girls:
779 births since 1939
#4937 (14th percentile)
boys:
263 births since 1943
#4323 (6th percentile)
overall:
1k births since 1939
#6697 (13th percentile)
The name Teryl is the #6,697 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,042 recorded births since 1939. This represents the 13.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 13.4% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,937 (13.6% percentile) for all time with 779 births since 1939. For boys, it ranks #4,323 (5.7% percentile) for all time with 263 births since 1943.
Teryl first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1939 (1939 for girls and 1943 for boys). Birth data for Teryl is available in 52 out of the 61 years between 1939 and 1999 (45 years for girls and 35 years for boys). 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 Teryl has been given predominantly to girls, with 74.8% of all recorded births being female. In 1999, 0.0% of babies named Teryl were girls. Interestingly, until around 1988, the name was more popular for girls (76.8% girls from 1939 to 1987), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (75.6% boys from 1988 to 1999).
For girls, Teryl reached its peak popularity in 1956, achieving the 4.0% percentile (ranked #717) with 17 births per million. The name was most common in 1945, with 21 births per million (ranked 3.8% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1993.
For boys, Teryl reached its peak popularity in 1960, achieving the 1.4% percentile (ranked #648) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 1960, with 6 births per million (ranked 1.4% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1999.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Teryl".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Teryl. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 44.4% confident that Teryl is pronounced as TEH-ruhl, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is TEH-rihl, at 36.1% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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