)	#48 (1953)	#98 (1964)	13 of 13	1,416 (1952–1964)	179 (1953)
New Zealand · Boys	#57 (1954)	#57 (1954)	#75 (1964)	11 of 11	1,154 (1954–1964)	127 (1954)

Terence by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Terence in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960sbusiest	634	6 of 10	106
1970s	887	10 of 10	89
1980s	540	10 of 10	54
1990s	180	10 of 10	18
2000s	66	10 of 10	7
2010s	56	10 of 10	6
2020s	20	5 of 10	4

Across Republic of Ireland · Boys, the 1960s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 106 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1976 and 1977, when recorded births fell by 28, from 96 to 68.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Terence appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1952 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #48 in New South Wales, Australia in 1953.

Terence's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#1951	12	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1533	16	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1469	17	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1595	15	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1548	15	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1587	15	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1533	16	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1068	27	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1123	25	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1380	18	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1281	20	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#882	33	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#977	29	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1045	25	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1055	26	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#904	30	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#850	32	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#820	32	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#733	35	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#919	24	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#637	38	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#761	27	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#600	33	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#544	35	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#579	32	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#499	40	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#424	50	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#383	59	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#376	58	High	Verified
1964	New South Wales, Australia	male	#98	60	Insufficient	Not yet available
1963	New South Wales, Australia	male	#100	58	Insufficient	Not yet available
1962	New South Wales, Australia	male	#85	80	Insufficient	Not yet available
1961	New South Wales, Australia	male	#85	80	Insufficient	Not yet available
1960	New South Wales, Australia	male	#91	72	Insufficient	Not yet available
1959	New South Wales, Australia	male	#82	86	Insufficient	Not yet available
1958	New South Wales, Australia	male	#74	100	Insufficient	Not yet available
1957	New South Wales, Australia	male	#67	121	Insufficient	Not yet available
1956	New South Wales, Australia	male	#62	131	Insufficient	Not yet available
1955	New South Wales, Australia	male	#53	151	Insufficient	Not yet available
1954	New South Wales, Australia	male	#56	135	Insufficient	Not yet available
1953	New South Wales, Australia	male	#48	179	Insufficient	Not yet available
1952	New South Wales, Australia	male	#53	163	Insufficient	Not yet available
1964	New Zealand	male	#75	94	High	Verified
1963	New Zealand	male	#70	105	High	Verified
1962	New Zealand	male	#81	87	High	Verified
1961	New Zealand	male	#68	116	High	Verified
1960	New Zealand	male	#70	95	High	Verified
1959	New Zealand	male	#62	118	High	Verified
1958	New Zealand	male	#66	106	High	Verified
1957	New Zealand	male	#75	88	High	Verified
1956	New Zealand	male	#66	102	High	Verified
1955	New Zealand	male	#59	116	High	Verified
1954	New Zealand	male	#57	127	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#392	3	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#416	3	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	male	#342	4	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#346	4	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	male	#375	3	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	male	#328	4	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	male	#341	3	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	male	#307	3	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	male	#305	3	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	male	#299	3	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	male	#207	6	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	male	#244	4	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	male	#241	4	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	male	#221	5	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	male	#179	8	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#577	5	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#785	3	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#660	4	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#572	5	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#741	3	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#466	7	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#749	3	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#547	5	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#713	3	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#459	7	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#468	7	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#448	7	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#718	3	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#540	5	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#400	9	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#429	7	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#412	8	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#473	5	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#334	8	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#403	5	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#263	10	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#375	5	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#313	6	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#297	6	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#274	6	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	male	#241	7	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#280	5	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	male	#168	18	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	male	#135	31	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	male	#184	14	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	male	#174	14	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	male	#144	25	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	male	#167	18	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	male	#162	18	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	male	#138	30	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	male	#112	42	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	male	#103	47	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	male	#100	49	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	male	#104	51	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	male	#104	50	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	male	#99	54	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	male	#95	60	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	male	#91	69	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	male	#105	55	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	male	#99	63	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	male	#94	71	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	male	#87	75	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	male	#98	68	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	male	#79	96	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	male	#88	79	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	male	#79	90	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	male	#76	103	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	male	#73	109	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	male	#72	100	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	male	#71	96	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	male	#62	108	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	male	#64	95	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	male	#54	112	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	male	#58	109	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	male	#55	108	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	male	#55	102	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 5 registrars between 1952 and 2025, ranked in 74 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #48, first reached in 1953.

It held a top-100 place in 33 years, 29 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 179 births, registered in New South Wales, Australia in 1953.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1954, and 45 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Teona · #871, 19y
Teresa · #19, 76y
Terese · #184, 40y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 5 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Terry · #49, 72y
Maurice · #46, 69y
Krzysztof · #53, 70y
Miriam · #53, 70y

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1950 and 1959.

Lynda · #48, 56y
Morgan · #48, 65y
Bronwyn · #49, 70y
Douglas · #47, 70y

Terence was ranked #48 in New South Wales, Australia · Boys in 1953. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Terence and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Terence without appearing here.

Terence moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1533 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1951 and #5119.
Ross Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1469 and #1366 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1533 and #2160.
Brett Compare
In 2015 they stood at #1380 and #1380 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #1123 and #1704.
Gary Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1595 and #1329 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #1469 and #2018.

Moved ahead of Terence

Murray Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1533 and #2007 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1951 and #1282.
Darragh Compare
In 2018 they stood at #1533 and #1991 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #1587 and #974.
Leif Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1595 and #1782 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #1469 and #967.
Rune Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1533 and #1799 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1951 and #1460.

Moved the opposite way to Terence

Alexander Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Terence went from #55 to #577 while Alexander went from #116 to #55.
Benjamin Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Terence went from #55 to #577 while Benjamin went from #139 to #83.
Conor Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Terence went from #55 to #577 while Conor went from #56 to #16.
Liam Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Terence went from #55 to #577 while Liam went from #54 to #7.

Moved the same way as Terence

Alfred Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Terence went from #55 to #577 and Alfred from #134 to #286.
Denis Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Terence went from #55 to #577 and Denis from #21 to #232.
Frank Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Terence went from #55 to #577 and Frank from #164 to #286.
George Compare
Between 1964 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Terence went from #55 to #577 and George from #52 to #112.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1952 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #48 in New South Wales, Australia in 1953. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Terence

Terence at a glance

What stands out in Terence's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Terence across 5 official records

Terence by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Terence appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Names published alongside Terence

Terence and the names beside it

Terence moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Terence

Moved the opposite way to Terence

Moved the same way as Terence

Terence at a glance

What stands out in Terence's record

Terence across 5 official records

Terence by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Terence appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Names published alongside Terence

Terence and the names beside it

Terence moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Terence

Moved the opposite way to Terence

Moved the same way as Terence