girls:
185 births since 1975
#5531 (3rd percentile)
boys:
355 births since 1975
#4231 (8th percentile)
overall:
540 births since 1975
#7199 (7th percentile)
The name Teran is the #7,199 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 540 recorded births since 1975. This represents the 7.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 7.0% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,231 (7.7% percentile) for all time with 355 births since 1975. For girls, it ranks #5,531 (3.2% percentile) for all time with 185 births since 1975.
Teran first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1975 . Birth data for Teran is available in 37 out of the 41 years between 1975 and 2015 (35 years for boys and 20 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Teran has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (65.7% of all recorded births). In 2015, 100.0% of babies named Teran were boys. Interestingly, until around 1976, the name was more popular for girls (54.5% girls from 1975 to 1975), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (66.2% boys from 1976 to 2015).
For boys, Teran reached its peak popularity in 1996, achieving the 2.3% percentile (ranked #760) with 11 births per million. The name was most common in 1996, with 11 births per million (ranked 2.3% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2015.
For girls, Teran reached its peak popularity in 1985, achieving the 2.4% percentile (ranked #781) with 13 births per million. The name was most common in 1985, with 13 births per million (ranked 2.4% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2004.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Teran".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Teran. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 81.1% confident that Teran is pronounced as TEH-ruhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is teh-ran, at 10.8% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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