girls:
717 births since 1935
#4999 (13th percentile)
boys:
740 births since 1938
#3847 (16th percentile)
overall:
1.5k births since 1935
#6288 (19th percentile)
The name Terryl is the #6,288 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,457 recorded births since 1935. This represents the 18.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 18.7% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,847 (16.1% percentile) for all time with 740 births since 1938. For girls, it ranks #4,999 (12.5% percentile) for all time with 717 births since 1935.
Terryl first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1935 (1935 for girls and 1938 for boys). Birth data for Terryl is available in 67 out of the 74 years between 1935 and 2008 (64 years for boys and 39 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 Terryl is truly gender-neutral, with nearly equal distribution between boys and girls. In 2008, 100.0% of babies named Terryl were boys. Interestingly, until around 1969, the name was more popular for girls (59.6% girls from 1935 to 1968), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (84.8% boys from 1969 to 2008).
For boys, Terryl reached its peak popularity in 1949, achieving the 3.4% percentile (ranked #566) with 14 births per million. The name was most common in 1949, with 14 births per million (ranked 3.4% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2008.
For girls, Terryl reached its peak popularity in 1949, achieving the 5.0% percentile (ranked #645) with 22 births per million. The name was most common in 1949, with 22 births per million (ranked 5.0% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1979.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Terryl".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Terryl. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 51.4% confident that Terryl is pronounced as TEH-ruhl, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is TEH-rihl, at 40.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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