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Terry

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

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

Terry: Recorded since 1952, it reached #49 in 1959, and it stood at #509 in 2025.

Trend unknown

among girls in England and Wales · 2011

England and Wales · Girls rank from 2011 to 2011, ranging from #5785 to #5785.2011#5785#5785
How to read this chart#1#500no figure publishedUp means a stronger rankBottom is this name's lowest,not zero
  • A rank is a position in one registrar's list for one year.
  • Ranks from different countries are separate scales, so compare shapes, not numbers.
  • A rise in rank can be a small change in births, especially far down a list.
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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
YearRank
2011#5785

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

Trend unknownEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in Republic of Ireland in 47 of the 54 years from 1972 to 2025.

In 2025: #509 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #1705 among boys in England and Wales.

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

Year-by-year storyFirst recorded, most recent, each country and each decade

Popularity journey

  1. First recorded1952

    First recorded at #60 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

  2. Highest recorded1952–1972

    Highest recorded position: #49 among boys in New South Wales, Australia, in 1959 (recorded 1952–1972).

    New South Wales, Australia · Boys

  3. Most recent2025

    Most recently recorded at #1705 among boys in England and Wales, in 2025.

    England and Wales · Boys

Full data tableEvery published rank and count

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1952 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #49 in New South Wales, Australia in 1959.

Terry'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.
YearRegionCategoryRankBirths registeredConfidenceStatus
2025England and Walesmale#170515HighVerified
2024England and Walesmale#226310HighVerified
2023England and Walesmale#161015HighVerified
2022England and Walesmale#153416HighVerified
2021England and Walesmale#129020HighVerified
2020England and Walesmale#115023HighVerified
2019England and Walesmale#131619HighVerified
2018England and Walesmale#119422HighVerified
2017England and Walesmale#83338HighVerified
2016England and Walesmale#118723HighVerified
2015England and Walesmale#92732HighVerified
2014England and Walesmale#93531HighVerified
2013England and Walesmale#111623HighVerified
2012England and Walesmale#88534HighVerified
2011England and Walesfemale#57853HighVerified
2011England and Walesmale#74342HighVerified
2010England and Walesmale#69944HighVerified
2009England and Walesmale#62751HighVerified
2008England and Walesmale#62650HighVerified
2007England and Walesmale#48767HighVerified
2006England and Walesmale#55453HighVerified
2005England and Walesmale#56547HighVerified
2004England and Walesmale#62539HighVerified
2003England and Walesmale#53743HighVerified
2002England and Walesmale#53439HighVerified
2001England and Walesmale#52437HighVerified
2000England and Walesmale#38858HighVerified
1999England and Walesmale#41154HighVerified
1998England and Walesmale#38259HighVerified
1997England and Walesmale#30187HighVerified
1996England and Walesmale#31079HighVerified
1972New South Wales, Australiamale#9090InsufficientNot yet available
1971New South Wales, Australiamale#9978InsufficientNot yet available
1970New South Wales, Australiamale#9375InsufficientNot yet available
1968New South Wales, Australiamale#9174InsufficientNot yet available
1967New South Wales, Australiamale#8972InsufficientNot yet available
1966New South Wales, Australiamale#7792InsufficientNot yet available
1965New South Wales, Australiamale#7299InsufficientNot yet available
1964New South Wales, Australiamale#7298InsufficientNot yet available
1963New South Wales, Australiamale#72111InsufficientNot yet available
1962New South Wales, Australiamale#63137InsufficientNot yet available
1961New South Wales, Australiamale#65137InsufficientNot yet available
1960New South Wales, Australiamale#63136InsufficientNot yet available
1959New South Wales, Australiamale#49187InsufficientNot yet available
1958New South Wales, Australiamale#56154InsufficientNot yet available
1957New South Wales, Australiamale#57153InsufficientNot yet available
1956New South Wales, Australiamale#54141InsufficientNot yet available
1955New South Wales, Australiamale#55148InsufficientNot yet available
1954New South Wales, Australiamale#57135InsufficientNot yet available
1953New South Wales, Australiamale#59126InsufficientNot yet available
1952New South Wales, Australiamale#60129InsufficientNot yet available
1968New Zealandmale#9267HighVerified
1967New Zealandmale#8973HighVerified
1966New Zealandmale#9867HighVerified
1964New Zealandmale#9169HighVerified
1963New Zealandmale#8671HighVerified
1962New Zealandmale#7697HighVerified
1961New Zealandmale#9170HighVerified
1960New Zealandmale#7885HighVerified
1959New Zealandmale#7981HighVerified
1958New Zealandmale#8863HighVerified
1957New Zealandmale#8963HighVerified
1956New Zealandmale#9054HighVerified
2022Northern Irelandmale#4143HighVerified
2012Northern Irelandmale#4033HighVerified
2007Northern Irelandmale#3154HighVerified
2006Northern Irelandmale#3413HighVerified
2004Northern Irelandmale#2196HighVerified
2000Northern Irelandmale#2773HighVerified
2025Republic of Irelandmale#5096HighVerified
2024Republic of Irelandmale#5206HighVerified
2022Republic of Irelandmale#5725HighVerified
2020Republic of Irelandmale#4597HighVerified
2019Republic of Irelandmale#7643HighVerified
2018Republic of Irelandmale#7493HighVerified
2017Republic of Irelandmale#7103HighVerified
2016Republic of Irelandmale#6014HighVerified
2015Republic of Irelandmale#6993HighVerified
2014Republic of Irelandmale#6094HighVerified
2013Republic of Irelandmale#7113HighVerified
2012Republic of Irelandmale#5485HighVerified
2011Republic of Irelandmale#6234HighVerified
2010Republic of Irelandmale#35411HighVerified
2009Republic of Irelandmale#7013HighVerified
2008Republic of Irelandmale#5295HighVerified
2007Republic of Irelandmale#4356HighVerified
2006Republic of Irelandmale#4235HighVerified
2005Republic of Irelandmale#5183HighVerified
2004Republic of Irelandmale#5063HighVerified
2002Republic of Irelandmale#4513HighVerified
2001Republic of Irelandmale#3474HighVerified
2000Republic of Irelandmale#3903HighVerified
1999Republic of Irelandmale#2666HighVerified
1997Republic of Irelandmale#23310HighVerified
1996Republic of Irelandmale#3364HighVerified
1995Republic of Irelandmale#2417HighVerified
1994Republic of Irelandmale#2476HighVerified
1993Republic of Irelandmale#3393HighVerified
1991Republic of Irelandmale#2635HighVerified
1990Republic of Irelandmale#2565HighVerified
1989Republic of Irelandmale#2784HighVerified
1988Republic of Irelandfemale#4923HighVerified
1988Republic of Irelandmale#18611HighVerified
1987Republic of Irelandmale#3033HighVerified
1986Republic of Irelandmale#2307HighVerified
1985Republic of Irelandmale#2078HighVerified
1984Republic of Irelandfemale#5163HighVerified
1983Republic of Irelandmale#19212HighVerified
1982Republic of Irelandfemale#4674HighVerified
1982Republic of Irelandmale#2486HighVerified
1981Republic of Irelandfemale#4235HighVerified
1981Republic of Irelandmale#2288HighVerified
1980Republic of Irelandmale#2328HighVerified
1979Republic of Irelandfemale#5233HighVerified
1979Republic of Irelandmale#2189HighVerified
1978Republic of Irelandmale#2834HighVerified
1977Republic of Irelandfemale#3916HighVerified
1977Republic of Irelandmale#2209HighVerified
1976Republic of Irelandfemale#3129HighVerified
1975Republic of Irelandmale#17715HighVerified
1974Republic of Irelandfemale#4284HighVerified
1974Republic of Irelandmale#3213HighVerified
1973Republic of Irelandfemale#3497HighVerified
1973Republic of Irelandmale#2387HighVerified
1972Republic of Irelandfemale#4284HighVerified
1972Republic of Irelandmale#3073HighVerified

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

Where Terry is officially recorded

5 official registrars have recorded Terry, between 1952 and 2025, in 72 of those 74 years. Each registrar publishes for its own population on its own methodology, so the positions below are each one country's own ranking and are not comparable with one another.

New South Wales, Austra…New South Wales, Australia: recorded in 1952New South Wales, Australia: recorded in 1953New South Wales, Australia: recorded in 1954New South Wales, Australia: recorded in 1955New South Wales, Australia: recorded in 1956New South Wales, Australia: recorded in 1957New South Wales, Australia: recorded in 1958New South Wales, Australia: recorded in 1959New South Wales, Australia: recorded in 1960New South Wales, Australia: recorded in 1961New South Wales, Australia: recorded in 1962New South Wales, Australia: recorded in 1963New South Wales, Australia: recorded in 1964New South Wales, Australia: recorded in 1965New South Wales, Australia: recorded in 1966New South Wales, Australia: recorded in 1967New South Wales, Australia: recorded in 1968New South Wales, Australia: recorded in 1970New South Wales, Australia: recorded in 1971New South Wales, Australia: recorded in 1972New South Wales, Australia: highest position in 1959New ZealandNew Zealand: recorded in 1956New Zealand: recorded in 1957New Zealand: recorded in 1958New Zealand: recorded in 1959New Zealand: recorded in 1960New Zealand: recorded in 1961New Zealand: recorded in 1962New Zealand: recorded in 1963New Zealand: recorded in 1964New Zealand: recorded in 1966New Zealand: recorded in 1967New Zealand: recorded in 1968New Zealand: highest position in 1962Republic of IrelandRepublic of Ireland: recorded in 1972Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1973Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1974Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1976Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1977Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1979Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1981Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1982Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1984Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1988Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1975Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1978Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1980Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1983Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1985Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1986Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1987Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1989Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1990Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1991Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1993Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1994Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1995Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1996Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1997Republic of Ireland: recorded in 1999Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2000Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2001Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2002Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2004Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2005Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2006Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2007Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2008Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2009Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2010Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2011Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2012Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2013Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2014Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2015Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2016Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2017Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2018Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2019Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2020Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2022Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2024Republic of Ireland: recorded in 2025Republic of Ireland: highest position in 1975England and WalesEngland and Wales: recorded in 2011England and Wales: recorded in 1996England and Wales: recorded in 1997England and Wales: recorded in 1998England and Wales: recorded in 1999England and Wales: recorded in 2000England and Wales: recorded in 2001England and Wales: recorded in 2002England and Wales: recorded in 2003England and Wales: recorded in 2004England and Wales: recorded in 2005England and Wales: recorded in 2006England and Wales: recorded in 2007England and Wales: recorded in 2008England and Wales: recorded in 2009England and Wales: recorded in 2010England and Wales: recorded in 2012England and Wales: recorded in 2013England and Wales: recorded in 2014England and Wales: recorded in 2015England and Wales: recorded in 2016England and Wales: recorded in 2017England and Wales: recorded in 2018England and Wales: recorded in 2019England and Wales: recorded in 2020England and Wales: recorded in 2021England and Wales: recorded in 2022England and Wales: recorded in 2023England and Wales: recorded in 2024England and Wales: recorded in 2025England and Wales: highest position in 1997Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland: recorded in 2000Northern Ireland: recorded in 2004Northern Ireland: recorded in 2006Northern Ireland: recorded in 2007Northern Ireland: recorded in 2012Northern Ireland: recorded in 2022Northern Ireland: highest position in 200419522025
Each mark is a year the registrar recorded the name; the diamond is that registrar's highest position. Gaps can mean a year was not published, not that the name went unused.
RegistrarRecordedYearsIts own highest position
New South Wales, Australia1952–197220#49 in 1959
New Zealand1956–196812#76 in 1962
Republic of Ireland1972–202549#177 in 1975
England and Wales1996–202530#301 in 1997
Northern Ireland2000–20226#219 in 2004

Its high point came 45 years earlier in New South Wales, Australia (1959) than in Northern Ireland (2004).

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What is known about Terry

How to read this
How often it is registered
Official record
5 official registrars, 1952–2025.
Meaning
Not established
Not researched yet.
Origin
Not established
Not researched yet.
Pronunciation
Not established
Not recorded yet.

A claim marked not established does not mean the name lacks a meaning or is not widely used — only that Namewise has not 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: #49 in New South Wales, Australia in 1959. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.